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How Social Media is Taking the News Local

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Any news organization’s web site can get a story picked up by popular sites such as Drudge Report, Huffington Post, Digg, or even Fark, resulting in a bump in page views. But that’s a traffic anomaly. Full Article at Mashable!

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  1. What does this mean? Brands and products are part of our everyday lives. And as Twitter is a personal broadcasting system, people will be quick to pass on their experiences with them. Full Article at VNUNet.com

  2. Beginning in June 2010, Drury Universitys department of communication will offer a certification course for social media, the first of its kind at any higher education institution in the four-state region, a Drury news release said. Full Article at The Springfield News-Leader

  3. So here I've been contemplating how to better illustrate the expediency and power social media has on our society, when a cursory scroll through my Facebook account led me to a few posts by some old friends from college. Full Article at Associated Content

  4. Great article over on TechCrunch today (by Paul Carr) about how social networking-based reporting may mean well, but actually causes more harm than good. Full Article at Geek News Central

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  1. FILE - This Oct. 15, 2009 file photo shows a Japanese participant to Twitter Inc.'s special event launching a Japan-based mobile version of the popular microblogging service showing the Twitter page asking "what are you doing?" in Japanese on a mobile phone in Tokyo, Japan.
  2. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 10:  MC Hammer poses for a portrait following a discussion on the power of social media at the University of Technology on November 10, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  3. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 09:  Music star MC Hammer launches the new Xbox karaoke title 'Lips: Number One Hits' which includes his song 'U Can't Touch This', and demonstrates Xbox's Twitter feature, at the Sofitel Melbourne on November 9, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  4. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 31:  Lance Armstrong stands with runners and admirers in midtown Manhattan before a group run in Central Park on October 31, 2009 in New York City. Following a Twitter notice, Armstrong, 38, arrived at Niketown to begin the run.

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