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  1. Advice and Tips for Nonprofits on Social Media
    Resource Type: Article
    This is an instructional guide for non-profits to improve their online presence via social media. This guide is helpful for small businesses and non-profits in the beginning and intermediate development stages of social media accounts.
  2. Alternative Media
    Introduction to the November 27, 2016 issue of Other Voices
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    It's no wonder that the mainstream media are widely distrusted, and even held in contempt, by many people. They are seen, rightly, as part of the neoliberal system people are increasingly rejecting. On the other hand, the Internet has made it possible to launch a vast number of alternative media projects.
  3. The anniversary of the Internet; a look back and a leap forward
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Within a single lifetime we invented the television, put a man on the moon, and launched the Internet. A lot has been accomplished in a very short amount of time. Each discovery or invention seems to have taken less time and have a greater impact
  4. As holder of EU presidency, Czech government urged to intercede on behalf of jailed bloggers and journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-FranA#ois Julliard wrote yesterday to Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek asking him to do everything possible to obtain the release of the 11 journalists and bloggers currently held in Iran.
  5. Attraction and Conversion: Ten Critical Factors
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Have you built a social profile, only to find that you have very few friends? Maybe you have built a website, but have found that no one is calling? Or no one is buying? These top tips will help build traffic and convert them to customers.
  6. Authorities turn their sights on microblogging
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders is concerned about a new crackdown in China on social-networking tools, especially microblogging services.
  7. Avoiding the Cut: Social Media ROI in Perspective
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    In response to a tight economy, most organizations face a financial call-to-action: reduce the expenses, tighten your belts, and cut-cut-cut. Financial management will explain that revenues no longer support the level of expenditure, so either sales
  8. Backwards Thinking: Does Your Social Media Strategy Fit?
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Most people find reading through an endless list of functions is both irrelevant, and incredibly dull. In other words, it’s a colossal waste of time. The opposite seems to be true when it comes to social media “strategic plans”.
  9. Bangladeshi and Tibetan bloggers win Reporters Without Borders category awards
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Bangladeshi and Tibetan bloggers win Reporters Without Borders category awards.
  10. The Before, During, and After of a Social Media Customer Service Strategy
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Using social media as a customer service tool is not a revelation these days. We have all seen customer service representatives from big name brands on Twitter. But these one-off initiatives rarely provide the support they are intended to provide.
  11. Beyond the Echo Chamber
    Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2010
    According to the authors, a new breed of networked progressive media are informing and engaging millions. By harnessing a participatory media environment, they have succeeded in influencing political campaigns, public debates, and policymaking.
  12. BlueRush
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  13. Shelley Brian Brown, LL.B., LL.M, Employment & Human Rights Lawyer
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    Shelley Brown specializes in workplace and employment law and human rights issues. He was Director of Human Resources and Ethics Officer for an international insurance company and offers a unique vantage point and extensive understanding of how company employment issues affect individuals. He is available for comment in the media and speaking engagements. Bilingual.
  14. #BrusselsLockdown - When a hashtag is hijacked
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    When police in Belgium asked Brussels locals to stop tweeting about police activities, they accidentally started a grassroots campaign that ended up destroying a hashtag. The culprit: cat pictures.
  15. Censorship not a solution to terrorism, IFJ & Pakistan media reject guidelines
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) expresses its strong concern over new press guidelines for Pakistan's television and print media.
  16. Champions Of Democracy - From Fake News To Imposed Insanity
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    While social media is largely blamed for the proliferation of 'fake news', it is through social media where the corporate media commentariat are exposed. Readers are now at last able to see some rational dissent, this is the up-side to social media that the 'mainstream' cannot even discuss.
  17. A Coalition of Scientists Keeps Watch on the U.S. Government's Climate Data
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Via memos leaked to the press, rogue tweets, and unnamed agency sources, the public learned of growing pressure on federal employees to avoid sharing their scientific work. Meanwhile, small but significant changes to federal web pages hinted at the demise of former president Barack Obama’s efforts to manage climate change.
  18. Commuto Inc.
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  19. The conspiracy to censor the Internet
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    The political representatives of the American ruling class are engaged in a conspiracy to suppress free speech. Under the guise of combating "trolls" and "fake news" supposedly controlled by Russia, the most basic constitutional rights enumerated in the First Amendment are under direct attack.
  20. Could Social Media Monitoring have Better Predicted the Results to the Alberta Provincial Election?
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    New data shows that social media monitoring is far more current, and perhaps more reliable, than traditional polling. It's time for the media to start paying attention to new methods.
  21. Cowardly New World: Alternative Media Under Attack by Algorithms
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    An insidious assault is underway against alternative media on the internet. Leftist and progressive websites have been suffering significant declines in traffic. Some have had online income sources cut. Many others have been publicly defamed.
    The only voices speaking the truth, says Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, are those on the fringes and we must amplify them however we can. Some suggestions:
    * Read/view alternative media stories and share them in whatever venues you can.
    * Stop consuming mainstream media and stop posting links to it.
    * Actively support alternative media by donating money, time or other resources.
    * Stop using Google as your search engine; I recommend DuckDuckGo. You will be surprised at how much you've been missing.
    * Become the media: take your own photos or video and write up stories yourself for whatever outlet will take your work, even if that's only your own blog.
  22. Crowdsourcing 101
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    For the first time, the social web has allowed the opportunity for the unknown public to comment on others' ideas. The question now, though, is how to most effectively do this in the present climate.
  23. Cybersex
    Resource Type: Article
    Cybersex, also called computer sex, Internet sex, netsex, mudsex, TinySex and, colloquially, cybering, is a virtual sex encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely via computer network send each other sexually explicit messages describing a sexual experience. It is a form of sexual roleplay in which the participants pretend they are having actual sex.
  24. Defending Freedom And Democracy Sure Requires An Awful Lot Of Censorship
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2022
    Perhaps we have foolishly consented to a reality where the most powerful people in the world get to control the information people consume in order to shut down dissent against a murderous and oppressive globe-spanning oligarchic empire.
  25. Digital occupation: What's behind Israel's social media in Arabic
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Israeli social media accounts in Arabic aim to normalise Israel's occupation and whitewash its image, Palestinians say.
  26. Digital Revolutions
    Activism in the Internet Age
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2013
    Symon Hill on the role of the Internet in activism and social change.
  27. A Do-It-Yourself Guide to SEO
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Getting found on the web is an effective way to increase your sales leads and potential clients. By improving your Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, you rank higher within a given search. Learn five easy tips to implement today!
  28. Eight ways to Improve your LinkedIn Engagement
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Spending time on social media sites is a powerful way to stay connected to changes, trends, and updates. However, time spent on these social media sites quickly adds up. Even ten minutes per site each day could easily add up to the annual vacation
  29. Entitled to Everyone’s Opinion: Social media ‘Comments’
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Variety is the spice of life. Varieties of food, clothes, books, jobs, etc. are what allow us to express ourselves. We voice our opinions. We gain understanding from hearing others’ opinions. However, in the corporate world this voice is often unwant
  30. Face recognition app taking Russia by storm may bring end to public anonymity
    Big Brother is watching...
    Resource Type: Unclassified
    Published: 2016
    FindFace, new app developed by 26-year-old Artem Kukarenko and 29-year-old Alexander Kabakov,compares photos to profile pictures on social network Vkontakte and works out identities with 70% reliability.
  31. Facebook: A Cooperative Transformation
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Facebook represents a standard for a global model of concentration of wealth and power in the 21st century, joined by companies like Google, Amazon, and Uber. Entrepreneurs with computer skills and good or lucky timing have privatized and enclosed the global information commons and have enriched themselves by providing services for free or for reduced prices to the billions.
  32. Facebook Facts
    Finding Friends and Foes
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    Unions and workers are making much use of the latest web fad: social networking sites. But are sites like Facebook really adding anything to our ability to organize? If yes, how, exactly? And where are the pitfalls in using online commercial sites for organizing?
  33. Facebook Is Collaborating With the Israeli Government to Determine What Should Be Censored
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Last week, a major censorship controversy erupted when Facebook began deleting all posts containing the iconic photograph of the Vietnamese "Napalm Girl" on the ground that it violated the company's ban on "child nudity." Facebook even deleted a post from the prime minister of Norway, who posted the photograph in protest of the censorship. As outrage spread, Facebook ultimately reversed itself - acknowledging "the history and global importance of this image in documenting a particular moment in time" - but this episode illustrated many of the dangers I've previously highlighted in having private tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google become the arbiters of what we can and cannot see.
    Having just resolved that censorship effort, Facebook seems to be vigorously courting another. The Associated Press reports today from Jerusalem that the Israeli government and Facebook have agreed to work together to determine how to tackle incitement on the social media network.
  34. Facebook and the Rise of Anti-Social Media
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    For those who haven't thought about it, the internet is insidious because of the very capacity that Cambridge Analytica claims to be able to exploit: customization. Users have limited ability to confirm the authenticity of anything they see, read or hear on it. Print editions can be compared and contrasted-- technology limits print media to large-scale deceptions. With the capacity to create entire realms of deception -- identities, content, web pages and entire online publications, trust is made a function of gullibility.
  35. Facebook: Billions Served
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Facebook announced that it now has one billion users. An astounding number. On the other hand, you or your organization may have but 1000 or 10,000. This singular measure of success is of little value, and can be misleading.
  36. Failed Cuban "Twitter" Project Designed By U.S. Government Contractors
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    ZunZuneo - a now defunct social media platform similar to Twitter – was designed to undermine the Cuban government by two private contractors: Creative Associates International (CAI) from Washington DC and Mobile Accord, a Denver based company.
  37. Fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles: Underresearched and overhyped
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    In the early years of the internet, it was revolutionary to have a world of information just a click away from anyone, anywhere, anytime. Many hoped this inherently democratic technology could lead to better-informed citizens more easily participating in debate, elections and public discourse.
  38. Fear of the Facebook "Fan"
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    How do you use your Facebook Fan page and what does that say about your organization? Most organizations are gutless and spineless, are you?
  39. The First 20 Minutes: A Daily Social Media Diet
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Staying up to date with the world's activities could take all day if we let it. The first 20 minutes of your day can offer you a successful path to productivity. How do you spend the first 20 minutes?
  40. First they came for Alex Jones. Now Facebook bans Venezuela news site
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Days after the purge of Alex Jones from social media, Big Tech seems to have found another suitable target for apparent censorship. Facebook suspended the page of a prominent leftist news site writing about Venezuela.
  41. 4 Ways to Measure your Social Media Success
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    How do you navigate the plethora of measurement options in Social Media? Randall Craig, Social Media and Web Strategist offers four effective ways of planning your campaign management.
  42. Frequently Asked Questions about Sources
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, authors and researchers with the sources they need for their work. SOURCES spotlights organizations, institutions, government agencies, companies, and individuals who want to share their expertise and points of view with the media. The SOURCES directory is used by thousands of reporters and researchers who need to find quotable sources and reliable information for their news stories or research.
  43. From Sources: More tools for getting your messages out
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Sources members can benefit from media training, free news release postings and calendar listings, and they can include their books in the Sources Bookshelf. It's all at www.sources.com, where you'll also find breaking news from around the world.
  44. The Gatekeepers Aren't Gone
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Viral content seems democratic. But it's still mostly controlled by big media companies.
  45. Getting your story into the media
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Stories are the heart and soul of the media. Journalism is about telling stories, and good stories require sources # human contacts, the people who provide informed comment and expertise, the people who make stories interesting and informative.
    For more than 30 years, SOURCES has provided a vital networking service connecting journalists with the sources they need # the experts and spokespersons without whom the media would have no stories to tell.
  46. Omar Ha-Redeye
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  47. Harnessing Critical Mass; How to promote organizational momentum
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Ripe with commonalities, Google, Apple, HP, Facebook, and General Motors have many shared qualities: capitalization in the billions, American ingenuity, the best in their day. And each has made a substantial investment in the area including General
  48. Have new social media made 'traditional' media obsolete?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    New media provide additional channels for getting messages out, but they don't make older media obsolete. The task is of public relations is to reach people through the media they use. In an increasingly diverse and fragmented world, that means using as many different channels of communication as possible.
  49. Helping you reach the media
    How Sources can help you get more and better media coverage
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity like advertising. SOURCES makes it possible for organizations, institutions, companies, and individuals to reach the media effectively, consistently, and inexpensively. SOURCES has been helping organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals get media attention for over 30 years.
  50. HitGrab Inc.
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  51. How can environmental activists use social media? Part 1
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Environmental activists and NGOs spend a considerable amount of time Facebook posting and Tweeting. But the best use of social networks is about what you want to achieve. Alessio Perrone spoke to some experts in the field and gives some tips about how to use platforms successfully to promote social change
  52. How can environmental activists use social media? Part 2
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Environmentalist activists and major NGOs all spend a considerable amount of time on social media - as an immediate and direct connection to the public. But to what effect?
  53. How can environmental activists use social media? Part 3
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Has Twitter jumped the shark? Is Facebook now MySpace? Should environmental activists bother with social media - and does the Cambridge Analytica scandal mean we should boycott?
  54. How to Avoid the Dreaded 'UnLike'
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    It's imperative that organizations reach these 'overconnected' fans with useful engagement because we all know that gaining a 'like' doesn't necessarily translate to gaining a fan.
  55. How to Engage Followers in Social Media without Selling
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    What's wrong with selling through social media? Absolutely nothing, but most followers do not want to be continuously sold to. How do you offer more engagement without the sales pitch? There are many ways to engage and many layers of engagement.
  56. IntelligentSearch.ca
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2017
    A web portal featuring topics related to research and the Internet. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
  57. iPhone App Revs New Honda Contest Higher With Grand Prize ATV, Gas Cards, Plus 120 Other Prizes
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    In their fall promo, Ontario Honda ATV dealers use a new mobile app to promote the grand prize 2011 Honda TRX680F Rincon ATV. Plus the dealers welcome new prize partners, Pioneer Energy and Ontario OUT OF DOORS Magazine.
  58. It's Complicated
    The Social Lives of Networked Teens
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2014
    In It's Complicated, danah boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social media.
  59. Juggling Social Media: Which ball can you drop?
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    At what point did social media take over? Likely, when companies embarked on social media the extent of the commitment was yet unknown. It seems that each year or lately each month, more and more social media activity is layered on, all for a dubious
  60. LinkedIn Endorsements: Reputation Transparency?
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Are you tired of learning new 'features' whenever one gets added to your favorite Social Media site? Or are you excited about the possibility that the new feature may unlock for you? The LinkedIn Endorsement feature holds fascinating possibiliti
  61. Living in a Social Bubble
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    How much of the ambient social information you come in to contact with has been implicitly filtered? The act of only consuming "agreeable" content, consciously or not, reinforces your personal world-view. Too often we live in a social bubble.
  62. Made-in-China fake news overwhelms Taiwan
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Since 2016, when Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected as Taiwan's president relations between Taiwan and China have been increasingly strained. In parallel, a series of fake news campaigns have captured Taiwanese media, with experts tracing several of these stories back to China.
  63. The Marketing Hierarchy of Trust
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    How many people or organizations have marketing strategies that boil down to self-serving claims of greatness? How effective are these LinkedIn profiles, ads, websites, TV commercials, or billboards? Talking about how great you are doesn't sound good
  64. Marketing Internships - Toronto
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Sources offers a four- to six-month unpaid marketing internships in Toronto. Tasks may include web-based marketing, social networking, identifying and contacting prospective clients, web page design, phone surveys, helping to produce newsletters.
  65. Mass Culture
    The Popular Arts in America
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1957
  66. Millennials and Political News
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Obama has often been dubbed 'the first social media president' but this title has more implications than you think. This report looks at the sources of political news across generations. Spoiler alert: Millennials get significantly more news from Facebook than local television.
  67. Mind the Opinion Gap
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Is there a gap between what you say about your organization and what others say about it? There is nothing wrong with communicating with your audience, but communication is a two-way street and it may be your turn to listen.
  68. 9 Things to Track in Social Media
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Is Social Media actually paying off? Is it worth the effort? To answer this question, you would need to have numbers to back up your claims. Do you?
  69. Omani authorities persecute online activists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The frequency with which bloggers and social network users are arrested and convicted in the Sultanate of Oman reflects the appalling state of online freedom of information and expression there.
  70. On Being Disappeared
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2022
    YouTube has removed the entire six-year archive of the author's show 'On Contact.' This censorship, he says, is about supporting what I.F Stone reminded us is what governments always do - lie.
  71. The Open Letter from the Governments of US, UK, and Australia to Facebook is An All-Out Attack on Encryption
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2019
    Top law enforcement officials in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia told Facebook today that they want backdoor access to all encrypted messages sent on all its platforms. In an open letter, these governments called on Mark Zuckerberg to stop Facebook's plan to introduce end-to-end encryption on all of the company's messaging products and instead promise that it will "enable law enforcement to obtain lawful access to content in a readable and usable format."
  72. OrangeWebsite
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  73. Osgoode Hall law students win 1st ever Twitter Moot
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The first-ever Twitter Moot concluded yesterday, with Osgoode Hall students taking the prize.
  74. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 19 2014
    Spying, terrorism, and protest
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2014
    Coverage of spying, terrorism, and protest. Articles on how the ISIS (Islamic State group) comes to be using American weapons; the U.S. government's secret plans to spy for American corporations; the insidious power of propaganda; how to spot and defeat disruption on the Internet, and steps to sustainable livestock production. Topic of the week is War Crimes; book for the week is Berkeley: The New Student Revolt, and website of the week is LabourStart.
  75. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 29, 2015
    Land seizures and land take-overs
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2015
    This issue of Other Voices focuses on the issue of land seizures and land take-overs. Also included: Greece's solidarity movement, and the challenges and opportunities it faces after the election of a Syrizia government. From the archives, there are interviews about the 1974 occupation of Anicinabe Park, an article about anti-dicrimination fighter Viola Desmond, and the publication, in 1929, of All Quiet on the Western Front.
  76. Ours to Hack and To Own
    The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, A New Vision For the Future Of Work and A Fairer Internet
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2016
    The activists who have put together Ours to Hack and to Own argue for a new kind of online economy: platform cooperativism, which combines the rich heritage of cooperatives with the promise of 21st-century technologies, free from monopoly, exploitation, and surveillance.
  77. PublicitySources.com
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2017
    A web portal featuring publicity and PR resources, including articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
  78. Rebels Without a Cause: The Assault on Academic Freedom
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Examining current academic culture which falsely labels "words as violence" and how it is affecting acedemic freedom, notably by some who think of themselves as being on the left, who are employing totalitarian tactics which ultimately cause professional and economic harm.
  79. Refocused American Chamber of Commerce Taking its Social Cues from New Digital Agency
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    AmCham Canada Partners With Digital Agency SocialCues
  80. Self-centered Social Media: A Reminder for Organizational Alignment
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    A certain percentage of daily time is allotted to “doing” social media. This may mean checking your Facebook Wall to see what your friends are doing, or maybe joining a conversation in a LinkedIn group. Perhaps you are clicking on links from people
  81. Seven Steps to Secure Successful Employment Using Social Media
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    How can you use Social Media to find your next role? With so much activity online, where will your efforts have the most impact? Here are seven quick points to test yourself: how many of these steps have you really done well?
  82. Seven Top Tips for Using QR Codes
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The QR code connects the real world to the web and stimulates the social conversation. Randall Craig offers seven key considerations for using them.
  83. 'Shadow banning' written into Twitter's new terms of service, may 'limit visibility' of some users
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2019
    With the addition of those four words, the company is telling users it reserves the right shadow ban or "throttle" certain accounts. On what basis will it make those decisions – or whether they will be made solely by an automated algorithm – remains unclear.
  84. Shifting your 'Social' Focus
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Social media has taken over the world in many respects. But with all this attention in our online communities are we neglecting other opportunities?
  85. Signalling Your Social Media Intentions
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The language of vehicles is something we all assume is universal. It is designed to share the driver's intent with other vehicles on the road: signaling, honking, and flashing are all parts of this language. We assume that our own understanding of
  86. Simple Tools to Sort the Tweets from the Trash
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    In this first part of a three-part series, social media and web research specialist Henk van Ess provides some practical hints for how to de-clutter your Twitter stream and keep your timeline relevant and under control so those newsworthy updates don't get lost in a flood of information.
  87. Le site denonciateur RCILeaks.Org gagne sa bataille en Islande pour la liberte de paroles contre une firme immigrant investisseur canadienne
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Le site irreverencieux canadien RCILeaks.Org et son fournisseur de services internet islandais OrangeWebsite.com, ont gagne un combat judiciaire sans precedent sur la liberte d'expression a la Cour de district de Reykjavik.
  88. Snowden Warns Against Trump Social Media Ban
    Resource Type: Article
  89. Social Media and Investigative Journalism
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    In this extract from the new book The Social Media (R)evolution: Asian Perspectives on New Media, ICIJ member Syed Nazakat outlines different ways investigative reporters are harnessing social media around the globe.
  90. Social Media as a Civic Engagement Tool
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Attend this workshop to learn the basics on how to use social media and web resources to stay engaged with your city and connect with others who share your interests.
  91. Social Media Best Bets: Stacking the deck against organizational risk
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    With such a broad range of threats to protect against, how might one embed a social media security mindset within an organization?
  92. Social Media Check Box
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    'We have that covered' is a very satisfying thing to say when you are asked what your organization is doing in the area of social media. Does your organization say this?
  93. Social Media Cleansing: A Closer Look at our Profiles
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Everybody knows Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Users talk about connecting with family, networking with colleagues, and meeting new contacts. Social media sites allow this to happen, and much more. The question is, do you want them to?
  94. Social Media Damage Control: Preventing the Viral Crisis
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Social media is a fabulous tool to broadcast the positive, but when others start repeating, re-tweeting, and adding to a negative message, the problem can become a crisis. This crisis can quickly spiral out of control leaving a company's reputation d
  95. Social Media for Academics
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    An introduction to Mark Carrigan’s how-to guide, Social Media for Academics, with its lessons on how to be aware of your audience.
  96. Social media giants allow hate speech against Russia but silence Israel's critics
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2022
    Silicon Valley's decision to allow anti-Russia threats reveals it as little more than a propaganda arm of the West.
  97. Social media giants repress Palestinian content
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2022
    Silicon Valley is solidly entrenching itself as a devoted enemy of political dissent. As the West implements draconian sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, including the banning of the Russian news outlets RT and Sputnik from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok as well as search engine results, social media censorship of political messaging about the Palestinian liberation struggle continues.
  98. Social Media Group
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  99. Social Media Innovation: Promotion vs. Prevention
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Every town has them: outdated laws. With little or no relevance in today’s society, we see such rules as silly and ineffective. Laws such as: ‘no throwing abandoned hoop skirts onto the street’, or ‘No walking backward while eating chestnuts’ are rel
  100. Social Media Migration: The risk of changing venues
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Migrating a social media group from one venue to another, whether it be from a Group to a Page or a completely new platform altogether, risks the possibility of member abandonment. Randall Craig offers tips to make this migration easier.
  101. Social Media Real Estate: The matter of location
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    With so many Social Media sites out there, it may be challenging to know where or how you should you spend your time. It used to be simple, but social media is far more complicated today. How do you know which venues will give you the biggest return?
  102. Social Media Tactical Tips: Managing Customer Relationships and Experiences
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    How does social media help improve sales? It depends how you use it. Randall Craig offer 4 simple tips to improve an organization's customer relationships and experiences using social media.
  103. Social Media: The Question of Regulation and Moral Panic
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    In the wake of demonstrations and riots organized through social media channels, the notion of regulating these channels has become increasingly more persuasive in the hopes of either preventing riots altogether or sourcing some responsibility.
  104. Social Media Tug-o-War: Organizational Views that Confuse
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Many organizations look at social media one of two ways: We need to block social media because it destroys productivity, or we need to spend significantly on social media because we need to “join the conversation”. Both views are overly simplistic.
  105. Social Media: Does the (whole) Company Good
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    It is unfortunate that the marketer, advertiser, and PR personnel of the world are typically the "owners" of social media within an organization. The development of relationships is critically important in just about every organizational department,
  106. Social Networking and the Death of the Internet
    How Do You "Like" That?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Social Networking is, by its nature, a capture environment. The companies that offer the services, particularly Facebook, host your site and control all the information on it. Facebook — a group of linked pages on a giant website — is constraining and not very powerful. In order to use it, you have to use it the way they want you to and that’s not a whole lot of “using”. But there is a comfort in having one’s options limited, being able to use something without learning anything about it or making many choices about how you use it. That alluring convenience is a poisoned apple, however.
  107. Social Sales: Shortening the Funnel
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The practice of using social media to actively seek sales is a long-debated topic among organizations. Social media is an effective tool to help the sales process, and one of the most effective strategies is to give something in order to get somethin
  108. Software that tracks people on social media created by defence firm
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Raytheon's Riot program mines social network data like a 'Google for spies', drawing ire from civil rights groups.
  109. Sources gives you powerful tools to help you stand out from the crowd
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    An overview of how you can use SOURCES to amplify your message.
    SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, writers, producers and researchers with the sources they need for their work. Being included in SOURCES positions you as a media source and puts you in line to receive more media calls and more media coverage.
  110. S0urces Twitter
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2017
    Sources.com, the place to find experts & sources. Reach the media with your message, send out news releases, publicize events, raise your profile, spotlight your expertise, get publicity. Follow @S0urces.
  111. Sources welcomes BlueRush
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    BlueRush is a full service digital marketing company focused on developing highly engaging and interactive solutions using Web 2.0 technologies, award-winning rich media animation and video production.
  112. Sources welcomes Commuto Inc.
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    Commuto is an online social bartering network where members trade in person with other members in their cities, schools, workplaces or any other communities they create.
  113. Sources welcomes Omar Ha-Redeye
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Sources welcomes a new member: Omar Ha-Redeye. Omar Ha-Redeye is frequently interviewed by the media on subjects relating to health, security, law, politics, social media, disasters, minority rights and multiculturalism.
  114. Sources welcomes OrangeWebsite
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Sources welcomes a new member: OrangeWebsite. OrangeWebsite is an Icelandic web hosting service provider. Most of our clients are foreign journalists, bloggers, leakers and publishers.
  115. Spotify Purges Dissident Voices In Latest Censorship Escalation
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2022
    Multiple American podcasters who speak critically of the political status quo in their country are reporting that their channels have been shut down as the censorship campaign against Russia-backed media continues to escalate.
  116. Surveillance Self-Defense
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2018
    Modern technology has given those in power new abilities to eavesdrop and collect data on innocent people. Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
  117. The 10 Biggest Social Media Mistakes to Avoid in 2012
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    With 2011 coming to a close, we can start again in the new year with a clean slate - a brand new year with no mistakes. To help us avoid repeating the Social Media mishaps from 2011 are the top ten Social Media mistakes.
  118. Tenato Strategy Inc.
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    Tenato specializes in business growth strategies that exploit dramatic advancements in online research as it relates to competitors, customers and industry structures. We also support these strategies through integrating branding, SEO, social media, advertising, communications, marketing, content development and public relations in order to position our clients for industry leadership.
  119. The Cost of 'free' Social Media
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    We all enjoy the free photo sharing, free newfound friends, free professional connections, and free social gaming that social media offers us. But there is a price to pay for everything and this 'free'dom comes with a cost.
  120. The Information Thief
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Have you ever 'borrowed' someone else's knowledge or reputation? Or has someone ever done this to you? With the social web in front of us, it is too easy to use others' information without their knowledge or permission - even if it is free.
  121. The Integration of 'Social'
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Have you ever considered how the fullness of time completely changes our views? How has Social Media impacted business, and is it lasting change?
  122. The Irrelevancy of the Social Media 'Expert'
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Anyone who professes to have some expertise in Social Media may be offended to learn that their 'expertise' soon won't matter, and is fast becoming irrelevant. As a long-term career choice there is a perilous future, and the short-term prospects
  123. The Social Media Engagement Index
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Every organization – and individual – can find themselves somewhere on the three-tier Social Media Engagement Index. Identifying where you are may point out the good – and bad – habits, and may more easily define your presence. Where are you?
  124. Three Tips to Keep Your Followers Engaged
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    It can be a frustrating experience to have read a blog post or listened to a presentation, only to find that you are unable recall what was written or said. This can be even more frustrating if you are the one who wrote it.
  125. Three Top Tips for Improving Social Media ROI
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    When looking at their corporate social media initiatives, many senior executives wonder why there isn’t a better return on their investment. Is there a special ingredient that can guarantee to improve any social media campaign? Yes there is – sort of
  126. Top 10 Tips on How to Get Found in a 'Social' World
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    They say that seven points of contact are needed to make a sale. These touch points can be anything: a commercial, email, telephone call, brochure and so on. But how do you build these points of contact? In a world where customers do not want to be
  127. Top 3 Tips to Build a Social Media Reputation
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Responsiveness and reliability are the two most important determinants of service quality. While most of us understand this implicitly in the real world, our behavior in the world of social media is often completely different.
  128. Twitter closes down my account for 'hateful conduct'
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Several Twitter accounts with pro-Palestinian content have been suspended. At the same time those making explicit threats against them have been found not to violate Twitter's terms of service.
  129. Twitter spreads paid US government propaganda while falsely claiming it bans state media ads
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2020
    Twitter says it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. However, US government propaganda organs like Voice of America’s VOA Persian pay the social media corporation huge sums of money to spread disinformation against Iran and other foreign adversaries.
  130. Twitter Wars: My Personal Experience in Twitter's Ongoing Assault on Free Speech
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2022
  131. US military taps 'sock puppets'
    Fake personas on social websites to manipulate and influence opinion
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    A new $2.76 million dollar 'counter-terrorism' initiative to create a pro-America online presence using fake online personas is underway. These interventions will not be conducted in English or on American sites, but will be Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, and Pashtu speaking "sock-puppets".
  132. Using Social Media to Grow Your Business: Speaker Series
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    On November 11th at the Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre, as a part of the Company of Women Rogers sponsored speaker series, â##Using Social Media to Grow Your Businessâ## is the last of three â##Connect, Communicate, Createâ## series events fea
  133. Viral Video: Cracking the Code
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Who wouldn't want their video to go viral? With thousands, or sometimes millions, of views your message is shared across platforms and likely across continents. Yet, why are these videos so lucky? What do they do to deserve so much exposure?
  134. The War Against "Fake News" is a War on Us
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Barely a day passes without a new development in the war on social media -- that is, the war on us. Today, it is a report that Twitter has emailed hundreds of thousands of its users, warning them that they shared "Russian propaganda".
  135. Wasting your time on social media: Four rules for social media ROI
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Using social media as a corporate tool can yield some excellent results, but too many businesses waste time doing activities that yield very little results. Randall Craig defines four guidelines that make for a more productive social media investment
  136. What's the blogging point? Seven reasons to blog... one reason to not
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Many individuals and organizations have jumped on the blog bandwagon. Most of them do not even know why. Deciding on a strategy helps clarify the reason for the blog itself and gives focus to the writing.
  137. Who Are the 5.5 Million Facebook Fans of Chinese State Newspaper People's Daily?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Facebook has been banned in China for six years yet the Facebook account for Chinese State Newspaper People’s Daily has over 5.5 million fans. What is a state run newspaper doing on a social network that none of its consumers can access? Or, better yet, how does a state run newspaper have 5.5 million fans on a website that none of its consumers can access?
  138. Who wouldn't "like" to get something in return?
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Everyone has heard of 'give to get' and most people use this phrase in their networking. Forwarding leads and prospects is just one way of doing this. This theory works in the world of social media as well.
  139. Why Do We Expose Ourselves?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Among critics of technological surveillance, there are two allusions so commonplace they have crossed into the realm of cliché. One, as you have probably already guessed, is George Orwell's Big Brother, from 1984. The other is Michel Foucault’s panopticon -- a vision, adapted from Jeremy Bentham, of a prison in which captives cannot tell if or when they are being watched. Today, both of these touchstones are considered chillingly prophetic. But in Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age, Bernard Harcourt has another suggestion: Both of them are insufficient.
  140. Will Facebook take over the world?
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Perceived as a time-waster and on-line haunt for teens and twenty-somethings, the reality is that it has grown well beyond the original confines of social networking. And when it busts out of its walled garden completely, it will have profound implic
  141. With Power of Social Media Growing, Police Now Monitoring and Criminalizing Online Speech
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Criminal cases for online political speech are now commonplace in the UK, notorious for its hostility to basic free speech and press rights. As The Independent's James Bloodworth reported last week, "around 20,000 people in Britain have been investigated in the past three years for comments made online."
  142. You Are Not a Gadget
    A Manifesto
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2010
    The internet has spawned a hive mentality, where the crowd takes precedence over the individual.

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