The Chris Brown Rule: Think Before Tweeting @#!!

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Some celebrities are masters at using Twitter to build a fan base.  Others, like Chris Brown, suffer from not understanding the potential impact of failing to think first, tweet second. Social media give celebrities great platforms for building a fan base.  They have wide distribution as … [Read more...]

The Psychology: #RIP Twitter Celebrity Death Hoaxes

#RIP Twitter celebrity death hoaxes

Twitter has been teeming with celebrity death hoaxes; the #RIP hashtag has been attached to Tweets about the untimely demise of celebrities from Chris Brown and Cher to Mr. Bean. We often take information for granted because it is plentiful. Plentiful is not the same thing as accurate. On the … [Read more...]

#RIP Twitter Celebrity Death Hoaxes

#RIP Twitter Celebrity Death Hoaxes

Twitter has been teeming with celebrity death hoaxes; the #RIP hashtag has been attached to Tweets about the untimely demise of celebrities from Chris Brown and Cher to Mr. Bean. We often take information for granted because it is plentiful. Plentiful is not the same thing as accurate. On the … [Read more...]

Shooting Your Kid’s Laptop Is No Solution to Media Literacy

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The North Carolina dad who shot his daughter's laptop in a YouTube video shows the critical need to teach media literacy to our kids.  You may see the dad as a hero or an idiot, the daughter as a victim or an entitled brat, but she is also ignorant of the implications of socially-networked … [Read more...]

Shooting Your Kid’s Laptop Is No Solution to Media Literacy

Shooting Your Kid’s Laptop Is No Solution to Media Literacy

The North Carolina dad who shot his daughter's laptop in a YouTube video shows the critical need to teach media literacy to our kids.  You may see the dad as a hero or an idiot, the daughter as a victim or an entitled brat, but she is also ignorant of the implications of socially-networked … [Read more...]