After reading hundreds of tech-savvy media strategists wax eloquent about social media on their blogs, this came as a refreshing change. Watch Michael Brito‘s little girls take a stab at explaining social media. Great job, girls!
Posts Tagged ‘social media’
26 Feb
Mumbai, You’re Not Forgotten
Posted by Shilpika in Extra Posts. Tagged: Cafe Leopold, Citizen Journalism, Mumbai, Mumbai attack, social media, social networking, Taj Hotel, Twitter. 2 Comments
It’s been three months since the Mumbai attack and it feels like the incident has already slipped into the amnesiac conscience of society. Not for those who lost their loved ones. Not for those who lost their city. I think about the fear that paralyzed many of us as we watched Mumbai fall prey to [...]
4 Feb
Podcasts and video blogging
Posted by Shilpika in Response Posts. Tagged: podcasts, social media, technology, video blogs, vlogs. 3 Comments
I got my first glimpse of what an iPod looked like three years ago – when I first came to America. As I marveled at its perfectly chiseled edges, I had no clue of just how indispensable this tiny instrument was going to become in my life. Fascinated and curious, I tiptoed around iTunes, trawled [...]
28 Jan
Regular people. Everyday tools. An influential voice.
Posted by Shilpika in Response Posts. Tagged: Citizen Journalism, Dan Gillmor, Flickr, Mumbai attack, social media, Twitter, We the Media. Leave a Comment
Five years ago, Dan Gillmor chronicled the rise of an emerging social movement called citizen journalism in his book, ‘We the Media.’ The Internet was being used to disseminate information and it had changed the way we created and received news. Technology had given the ordinary man the tools to become a journalist, one with [...]
