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How to Navigate Social Media in an Era of Misinformation and Disinformation

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My job is that, and more at times, as I work in social media. Which is why I asked the golden child, Chat GPT, the following question: How do people navigate social media in an era of misinformation and disinformation? Learn about media literacy, critical thinking, and how social media algorithms work.

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Why Social Media Will Challenge Marketers in 2019

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Now it’s about so many “other” things besides you and yet, in 2019, it still comes back to you, particularly when we have to synthesize the latest batch of Facebook data privacy breaches. In my opinion as soon as marketers came to the social media party en masse, the dynamics changed forever. Absolutely.

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The Takeaway from Social Media in 2010

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. Online privacy means a lot to us, but for a majority of us, it’s only important when we know our privacy has been invaded. In social networks and social media, every time we join a new shiny network, or register for something online, we give up a little piece of our privacy, like a sculptor chipping away at a piece of marble.

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Social Media: What’s Right, What’s Wrong, and What’s Next?

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What’s right in social media? As much as some people are apt to point out the #FAILS in social media, this was the big win of 2010. What’s wrong with social media? The semantics of social media education. The barriers in social media are not so high that it is an exclusive club.

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Protecting Children from Social Media

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How can you protect your children from social media? “I’m on top of it, I know what this social networking thing is all about&# , “My child doesn’t really use it&# , “Does it really matter? So how, as a parent, do we deal with the firehose that is electronic communication, that is social media?

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10 social media sites, blogs and links you might have missed

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I came across Tlists when I showed up on one of it’s lists of “The most listed Tweeters on 921 lists about Social Media&#. Social Media Marketing GPS: A New Media Roadmap For Creating A Social Media Strategy. - Social Media Marketing GPS: A New Media Roadmap For Creating A Social Media Strategy.

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How are Those 2022 Predictions Working Out?

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With that said, I’ll start by going out on a relatively sturdy limb and say that social media, as a source for information, disinformation, and entertainment, in all its various shapes and forms, has been the absolute center of our global universe for the last five years. Social resets every day. Both real and imagined.

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