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Live Tweeting Requires Ethical and Legal Considerations

Socialized

I have a degree in journalism so I appreciate the need for journalists to incorporate information from third parties in their works. The best guidance for whether live blogging and live tweeting is acceptable comes from the Fair Use provision of U.S. In other words, fair use is in the eyes of the beholder.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

No journalists, except a journalists that now work in social media and a few bloggers now paid to bring their audiences and expert knowledge to journalism (blogournalists?) Not that I have any say in it – Fair use laws and my Creative Commons licence ensure that my content is free to roam the ‘net as long as it is not sold.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

You can find numerous examples of this on the net, like the What is Fair Use? Lesson # 5 Use Social Networks. However, its not just being taught in the Communication/Journalism departments. (I think theyve got it!). Lesson #4: Learn to Blog. What better way to learn to blog than to begin with blogs in the classroom ?

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$100,000 in One Week, a Viral Nova Follow-Up

Viper Chill

Another company that Business Insider mentioned failing in their article were Elite Daily. Back in 2012 there was a huge wave of press after one company found that up to 80% of the traffic landing on their website from Facebook ads were simply bots. Is this fair use? . ” Why did they take so long to point this out?

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