Social Platforms’ Changing Approaches to Political and News Content Could Sway Upcoming Elections
Social Media Today
MARCH 3, 2024
As Meta moves away from news content, X is embracing it, which could change voting outcomes.
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X Marks The Spot For Political And War News—But Can We Trust It?
Forbes Social Media
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
We should consider social media to be the "fifth estate," where traditional journalism has always been the fourth estate.
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Navigating social media marketing in an election year
Sprout Social
MARCH 12, 2024
The 2024 US presidential election is several months away, but social media is already politically charged. A proof point that illustrates what many social marketers already know: Presidential elections make social media a hard place to navigate, even if your brand isn’t inherently political.
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Social Media Disinformation Likely to Keep Expanding
Socialmedia.biz
APRIL 23, 2021
From politics and healthcare to news about global problems like climate change, social media disinformation has reached epidemic proportions and is likely to keep getting worse.
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Those Who Rely On Social Media For Political News Are Less Engaged And Less Knowledgeable
Forbes Social Media
OCTOBER 14, 2020
The more people rely on social media for political news the less engaged they tend to be, while they are also far less knowledgeable about the topic.
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How Government Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook
Social Media Strategies Summit
MAY 25, 2021
Government, political, and advocacy agencies all play an important role in the world: they work to keep people safe and informed. Facebook Tools for Government, Political, and Advocacy Agencies. Facebook can be a helpful resource in that mission. People want to hear from their governments online. Image Source: Facebook GPA.
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Facebook Shares 'Most Viewed Content Report' for Q3, Underlining What Gains Traction on the Platform
Social Media Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Facebook has released its latest overview of the most viewed content on its platform - which is not all political news and misinformation.
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Why Justin Trudeau’s Trevor Noah tweet is brilliant
Sherrilynne Starkie
DECEMBER 4, 2018
When the government announces new funding for a children’s charity there is usually a news release, a press conference and a photo opportunity of some description. The political opposition will provide a critical soundbite. Noah thought it was ‘amazing’ news and showed the tweet on the big screen at the concert.
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Top Five: Social Networks Take Action on Politics
Sherrilynne Starkie
MAY 30, 2018
Top Five: Social Networks Take Action on Politics. This week's top five social media must-know news features Facebook & Twitter's new rules for political content, Google's action on scammers, new features from Snapchat & LinkedIn. Facebook enforces new rules for political & issues ads.
How Public Safety Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook
Social Media Strategies Summit
MAY 25, 2021
Government, political, and advocacy agencies all play an important role in the world: they work to keep people safe and informed. Facebook Tools for Government, Political, and Advocacy Agencies. Facebook can be a helpful resource in that mission. People want to hear from their governments online. Image Source: Facebook GPA.
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How Twitter & Facebook are making social media ads more transparent
Sherrilynne Starkie
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
Fake news is nothing new (think of the National Enquirer founded in 1926), but with last year’s Brexit and US election votes, it’s certainly become more sinister. Fake news today, is not “Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby’ type stories. Facebook announced it’s testing new ‘Trust Indicators’. And it’s a big problem.
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Viral video: Jim Carrey’s take on gun control
Sherrilynne Starkie
APRIL 6, 2013
According to Oxford Dictionary, the purpose of satire is to use humour or irony to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics. Both Swift’s essay and Carrey’s video serve to spur conversation and debate of important political issues. In modern times, this means social media.
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Duffy balloon: how to pull a PR stunt
Sherrilynne Starkie
JULY 28, 2013
Run during the summer silly season, typically a quiet time when it comes to parliamentary news, the stunt was perfectly timed to gain the attention Canadian news outlets from coast to coast, and so it received massive mainstream coverage. Canadian television journalist Mike Duffy of CTV. Photo credit: Wikipedia).
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Influencers Behaving Badly: What’s a Brand to Do?
Ignite Social Media
AUGUST 28, 2023
He is now facing charges in New York City for inciting a riot and unlawful assembly, and 65 people were arrested during that event, including 30 juveniles. He is now facing charges in New York City for inciting a riot and unlawful assembly, and 65 people were arrested during that event, including 30 juveniles.
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What happened on Social Media in June: monthly round-up
Awario
JULY 1, 2020
Twitter launched Voice Tweets out of nowhere, Instagram added new visual effects and Facebook got into political controversy once again. As always, we are here to guide you through all the most important social media news of the month.
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117 Top Five: Finally some good news
Sherrilynne Starkie
AUGUST 22, 2018
This week’s top 5 must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals see a lot of good work by both Google and Facebook in the effort to improve the quality of news and reporting. Google to tell us the good news for once. A new feature is rolling out on Google Assistant. Not so much.
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IABC Canada: the big shift
Sherrilynne Starkie
NOVEMBER 10, 2012
Bricker said that we are in the midst of a transition to a new Canadian mindset. It was more rural, and our national policy was driven by the politics of the elite. New Canada is urban, multi-cultural, older, more female, tolerant, opinionated, demanding and somewhat libertarian. Old Canada was about English and French.
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Tony Clement: the tweeting minister
Sherrilynne Starkie
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
His told the audience of public relations professionals about his own social media journey and shared some insight into how he sees politics in the age of social media. As a result his Twitter feed is a tsunami of news. Now I don’t have to search for what’s new going on. That’s when one of my staff members set up my account.”.
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Control Which Websites, Pages, Apps, and Videos Your Facebook Ads Appear On
Jon Loomer
DECEMBER 18, 2022
You can also apply topic exclusions to prevent your Facebook in-stream video ads from appearing in on-demand videos (not live) about specific topics (Gaming, News, Politics, Religion and Spirituality). Do a little digging to uncover which websites, Facebook pages, apps, and videos are showing your ads. First, let me explain.
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2022 Social Media Predictions
Ignite Social Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Facebook’s Poor Reputation Will Lead To Regulation and Poor Adoption of New Products, Even if They’re Good. Congress knows a winning issue when they see it, and Facebook (or all social network) regulation is a political winner. At the same time, as Meta releases new products their own poor reputation will hurt adoption.
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208 Top Five Social Media Must Knows: The new Google News
Sherrilynne Starkie
MAY 9, 2018
Top Five Social Media Must Knows: The new Google News. This week's top 5 social media must-knows include Hootsuite and Pinterest, Google News and AI, New Buttons for Instagram, Facebook user loyalty and new features from WhatsApp. The new Google News: AI meets human intelligence. followers .
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Politics and Personal Branding: Preserve Your Brand and Relationships in a Political Minefield
Pam Moore
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
SocialZoomFactor · Personal Branding and Politics – Building Your Brand in a Political Minefield. To speak or not speak about your political views via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or even Tik Tok… that is the question many business leaders and marketers are asking themselves today. Likely never.
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How To Create A Political Management Blog
The Realtime Report
OCTOBER 27, 2017
How To Create A Political Management Blog. Whether you’re working in politics, studying for your online masters in political science, or simply have an interest in politics and the government, starting a political blog can be an excellent hobby that could even open up opportunities for you when it comes to your future career.
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A Digital Lens on the U.S. Election
Dave Fleet
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
It’s why I continue to make a point of staying connected with people who I know don’t share my views on things, and why (until Google shut it down) Google Reader provided me with a regular dose of new perspectives – what Chris Brogan once termed the “Serendipity Effect”. One day after the U.S. If you haven’t already, you should check it out.
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The Most Effective Change Comms Formula? KISS. Then TELL.
Waxing UnLyrical
JULY 29, 2021
The more things change… One of the big things that’s making news here in the U.S. Whatever one’s political leanings, however, what is very clear is that official messaging and guidance around COVID-19 has been messy, clumsy, and confusing pretty much since the pandemic began. It absolutely can.
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11 Ways to Boost Engagement with Twitter Polls
Hootsuite
JUNE 9, 2022
They’re super interactive, easy to create, and fun to take part in. A Twitter poll can help you learn more about what your audience thinks, wants, and how they behave. And the more you know about your audience, the easier it is to determine what you should be doing for your brand. What is a Twitter poll? Voting only takes a second or two—at most. ?.
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PRs compared to Mao, Pol Pot and Stalin
Sherrilynne Starkie
JANUARY 26, 2013
There is a new study out that shows that PR professionals feel that serving the public interest is as important as their duty to their employers and clients. Another wrote, “In other news, the ghosts of Mao, Pol Pot and Stalin have been heard saying “we always had the long term best interests of our people as our highest priority.”.
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370 How Social Media Is Making Politics More Divisive
Socialmedia.biz
JANUARY 25, 2019
Social media, across the globe, has made it significantly easier for people to voice their political opinion, discuss issues that plague the society, cause an uproar around causes that matter, and hold the decision-makers accountable. Political Harassment. In the 2016 U.S.
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The Facebook News Feed is Changing to Favor Person to Person Engagement
Jon Loomer
JANUARY 11, 2018
A major change is being made to the news feed that will favor people and negatively impact the visibility of page content. I guess that means changes are coming… “The first changes you’ll see will be in News Feed, where you can expect to see more from your friends, family and groups.” It sounds bad.
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How to Build Public Trust Through Social Public Service
Social Media Strategies Summit
JANUARY 23, 2023
From Russel’s perspective, we can boil those methods down into three broad types of government and public sector comms: Political: Very divisive, us-versus-them style messaging. Promotional: Things like news releases, events, and podiums. Generally, agencies do fantastic work and are rightly proud of their efforts. Is it worth it?
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Facebook Interest Targeting: How Your Profile is Targeted (The Good and Bad)
Jon Loomer
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Facebook categorizes your interests into the following groups: News and Entertainment. As I hear the stories of marketers of brands big and small, it’s one of the preferred methods of targeting with Facebook ads remains interests. The low level of certainty is due to the often vague nature of interests and how they are assembled.
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5 Take-Aways on Social Media and Politics
Dave Fleet
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
Neither does cable news. That’s why organizations – political and non-political – need to adopt communications approaches that integrate multiple media to reach people, multiple times, with consistent, simple and compelling content. Take-away: Consider the bigger picture rather than analyzing artificial silos.
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‘Tis the Season to Double Down on Social Customer Care (and Protect Your Community Managers)
Convince & Convert
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
With this challenge, of course, comes new opportunities to provide trust-building service to your potential and current customers. . Daily jobs can consist of wading through endless hateful comments , especially on platforms like Twitter which is full of a polarized political scene. It feels like it could be a doozy. .
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EMBARGOED: Simple Interventions Can Help People Spot False Headlines
The Realtime Report
JUNE 22, 2020
Most people struggle to reliably evaluate the quality of information they encounter online, even under the most ideal conditions,” said Andy Guess , assistant professor of politics and public affairs. This is because they lack the skills and knowledge required to distinguish between high and low-quality news content.
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[Answered] Yes, Facebook Is Removing The Trending News Box
SocMed Sean
JUNE 5, 2018
“What are future news experiences?”, It’s likely that the removal of this feature is intended to take the heat off their staff, even if they simply replace it with another box called “New News” or “What’s Hot” or whatever kitschy title they come up. ”, you might ask.
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Parler: What Brands Need to Know About the Latest Social Media Network
Ignite Social Media
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
As stated by the founder John Matze, “Parler is committed to free speech, does not mine or sell data, and does not remove content based on politics or ideology. Users can follow other users and engage with public figures and news sources. What is Parler? Parler continues to stand with the People and against techno authoritarianism.”.
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Kelcy Warren on How Natural Gas and Oil Can Serve Future Energy Needs
The Realtime Report
JANUARY 20, 2023
Energy is something that is always in the news, but never more so than now, when political and economic events are making energy scarce in Europe and other parts of the world. Use existing fossil fuel resources to create new technologies that will support the development and expansion of an extensive range of global energy resources.”
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NowThis' Tina Exarhos On Making Content Go Viral
Forbes Social Media
MARCH 25, 2019
The Manhattan-based video news platform NowThis is optimized for distribution on social media. The 116-person team publishes dozens of videos a day across verticals including news, politics, food, sports, entertainment and money.
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Social media and journalism: how to effectively reach the public
Sprout Social
MAY 11, 2020
Perhaps that’s because over 50% of people rely on social as a news source. Meanwhile, platforms like Twitter are capable of reporting news in real-time minus any commercials or paywall. From politics to retail to entertainment and beyond, there’s no timelier place for journalists to get their stories to the public.
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6 Ways to Avoid the Instagram Shadowban in 2022
Hootsuite
OCTOBER 11, 2022
These algorithmic tools exist to comply with global laws about internet security , misinformation, and political interference. These algorithmic tools exist to comply with global laws about internet security , misinformation, and political interference. But then why am I only getting 20 likes per post when I used to get 250+?”
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How to increase Twitter followers for your business
BeingOptimist
DECEMBER 7, 2022
News breaks: News breaks much faster on Twitter as compared to Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites. Niche/Topics: You can easily find news or links related to your niche and can identify the trending topics and can use Twitter search to know the opinion of the people when creating new content.
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The 4 Social Networks I Use Most
Ari Herzog
MAY 12, 2020
The coronavirus crisis throws a giant obstacle into my social following strategies because of two reasons: First, I don’t want to tune out people who I care about but I also don’t want my newsfeed filled with politics and sensationalism. People who do share political etc. posts once in a while are easy to ignore.
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