Social Media
Gangs Using Social Media to Recruit, Intimidate
An Anne Arundel County police detective says gangs in the county are using social media to recruit new members and intimidate.
Flattering Obama Images Flourish As White House Media Access Narrows
Capitalizing on the possibilities of the digital age, the Obama White House is generating its own content like no president before, and refining its media strategies in the second term in hopes of telling a more compelling story than in the first.
NASA: Flash In East Coast Sky Likely A Meteor
East Coast residents were buzzing on social media sites and elsewhere Friday night after a brief but bright flash of light streaked across the early-evening sky —in what experts say was almost certainly a meteor coming down.
Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That’s so 2009.
After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed – dramatically, as it turns out – and these days even if you’re friends with your own kids on Facebook, it doesn’t mean you know what they’re doing.
Seven Teens Charged in Annapolis High School Brawl
Five teen girls and two boys, all students at Annapolis High School, were charged for their involvement in an early-morning fight that broke out in the cafeteria Monday morning.
Despite 1.2 Billion Catholic Followers, Pope Francis Follows None On Twitter
Pope Francis has 1.2 billion followers in the Roman Catholic Church, but he’s not following a single one of them on Facebook or Twitter.
First Lady: ‘Absolutely Not Surprising’ I Was Criticized For Oscar Appearance
Michelle Obama says it was “absolutely not surprising” to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national conversation about whether it was appropriate, after some conservative critics accused her of selfishly crashing the event in an attempt to upstage it.
On Social Media, Jay-Z’s Jab Trumps Katy Perry’s Cleavage
On music’s biggest night, social media networks exploded with commentary, making the 55th GRAMMY Awards this year’s second-most popular event with close to 15.5 million interactions as reported by Trendrr, a social TV analytics provider […]
Study: 61 Percent Of Facebook Users Leave Site For Weeks At A Time
A report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project found that some 61 percent of Facebook users had taken a hiatus of at least several weeks for myriad reasons, whether they were weary from an onslaught of gossip, or for the more pious, the arrival of Lent.
Celebrity Twitter Accounts Opt For Silence After NRA Statement
Actors, musicians, athletes and other famous personalities took the Internet to make their voices and political sentiments heard during the Presidential election. But during yesterday’s press conference hosted by the National Rifle Association, many of those voices were uncharacteristically quiet.
