Newspapers: Fear and Loathing in Social Media

At Media140 I said mentioned that journalists (well some, anyway) weren’t really members of the social networks, just using them to lift stories, out of context, with no respect for the online community family. Or, weirdly, move between the two – sometimes mucking around with the rest of us on Twitter, the next minute lifting…

Australia: Social Media Engagement on YouTube

This video has nearly 8,000 comments. A lot of companies, governments, brands, famous people think that creating some content (in isolation) shoving it up on a social media channel and never looking at it again (unless there is a negative comment, cos y’know, we have to protect our ‘image’) is engagement. Well, for me it’s…

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AIMIA Social Media (Bandwagon) Awards

Bandwagon – AIMIA’s (Australian Interactive Media Association)  term for social media, not mine, never refuted or retracted. Ah well.  The Awards page.  Social Media people – remember, this is limited to a hundred or so members, most of whom are agencies so don’t take it too seriously. Most social media – good stuff – is…

Australia Job: ABC User Generated Content Technical Specialist

From Fergus Pitt over at the ABC – click here for the job, based in Sydney Australia. UGC TECHNICAL SPECIALIST ABC INNOVATION Salary range: $61,127 to $66,624 pa + super Location: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney Term: Full time position Contract up to June 2009 Closing date : 25/04/2008 Overview ABC Innovation develops and manages the…

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