Just as about every other human (and other animal) behavior has turned up in social media, so has "neknomination" (or "neck nomination," "neck and nominate," etc.). It keeps evolving, but it's now a blend of online dare game (e.g., "Truth or Dare" or "Top This") and drinking game that's thought to have started in Australia (UK reporters say). It began getting mainstream media coverage across the … [Read more...] about From stupidity to kindness: ‘Neknomination’ and ‘RAKnomination’
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10-year-old Facebook: Data
How could anybody so young have a following in every country on the planet? Facebook turns 10 today and – as of December 31 – has 1.23 billion active users, CNET reports. More than 750 million of them are active on the site daily. Looking at US Facebook use, the Pew Internet Project provides even more insight in a blog post timed to the site's birthday. Pew reports that 57% of US adults use … [Read more...] about 10-year-old Facebook: Data
Whisper’s popularity no longer a secret
It's being said that the preference pendulum in social media culture is swinging back from transparency (as in Facebook) to anonymity (as in Whisper). And the growing popularity of the Whisper app – where users' posts are Internet meme-style photos overlaid with text (the app makes posting easy by offering up photos it "thinks" match your text, and you get to pick one). People can respond by … [Read more...] about Whisper’s popularity no longer a secret
Teens on social media’s impact on relationships: Survey
Today a guest post that shows how much we need to understand the relationship between social media and social life – in other words, get more granular in our understanding of how social media affect the relationships in our lives (our lives as a whole, not just the online parts)…. Guest post by Kris Gowen The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) for My Future-My Choice, a peer-led sexuality education … [Read more...] about Teens on social media’s impact on relationships: Survey
‘Fabulousness’ & self-presentation in social media
Here's a conversation about social media that would be good to have with our kids. You could headline it "Instagram envy"; the New York Times dramatically headlined it "The Agony of Instagram" (oh, brother). That the article appeared in this week's Sunday Styles section I guess confirms that it's fashionable, at least for newspapers, to be dramatic about social media. "For many urban creative … [Read more...] about ‘Fabulousness’ & self-presentation in social media