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Balloon Boy Hysteria: Takeaways From Twitter’s OJ Moment

At around 2pm today Twitter erupted with an overwhelming output of messages related to 6-year old Falcon Heene, who at the time was believed to be traveling across Colorado trapped in a makeshift flying balloon.  All at once, #balloonboy, Balloon Boy, and #saveballoonboy were dominant trending topics on the micro-blogging platform. The incident itself was reminiscent [...]
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Social Media and #IranElection Part II: A Thousand Words

This week I touched on the incredible impact social media is having on the conflict in Iran.  This picture adds a thousand words to that point: “The Mouse That Roared” Thanks to the Digg community! Share and Enjoy:
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Social Media and #IranElection

So much of what is happening in Iran this week brings up the word “revolutionary”.  Nowhere more so than in the profound effect that social media is having on the situation and the world’s understanding of it. Ten years ago we would have read in the papers this morning that a controversy had erupted in Iran.  [...]
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