Olympics tweets in real-time

February 13, 2010

A couple of great tools for the :

The Olympics Twitter Tracker, which shows a visualization of recent tweets, and

The Tweet Sheet, which allows you to easily sort tweets by athlete, analyst or sport

New social network is a Facebook, Twitter killer

February 10, 2010

A new social network is launching that is a game-changer that will blow away , and Buzz, the Huffington Post reports.

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Why Google Buzz matters

February 9, 2010

Lots of chatter online about launching its new Buzz product and what it might mean for and . Mashable says Buzz needs Facebook integration to succeed. ReadWriteWeb points out that already has the user base and a strong integration with Maps, and suggests it could be the mainstream’s “geo-social network.”

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Real-time reactions to Super Bowl ads on Twitter

February 7, 2010

BrandBowl2010 — a new advertiser tracking site from Mullen and Radian 6 — offers near real-time analysis for an immediate look at pre-, post- and in-game Twitter reactions to the spots everyone will be watching, Mashable reports.

How Americans use social media

February 3, 2010

Since 2006, blogging has dropped among teens and young adults while simultaneously rising among older adults, according to a new report on Social Media and Young Adults from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

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News sites explore how to earn revenue from Twitter, Facebook

February 3, 2010

The New York Times, The Austin American-Statesman and The Huffington Post are all experimenting with ways to generate ad dollars using and , Poynter’s Mallary Jean Tenore reports.

Haiti: A case study in real time news

January 14, 2010

Sky News journalist Emily Purser describes how the early coverage of unfolded using , and ..

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Social media key in Haiti earthquake coverage

January 13, 2010

Technology played a key role in early coverage of the earthquake in .

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Social media’s role in Iran’s election

June 24, 2009

Mashable has written an excellent timeline of events surrounding the Iranian election showing ’s role using posts from , Flickr, YouTube, and Wikipedia.

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The future of media: Mainstream press + social media

June 22, 2009

Tim Leberecht suggests that the real message behind the impact of on coverage of the uprising in is not that or similar technologies are a replacement for mainstream media, but that their may be a way for them to evolve together in a way that helps define a new future news model.
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