Social Media Revolution Series
Candidates control their own social media. What message are they sending?
Jul 28, 2016 02:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
We live in the age of social media. Indeed, many of us likely saw something about the Republican and Democratic conventions on Facebook, Twitter or even Instagram over the last few weeks. A recent Pew Research Center...
Social Media Revolution Series
Euro 2016 sponsors being ambushed on social media by 'unofficial' brands
Jul 01, 2016 23:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
While the nations at the UEFA Euro 2016 championships have done battle on the pitch, an equally intense battle has been taking place off it between brands that want tournament exposure. Sponsors such as Coca Cola,...
Social Media Revolution Series
Why has Microsoft paid US$26 billion for business networking platform LinkedIn?
Jun 15, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Insights & Views
Many people will have heard of LinkedIn: the social networking site aimed at professionals looking for a platform for business networking. Many more will have found it irritating jokes abound on the subject of how hard it...
Social Media Revolution Series
Social media is changing our digital news habits – but to varying degrees in US and UK
Jun 15, 2016 04:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Digital technology has dramatically reshaped the news and media industries in the past decade. Weve left behind a world where established news brands could rely on reaching large audiences and hence secure advertising...
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Climate change makes a comeback – with the help of social media
Jun 14, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In what has been shaping up as the election that forgot climate change, there are signs emerging in the Coalitions election campaign that it is starting to listen to polls, its own focus groups and social media chat on...
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Removing social media hate speech within 24 hours sounds like a good idea, but...
Jun 10, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
In a bid to fight escalating anti-migrant propaganda, the European Commission this month released a blueprint for regulating online hate, which requires social media companies to take down racist material within 24...
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Scouring social media on EU referendum – will it be more accurate than polls?
Jun 10, 2016 09:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Voters cant be trusted to reveal their true voting intentions to pollsters. You only have to look at what happened in the 2015 UK general election to realise how badly wrong the polls get it from time to time. Even...
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