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News of Jackson's death first spread online (AP)

News of Jackson's death first spread online

Technology / Internet

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.





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No More 'Social Media,' More Single Log-ins for Multiple Platforms

Technology / Internet

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As more people use social media platforms, they will begin moving away from using the term 'social media' in the new year, predicts Dr. Karla Gower, associate professor of advertising and public relations.


Social media and presidential election: Scientists examine impact of YouTube, MySpace

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dr. Paul Haridakis, associate professor of Communication Studies at Kent State University and a long-time scholar in the area of the impact of media on the political landscape in the U.S., is investigating the impact of hugely ...


New model details why some information 'goes viral'

New model for social marketing campaigns details why some information 'goes viral'

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 2 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marketers dream of finding ways to get something to "go viral" on the Internet. Indeed, viral marketing, whether it be through email, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter, has become the Holy Grail ...


DirecTV, Liberty Media detail spinoff plans

Technology / Business

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV provider, said Monday it will be combined with the entertainment unit of Liberty Media Corp. and spun off into a separately traded company.


Tracking the digital traces of social networks

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why do we create and maintain social networks? Most people can immediately think of a few natural reasons -- we get something from the interaction, or the person is nearby and is close to us in proximity, age or gender.


TV bombards children with commercials for high-fat and high-sugar foods

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions. With more than one fourth of advertising on daytime and prime time television devoted to foods and beverages and continuing questions about the role ...


In emerging tech markets, 'get real' by talking about the competition

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Innovators trying to establish new markets would be wise to try to attract attention by publicizing not only themselves, but also the competition, according to a new sociological study by a faculty member at the University ...


Media health reporting: Accuracy improving but still a way to go

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research on the reporting of medical treatments in the media shows slight improvements in accuracy but the overall quality of health reporting remains poor.


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Japan mulls high-tech economic stimulus

Technology / Business

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan may invest two billion dollars or more in new information and communication systems under an economic stimulus package with the aim of creating 400,000 jobs by 2011, an official said Tuesday.


Informal social networks better at encouraging Hispanics to prepare for disasters, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans.



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