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SocialMedian Aspires to be the Friendfeed of Mainstream Media

By on September 15, 2008 in Mass Media, Social Media

I’m experiment with Social Median, a social news network that automatically tracks mainstream media news articles based on topic. Social Median’s Wall Street Network is tracking evolving news stories around today’s extraordinary events surrounding the Lehman bankruptcy, the BofA/Merrill deal and insurance giant AIG’s plunge. The expectation of Social Median is to create micro-conversations around [...]

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Huge Difference between Social and Mainstream Media – Speculation vs. Confirmation

By on August 31, 2008 in Mass Media, Politics, Social Media, Sociology

Yesterday, decidedly liberal Daily Kos posted an article speculating a Thomas Eagleton-like bombshell about Sarah Palin covering up the fact that her Down’s Syndrome son Trig is possibly her grandson, and that Trig was birthed by Sarah Palin’s daughter who was 16 at the time. Although the shocking claim is tabloidish, the fact is the [...]

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