While Olympic competition continues to evoke a strong sense of nationalism, the ideals and values of the Olympic Games – from women’s rights to Twitter diplomacy – serve to unite.
Tag Archives | Social Media
The Death of Spontaneity
Communications technologies may expand the public sphere, but they’re destroying the quality of our conversations.
Facebook Wants You to Share Your Organs
Zuckerberg hopes to make organ donation the new Farmville.
Changing the Game in Retail Politics
Just as brands strive to establish long-term relationships with consumers, U.S. presidential candidates need to change their tactics to permanently engage a media-driven & mobile citizenry.
How Google Killed Gutenberg – and Explained the World
New methods of communication harken back to the pre-print world and are fundamentally altering the dynamics of international relations.
Taking a Look at Obama’s Spotify Playlist
TWO Darius Rucker songs?!?!
Two out of Every Three Tweets Are Useless
But not your precious little snowflake of a tweet about what you ate at Winterlicious. No, definitely not that.
Twitter to Block Offending Tweets in Certain Countries
New censoring mechanism will respond to ‘different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression.’
Leaping Forward With One Foot in the Past
Are today’s new technologies and memes really so revolutionary?
In the Facebook Era, It’s Friends Forever
Unlike in real life, our online friendships are not subject to a healthy natural decay.
