by • March 30, 2009
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We here at Social Studies may be leading you astray. Our very name could be construed as misleading: Social Studies Blog. Weber Shandwick, our home sweet home, is a PR agency. As such, we do, um, public relations. Publishing a discrete social media blog may…
by • March 25, 2009
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In a recent article for the Wall St. Journal, Julia Angwin shares the tale of her foray into online reputation management (ORM) as seen through the lens of Google results: One of the paradoxes of the digital age is that the boundless freedoms of the…
by • March 23, 2009
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When the new digital camera you just bought fails, you can leave a comment on its Amazon.com page to warn would-be buyers. When that new restaurant down the street messed up your steak twice (!), you can write your own review on Yelp.com. When a…
by • March 16, 2009
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We all love the way YouTube lets you embed videos, right? It’s pretty easy: You go to the video’s YouTube page, grab Embed code and paste it into your website or blog. Boom. Done. But what about when the page’s dimensions don’t match the videos?…
by • March 16, 2009
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Tara Hunt, from Intuit, spoke on the topic of how people interact and exchange information in online communities: through social capital, or as Cory Doctorow calls it, Whuffie. Hunt gave a thorough deep dive into the importance of online communities – both through listening to…
by • March 14, 2009
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“What does an abundance of information create? A scarcity of attention basically, right?” — Herbert Simon in 1971The South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference is this week in Austin, TX. It’s the annual sharing and learning event for interactive professionals around the world. This morning…
by • March 12, 2009
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Didn’t we just get a redesign? Yup. But Facebook has done it again and now users have yet another new interface to get used to. The changes are mostly to the home page, which should be easier to use for those who have massive amounts…
by • March 11, 2009
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While we’ve made significant strides as a society with regard to our collective embrace of social media, there are still those that cling to the impression that social media is scary. While certain manipulations of the tools may be be clumsy, I beg the question:…
by • March 3, 2009
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Last night’s Daily Show featured a rant by host Jon Stewart about Twitter, in which he works himself into a high dudgeon over the fascination held by politicians and media figures alike for tweeting their every thought, even during a major address by the president….
by • March 2, 2009
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Back in July, members of the U.S. Congress fought for their right to Twitter with a Let Our Congress Tweet campaign. It’s success, thanks in large part to Texas Rep. John Culberson, helped modernize rules — letting representatives tweet from the House floor. If you…