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Social media and journalism: how to effectively reach the public

Sprout Social

Social media and journalism are one and the same these days. Perhaps that’s because over 50% of people rely on social as a news source. 9 best practices of social media and journalism. Below is a breakdown of best practices when it comes to social media for journalists. It happens all the time.

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Social Networking Stats: The Skinny on Whisper, Secret & Snapchat, plus #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. billion monthly active users. Twitter: 241 million monthly active users. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. LinkedIn: 259 million active users. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. WhatsApp: 200 million monthly active users.

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Social Networking Stats: Facebook To Acquire WhatsApp, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. billion monthly active users. Twitter: 241 million monthly active users. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. LinkedIn: 259 million active users. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. 70% of users are active on a given day.

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The Unfriendliness of Kid-Friendly Social Networks

Socialized

Everyone’s talking about the launch of Togetherville , a social network designed to bring parents and their kids together with the goal of learning responsible social networking. Togetherville smartly restricts certain online activities, but does so in ways that don’t make a child feel too restrained.&#.

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Twitter for Business: Is It Time?

Webbiquity SMM

Twitter is generally viewed as the second-best social network for B2B marketing , behind only LinkedIn. In the current environment where the coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic have shut down live events and even coffee meetings, forcing increased online interaction, B2B marketing activity on Twitter should be exploding.

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The Power of Prebunking: Managing Disinformation in the Social Media Age

Dave Fleet

One of the main reasons for this shift in approach is the fact that disinformation is often designed to go viral, and can spread rapidly through social networks. By actively engaging with and refuting disinformation, organizations do risk giving it more attention and potentially amplifying it further. Problems with debunking.

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Do You Have the Right Insurance for Your Social Media Activities?

SocialFish

All exposures associations had before social media; the only difference is the speed of information. Ideally any association with a magazine or journal, books, pamphlets, newsletters, white papers, research articles and a web site has purchased media liability insurance. However many associations don’t have media liability insurance.

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