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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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How Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life

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Google has a zero-tolerance policy for child abuse content. The scanning process can sometimes go awry and tar innocent individuals as abusers.

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What Were the Worst Things on the Internet in 2013?

What Were the Worst Things on the Internet in 2013? | Communications Major | Scoop.it

What a wild ride 2013 was, huh? So many memes, so many funny tweets, so many things on the Internet that infuriated us and made us think very hard about each other and also ourselves....

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'Call Me Maybe' is Nominated for Grammys' Song of the Year

'Call Me Maybe' is Nominated for Grammys' Song of the Year | Communications Major | Scoop.it
Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen's viral hit "Call Me Maybe" has been nominated for Song of the Year for the 2013 Grammy Awards. Does this surprise you? The song garnered more than 351,000,000 page views on YouTube which helped catapult it to the 14th most-watched YouTube video ever after teen heart throb Justin Bieber tweeted about it.

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VIDEO: How to Not Suck at Instagram

VIDEO: How to Not Suck at Instagram | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Filmmaker Casey Neistat loves Instagram. He loves it so much he made this YouTube video to tell you why. And he offers up, in plain sight, some tips for what Instagram really is and how to use it. Think of your yellowing photo albums circa the mid-1980s. Now think of those albums on someone else's smart phone. Get it?

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American Psychopath, Texting for Dollars and Unfriending Babies: What People Are Talking About Online This Week, August 6-10

American Psychopath, Texting for Dollars and Unfriending Babies: What People Are Talking About Online This Week, August 6-10 | Communications Major | Scoop.it

American psychos and their online footprints, blocking your friends' annoying baby photos, texting for dollars, YouTube saves the Olympics, mobile shopping habits and what is the Internet? That's what people are talking about online this week. Come join the conversation.


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VIDEO: A Conversation With My 12 Year Old Self: 20th Anniversary Edition

As a 12 year old, Jeremiah McDonald wanted to talk to his future self. It was a crazy idea. So, he made a video of himself talking to his future self. Flash forward to 2012 and Jeremiah is a filmmaker. He edits in the video of himself at 12 talking to him today.

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VIDEO: A Disturbingly Accurate Portrayal of What Happens Every Time 'That Gotye Song' Starts Playing in the Car

VIDEO: A Disturbingly Accurate Portrayal of What Happens Every Time 'That Gotye Song' Starts Playing in the Car | Communications Major | Scoop.it

If you've thought 'That Gotye Song' has been played so much that it "should be our national anthem," you're not alone. Kyle Kaplan and Nick Braun, best known as Michael Bernstein and Cameron Jones of the short-lived ABC Family sitcom '10 Things I Hate About You', star as every single person on Earth when Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" suddenly comes on the radio.

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Turning Microcelebrity Into a Big Business

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All it takes is blood, sweat and selfies.

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Twelve Social Media Predictions for 2014

Twelve Social Media Predictions for 2014 | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The past year saw a lot of changes in social media. Google's social site, Google+, saw huge growth and more activity, LinkedIn really got in the game, and Pinterest continued to pull in more traffic and more sales. Visuals also really became front and center and led the way for infographics, Vine video, and Instagram. To some degree, however, we're still finding our way in social. So many sites, so little time...

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The Lena Dunham Barack Obama Ad

The Lena Dunham Barack Obama Ad | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Here's the one. The one that will join the Daisy Girl/Mushroom Cloud, Willie Horton and Swift Boats when we talk about political ads in the future. Writer, director and actress Lena Dunham equates voting for the first time with another big first. It should be "amazing" and girls, it should be with a guy "who cares about and understands women.

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How ‘Call Me Maybe’ and Social Media Are Upending Music

How ‘Call Me Maybe’ and Social Media Are Upending Music | Communications Major | Scoop.it

This summer’s pop hit, Carly Rae Jepsen’s cheerfully flirty “Call Me Maybe,” shows how much the hitmaking machine, and the music industry, has been upended by social media.

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Olympics Points to YouTube's Future: Live Video

Olympics Points to YouTube's Future: Live Video | Communications Major | Scoop.it

You may know YouTube primarily for its awesome sports highlights, classic TV clips and popular music videos, all of which are offered on-demand in easily clickable playback format. But the 2012 Olympics represent the service’s biggest live streaming effort ever. The Games also offer a window into the changing nature of online video and where YouTube is headed next.

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Mobile Matter: What People Are Talking About Online This Week, July 9-13

Mobile Matter: What People Are Talking About Online This Week, July 9-13 | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Cell phones in the toilet, foul balls to the chest, new uses for old payphones, that annoying Gotye song, a Silicon Valley reality show and light up prayer mats that let you know you're facing Mecca. We don't make this stuff up. Find out what people are talking about online this week and join the conversation, preferably from somewhere else besides a toilet seat.

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Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' | Communications Major | Scoop.it

When was the last time you went out to a movie theater to see a movie? How often have you heard about a movie and said, "I'll rent it" (or "get it on Netflix")?

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