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Attention Spans in the Social Media Age

Doctor Spin

Are our attention spans shrinking due to social media? We often hear that social media is rotting our brains, that our attention spans are shrinking faster than a TikTok video ends, and that we are now incapable of focusing on anything that isn’t accompanied by a barrage of likes and comments. 2019, April 15).

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Civility remains a “major” problem in America—and social media is only making it worse

Agility PR Solutions

Indeed, a new poll from Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate has tracked the state of civility in the United States since 2010, and once again finds that the vast majority […]. The post Civility remains a “major” problem in America—and social media is only making it worse appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Social Media for Healthcare: What’s The Potential?

Melissa Agnes

The other day I had a conversation with someone who made a statement about the healthcare industry not needing to be on social media because no one cares about the nurses’ birthdays and little useless memes (I’m SOOO paraphrasing here!). What’s the point of social media for healthcare?

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Social Media Usage Skyrockets in Last Decade

The Proactive Report

Back in 2005 when Pew started tracking social media usage just 7% of adults where active on social networking sites. Over the years Pew has monitored how the rise of social media has affected our work, relationships and communication patterns and how these changes have affected business and politics.

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Reputation on social media – Comms must own it or lose it

NewsWhip

These folks are fully tuned into the emerging interplay between media and social media. They also use quantified data to inform their strategy and media planning, taking a “moneyball” approach. . Their work is capital “M” media not social media – that’s for the marketing guys on the 11th floor.

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Pros and cons of being an adjunct professor in social media

Communications Conversations

The long answer: I started guest lecturing at Betsy Andersen’s class at UST way back in 2010 (or so, I can’t remember the exact year). Then, just a few months later, he informed me he was retiring and that UST was looking for someone to fill the social media class he was teaching. I instantly loved it.

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Instagram’s 10th birthday – does it really share love?

Stuart Bruce

Instagram launched on 6 October 2010. Lots of social media platforms … © Stuart Bruce - Instagram’s 10th birthday – does it really share love? Instagram’s 10th birthday is a good time to look at its impact on society.

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