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Internet election?
Will this general election be the first 'internet election'?
06 April 2010 by Katherine Shenton
Vote with your feet or your fingers?
As the general election approaches and campaign costs mount, is it time for a new approach?
07 January 2009 by Dom Aldred
Microsites and sprouts
This Christmas creative agencies are making the most of what social media has to offer.
01 December 2009 by Katherine Shenton
How a 13 year old blogged her way into Vogue
With over 200,000,000 blogs out there, how did one teenager manage to get hers mentioned in a top fashion magazine?
31 October 2009 by Rachel McBryde
Game On...
Gaming was once a solitary pursuit. Now online, it is supposedly one of the most social forms of entertainment.
06 October 2009 by Anna Mitchell
A ‘Liter’ shade of pale
As Facebook announce the development of a slimmed down ‘Lite’ version will it mean game over for developers?
14 September 2009 by Jennie Whitell
Are you asserting your status?
The rise of social networking is making us the star of the show, but what is it about telling everyone what we’re doing?
09 September 2009 by Anna Mitchell
More than just a load of twittering
The people of Britain have united on Twitter to defend the National Health Service – with more than 20,500 'tweets' in just two days.
28 August 2009 by Melanie Armstrong
Facebook v Friendship. Round 1.
As it is reported people are deactivating their Facebook, can social networking take the place of face to face contact?
20 August 2009 by Jennie Whitell
They work for you - don't they?
31 July 2009 by Matt Forster
A not so secret service?
News that personal details about the life of the next head of MI6, have been removed from a social networking site has caused huge debate.
15 July 2009 by Melanie Armstrong
Making online friends
Online communication has previously been referred to as impersonal but a new report by Datamonitor goes against this.
18 June 2009 by Katherine Shenton
Power to the people?
YouTube is no substitute for knocking on doors, well that's according to Hazel Blears, Communities Secretary but what do you think?
01 June 2009 by Melanie Armstrong
Nothing Lasts Forever
News that Friends Reunited could be sold for a third of what ITV paid for it could be a warning sign to others.
25 May 2009 by Dom Aldred
Wanted Social Media Secretary
With an ever increasing amount of social networking sites popping up almost on a daily basis, is it time to hire a professional?
20 May 2009 by Sharron Ashurst
Identifying and measuring sentiment
Nobody denies the power of social media, but few know what it means- sentiment analysis is apparently the way forward.
15 May 2009 by Katherine Shenton
Using the royal WeSpace
Social networking gets the Royal seal of approval as Prince Charles gets onto MySpace.
13 May 2009 by Tiffany Scott
And pigs might fly....
Twitter may have been singled out for creating hysteria but it's not on its own.
07 May 2009 by Jennie Whitell
You already know the answer
As levels of information continue to rise are we in danger of becoming rabbits in our own spotlight?
24 April 2009 by Dom Aldred
Tweet like a master
We all may be twittering now - but is this enough to base a masters degree on?
17 April 2009 by Melanie Armstrong
Get online from beyond the grave
As we build up friends online, when the time comes to join that great chatroom in the sky have you thought about how online friends will find out?
08 April 2009 by Sharron Ashurst
Online question time
Blogging has been accepted into the mainstream reporting fold for the first time ? Should we all be doing more to engage the citizen journalist?
06 April 2009 by Matt Forster
Take me to your Facebook Manager
There is a world of valuable information on our audiences out there on Facebook, all it takes is a good ear and a little patience.
31 March 2009 by Matt Forster
Status: Dom is relieved
Although Facebook has reconsidered its move to own all data posted on its site, the episode shows how vulnerable we have become.
05 March 2009 by Dom Aldred
Tomorrow's world
As our children make their voices heard online, we must be prepared to speak the same language if we are to maintain a dialogue in the future.
02 March 2009 by Kate Galloway
Is anyone hard to reach?
Certain audiences are often described as hard to reach - but could it be the organisation and not the individual which is hard to reach?
27 February 2009 by Dom Aldred
Blurring the boundaries
Employees are online with personal opinions that damage both their own and their employers reputations. How do we manage the implications?
24 February 2009 by Matt Forster
All aboard the social network
Already, this looks to be the year of Twitter as more and more people are using it to let people know what they are doing.
19 February 2009 by Sharron Ashurst