Aug
16
SxSW (South By Southwest or 'South By' if you're on a first name basis), is a music, film, and interactive media conferences held annually in Austin, Texas. It is more accurately called a celebration than a conference. It has grown exponentially because it brings together a fascinatingly diverse group in...
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Aug
14
After four days of looting and rioting across the UK, people are looking for answers. The violence that started in London, spread rapidly across not only Greater London, but most of the country, not as single oozing mass, but more like an outbreak of the measles. Its speed and range...
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Aug
07
I just returned from the APA Annual Convention, where I participated on a panel about Social Media. My talk focused on innovative solutions for social change using social media. My presentation wasn't just about how people are using new tools--although there were certainly plenty of examples. It was mostly about...
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Jul
25
Behavioral targeting gives a whole new meaning to net neutrality. It violates the foundations of a social media environment: authenticity and transparency. If the majority of online users don’t want to have their online search activities tracked, advertisers and search companies...
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Jul
12
I don't hate Selena Gomez. I didn't know who she was -- much less that she was having a romance with Justin Bieber --until I read the news reports about death threats and flows of vitriolic Tweets from Bieber's...
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Dr. Pamela Rutledge is available to reporters for comments on the psychological and social impact of media and technology on individuals, society, organizations and brands.