Mar 11 Rap music not to blame for racist frat video, Twitter says By Eric Krupke During a discussion this morning on the recent video featuring members of a fraternity at Oklahoma University chanting racist slurs, the hosts of "Morning Joe" laid the blame on someone other than the fraternity brothers: the rapper Waka Flocka… Continue reading
Mar 09 Are you celebrating Pi Day? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Saturday, March 14, is a special holiday for math-lovers. Known as Pi Day, a holiday meant to celebrate the mathematical constant pi. This irrational number is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its radius, and it starts with 3.1415926535897...the… Continue reading
Mar 06 Salvation Army uses #TheDress in campaign against domestic violence By Colleen Shalby The dress seen ‘round the world last week has made a reappearance in a new Salvation Army campaign in South Africa. Continue reading
Mar 05 What’s the weather like in your neighborhood? By Colleen Shalby The East Coast and South were slammed by snow, sleet and rain today. We asked people on social media what the weather looked like in their neck of the woods. Here are some of those photos they shared:… Continue reading
Feb 12 Facebook users finally have say over their account after death By Marina Lopes Facebook, the site where members carefully curate memories of life’s most important milestones, announced Thursday it will allow users to put their online affairs in order and decide what happens to their profiles once their status can no… Continue reading
Feb 02 Heat map highlights key moments of most-tweeted Super Bowl ever By Justin Scuiletti Do you remember where you were during key moments of Sunday's Super Bowl? If the answer was on Twitter, then you were not alone. Continue reading
Jan 29 Twitter chat: GloZell Green and Hank Green on interviewing Obama and the power of new media By Nora Daly With the advent of new media, journalists have the opportunity to communicate more directly with their audiences. Is traditional media taking advantage of this opportunity? Where do traditional journalism and initiatives like #YouTubeAsksObama overlap and what different needs do they… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 7:14 From fireside chats to YouTube: Interactive media helps Obama connect with the country By PBS News Hour In a social media push by the White House, three popular YouTube users were invited to interview President Obama following the State of the Union. Brian Donahue of CRAFT Media/Digital, William Powers of the MIT Media Lab and YouTube entrepreneur… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 4:52 How the White House made this year’s SOTU a social media affair By PBS News Hour The number of television viewers of the State of the Union address has shrinking, but online, there’s a growing interest. How is the Obama administration tapping into social media to keep the American public engaged? Judy Woodruff speaks with the… Continue watching
Jan 20 You can now flag fake stories on Facebook By Ruth Tam If a story is reported false by many people, a warning will be added for other users. Continue reading