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AMA Handbook of Public Relations Published

Bill Hartzer

Before the invasion of YouTube , Facebook , and bloggers, the Internet was embraced by visionary PR professionals working feverishly to develop online content to advance a client’s agenda. In 2001, he received an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Muskingum College. Public relations icon Robert L. Hardcover).

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First (Real) Stop: Friendster In 2001, I took the plunge into Friendster , and as an early adopter, I befriended just about anyone I had some sort of association with and reciprocated every friend request. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. They had a great idea, though, and it finally became popular in the last few years.

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Towards a Theory of Digital Literacy: Three Scenarios for the Next Steps

Buzz Marketing for Technology

At the same time, however, they present users with problems that involve the need to utilize non-linear information-seeking strategies and to construct knowledge from independent shreds of information that were accessed in a non-orderly and non-linear way ( Burnett & McKinley, 1998 ; Jansen & Pooch, 2001 ; Schank, 1984 ; Zins, 2000 ).

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Kaycee Nicole Swenson brought her sparkly brand of wholesome, flirtatious courage to a wide audience on the internet from 1999 through May 14, 2001 , when her mother Debbie announced that Kaycee had passed away suddenly. Apparently the scam is still far from over in spite of the little teapot tempest we’ve had about it over on Plurk.