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Facebook moves into China

April 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Facebook moves into China · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts

Hear ye! Hear ye! The revolution is coming! The revolution is coming! Well, wait. Maybe not a COMPLETE revolution.  As of an April 8, 2011 Mashable.com article, rumor has it that the social media revolution that has been spreading like wildfire in the Western world seems to be coming to China. With the CEO of […]

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Facebook can make or break you

March 19th, 2011 · Comments Off on Facebook can make or break you · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts

Some people love it. Some people say it’s the devil. But with over 500 million users, we cannot deny its power. Facebook is the latest medium that can help decide if your interviewer will hire you. We all have had someone put in a good word so that it can help us get a job. […]

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I really need you to read this blog, ok?

February 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on I really need you to read this blog, ok? · Comm361, online journalism, Student Blog Posts

I really need you to read this article, okay? Joel Achenbach, a Washington Post staff writer, is worried. Where once was the time that journalists were not driven by money, this is certainly not the case now. Back then, money came with the job. Now, the job is aimed at making money. As print journalism […]

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I really need you to read this blog, ok?

February 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on I really need you to read this blog, ok? · Comm361, online journalism, Student Blog Posts

I really need you to read this article, okay? Joel Achenbach, a Washington Post staff writer, is worried. Where once was the time that journalists were not driven by money, this is certainly not the case now. Back then, money came with the job. Now, the job is aimed at making money. As print journalism […]

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Quora: What is it?

February 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on Quora: What is it? · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

In a world of twitter, twellow, bebo, cloob and fotki, there possibly couldn’t be any use for Quora. Turns out I am wrong. Quora.com, a website founded by two former Facebook moguls, has been buzzing in the world of media gurus lately due to its community-driven Q & A repository. Deemed a “social network for […]

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Twitter raises awareness for the homeless

February 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on Twitter raises awareness for the homeless · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

I never thought of myself as much of a blog or Twitter person. Yes, I have a personal blog where I vent and write about issues that are important to me. And yes, I have a Twitter account where I would tweet maybe once every two months. However, when I started this class, doing these […]

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Mandy Jenkins Visits COMM 361

February 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mandy Jenkins Visits COMM 361 · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

There’s a famous saying that the harder you work, the luckier you get. This saying holds true for Mandy Jenkins, director of social media for TBD. Coming from a town in rural Ohio, Jenkins has always worked hard. She wanted to be a part of the media world; however, she discovered that her career path […]

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