Tag: Social Media

New “insights” for Facebook pages — another reason for businesses to rethink social media presence

I wrote a City Talk column recently about the weak and ineffective presence that many small businesses have on Facebook. Businesses — including bands, nonprofits, and other organizations — make all sorts of poor choices in their use of Facebook,…

Pew: Teens “have waning enthusiasm for Facebook, disliking the increasing adult presence, people sharing excessively, and stressful ‘drama'”

There’s a really interesting report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project: Teens, Social Media, and Privacy. It’s fascinating stuff. Teens are continuing to use Facebook in extremely large numbers. About 81 percent of all teens use at least…

Yahoo buys Tumblr for over $1 billion — a bad deal or a good one?

A few years ago, a young photographer casually asked me, “Do you have a Tumblr?” I wasn’t even sure what he was talking about. But since I started blogging just over two years ago and since I’m a teacher of…

As tragedy unfolds, news media and social media users make some big mistakes

Let me begin by saying that I can’t imagine the horror and sadness in Newtown over the last 24 hours or so. My heart goes out to those whose lives have been devastated by yesterday’s mass shooting.