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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

AT a recent IABC Ottawa professional development event, speaker Melissa Carroll, the person behind the Montreal Police Service ’s (SPVM) Twitter account during the 2012 student protests against tuition fee increases, explained that social media can really move people. This post was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog.

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Social Media New Year’s Resolutions That You’ll Have Fun Achieving

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As director of Contentworks Agency , I’m using December to plan for 2020 and make a commitment to improving and evolving my social media strategies. So, let’s look at some New Year’s resolutions that social media managers should consider. College students were the target audience for Facebook when it went live in 2004.

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Predictions Revisited: Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies That Might Change Social Media

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Six years ago, I published the post “ Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies that Might Change Social Media.” Search interest of “Artificial Intelligence” has waned since 2004, though it is currently on an upward trajectory that started around 2013. Low hanging fruit with this prediction, but I expect we’ll see A.I.

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

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Do you remember your first social media profile? Or, how about your first social media post? Social media has changed and evolved so much since the early days, it’s almost hard to believe how far we’ve come. How people use social media has changed as well. Let’s dive in!

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

His topic, the year the Internet fought back, focused on how a genuine grassroots movement, fuelled by social media, impacted the Canadian Federal government’s digital copyright law. It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. Using social media for research.

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Top 17 Social Media Monitoring Vendors for Business

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For instance, internet users create new social media accounts every day. You cannot underestimate the power and impact of social media in the business world today. Previously, people used social media platforms to chat, create friendships, share files, and perform other social activities.

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LinkedIn, Social Media And Bubbles

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Internet IPO since Google back in 2004. Everyone from investors to start-up entrepreneurs and media pundits have looked at this deal sideways. And, while the platform has many people who are still trying to game it and spam it with nonsense, the average LinkedIn user takes this online social network seriously. media pundit.

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