Pinterest tips for public education
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Tag: Social Media
How to Pitch Your Messages on Twitter
Humour, sarcasm and satire don’t translate well on social media. Remember that even if your clients are local, your audience is potentially global on Twitter.
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Ethical Social Media Policies During Recruitment
Employers are increasingly using social media to screen potential applicants. Sociologist Heather Williams has put together a thoughtful article on the ethics and problems associated.
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Facebook Conserves Offline Relationships
An EU study lead by anthropologists finds that contrary to popular ideas that social media is weakening or transforming social bonds, Facebook in particular is reinforcing offline connections.
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A short documentary explores a global program to encourage young entrepreneurs create apps, to achieve social good. Continue reading Young Entrepreneurs Make a Change
Managing Employee’s Social Media Use Ethically
Companies should make their social media policies clear to employees, but these have to be lawful and fair.
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Inspiration porn is an image of a person with a disability, often a kid, doing something completely ordinary – like playing, or talking, or running, or drawing a picture, or hitting a tennis ball – carrying a caption like “your excuse is invalid” or “before you quit, try”… Let me be clear about the intent of this inspiration porn; it’s there so that non-disabled people can put their worries into perspective. So they can go, “Oh well if that kid who doesn’t have any legs can smile while he’s having an awesome time, I should never, EVER feel bad about … Continue reading Discourses of Disability
Does Technology Shape Social Revolution?
“The technologies aren’t as important as what is driving people to put themselves in harm’s way, whether it be food prices, economic uncertainty or a long-term build-up of resentment toward regimes” Continue reading Does Technology Shape Social Revolution?
How Can Social Science Help Governments Manage Social Media?
Social science offers sophisticated methods for governments to better understand social media. The London School of Economics & Political Science argues that social scientists are using their research techniques to improve meaningful collection of social data.
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How to Set Up Your Business Blog
There is a large volume of advice articles on how to set up and write an effective blog. This post brings together the advice that influenced me in setting up my various personal blogs, The Other Sociologist and my Tumblr, as well as my blog on Sociology at Work. I want to focus on the little tips that may not seem immediately important, but from experience, I can guarantee you that they make it harder for your blog to be enjoyed and shared easily.
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