Tracking Social Media The Social Media Tracking Centre and the 2011 Nigerian Elections Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation About the Authors Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni is the Executive Director of Academic Associates PeaceWorks, a Nigerian NGO working in the fields of conflict management, peace and development and peace education. Dr. Asuni has researched and written extensively on conflicts in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta. AA PeaceWorks has established a social media team to engage Nigerian
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INTRODUCTION Nature and Importance of the Study Social media are computer-mediated tools that allow people to create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks. Social media is defined as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content." Furthermore, social media depend on mobile and web-based technologies to create
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Social Media Networks Social Media Networks Kimmeka Bowman Hum176 July 14, 2013 Christy Carper Social Media Networks Social Media Networks When it comes to social media, participants have several different options to choose from. Facebook is a popular option. Here, individuals are able to connect with friends and family all over the world. This is an excellent way to keep in
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Social Media Erick Nelson HUM/186 June 15, 2015 Megan McLendon When I first glanced over the criteria for this social media paper, I didn’t know there was a difference between easily obtainable information and social media? After initially reading the questions we should answer, I thought they were the same thing. Every time I searched for information regarding “easily obtainable information”, it was always linked to social media. So was I asked the same question twice
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reasons Social Media Marketing has become exceedingly popular among businesses of all sizes. Social media has become a part of my every day life. Our text describes marketing as the “activity, and processes for delivering, creating, and communicating” a variety of information for a particular product a company is looking to sell (Boone & Kurtz, 2012, pg 353). Surprising, the new evolution of attention and gaining additional traffic for any product or service is through social media marketing
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Traditional, Electronic and Social Media In this vast healthcare marketplace, patients and providers have choices. These choices are made not only by advertising and marketing efforts, but also by an unprecedented amount of health information available through the news media and internet. Right now our company is feeling the negative effects of this information. Let’s start by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using traditional media. Traditional media can include newspapers, magazines
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Social Media is an umbrella term that defines the various communicative activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos, and audio. The term is generally a fancy way to describe the ways people utilize technology, namely web-based and mobile, to communicate with each other. The reasons why social media has become so popular is because its fast, cultures are shifting, it’s driven by generations x and y, it creates a new ‘you’, it makes money
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to HIPAA regulations, securing the privacy of theses individuals. As an administrator, one will establish effective communication and prepare family members for this transition. Communication comes in many forms; traditional, electronic, and social media. Communicating and contacting the individuals relatives will be the first step in implementing theses developments. Emails will be sent out to these relatives, phone calls will be made, and trips to the nursing home will take place. Some relatives
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general population regarding this situation. As I am the Communications Coordinator for a national drug manufacturer, we will be discussing both the advantages and disadvantages as to the best communication methods in order to get out the information to the vast population. This paper will discuss the methods of using traditional, electronic, and social media. We will first take a look at the different forms of communication, both formal and informal. “Information and communication technology offer
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Introduction Social media marketing assist businesses to gain traffic or attention through social media sites. There are many social sites some are similar and some differ from the other, For instances, Twitter is a social site designed to let people share short messages and/or updates with others in there group. Facebook, would be classified as a full social networking site that allows for sharing updates, photos, joining events and a variety of other activities. These two mention social site are just
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