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DOD Launches Updated Social Media Hub Web Page

Federal Computer Week: “DOD today launched an updated Social Media Hub Web page to provide quick links to service-affiliated Facebook, Twitter and YouTube social media sites as well as policy documents, training manuals and other information and to provide a forum for discussion. The military services have been active participants in social media. For example,… Continue Reading

New GAO Reports: Alien Smuggling, Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests, Federal Agencies' Use of Web 2.0 Technologies, Oil and Gas Management

Alien Smuggling: DHS Could Better Address Alien Smuggling along the Southwest Border by Leveraging Investigative Resources and Measuring Program Performance, GAO-10-919T, July 22, 2010 Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests: Misleading Test Results Are Further Complicated by Deceptive Marketing and Other Questionable Practices, GAO-10-847T, July 22, 2010 Information Management: Challenges In Federal Agencies’ Use of Web 2.0 Technologies,… Continue Reading

Pew Research: Millennials' Likely Lifelong Online Sharing Habit

Millennials will make online sharing in networks a lifelong habit “Tech experts generally believe that today’s tech-savvy young people – the ‘digital natives’ who are known for enthusiastically embracing social networking – will retain their willingness to share personal information online even as they get older and take on more responsibilities. Experts surveyed say that… Continue Reading

FTC Takes Action Against Twitter, Social Network Service Settles Charges It Deceived Consumers

Twitter Settles Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers’ Personal Information; Company Will Establish Independently Audited Information Security Program: “Social networking service Twitter has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information, marking the agency’s first such case against… Continue Reading

Study – Measuring User Influence in Twitter: The Million Follower Fallacy

Measuring User Influence in Twitter: The Million Follower Fallacy, Meeyoung Cha, Hamed Haddadiy, Fabrıcio Benevenutoz, Krishna P. Gummadi – Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), Germany; Royal Veterinary College, University of London, United Kingdom; CS Dept., Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. “Directed links in social… Continue Reading

A Day Without Media – Research by ICMPA and students at Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

“24 Hours: Unplugged – What is is like to go without media? What if you had to give up your cell phone, iPod, television, car radio, magazines, newspapers and computer (i.e. no texting, no Facebook or IM-ing)? Could you do it? Is it even possible? Well, not really, if you are an American college student… Continue Reading

How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies?

Hoofnagle, Chris Jay, King, Jennifer, Li, Su and Turow, Joseph, How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies? (April 14, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1589864 “Media reports teem with stories of young people posting salacious photos online, writing about alcohol-fueled misdeeds on social networking sites, and… Continue Reading

Library of Congress Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive

News release: “Have you ever sent out a “tweet” on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less will now be housed in the Library of Congress. That’s right. Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter’s inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. That’s a LOT… Continue Reading

Media Survey: Longer Hours, Heavier Workloads Persist; But Fears Over Further Job Erosion Moderate Online Convergence Continues

PRNewswire — “The ongoing evolution of the media industry continues to place greater demands on journalists’ time and responsibilities, but concerns over staff cuts and budget reductions have lessened in the past year as the shift to online reporting creates new opportunities. This, and other findings uncovered in the “2010 PRWeek/PR Newswire Media Survey,” indicate… Continue Reading