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Linsanity takes social media by storm

February 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Comm 361, Pat Carroll

The new face of the NBA has finally joined the social network created by fellow Harvard alum Mark Zuckerberg. New York Knicks point guard and worldwide phenomenon Jeremy Lin recently made a Facebook profile. But how is this a story? Well, pretty much everything Lin does these days is news-worthy. You can’t turn on ESPN or […]

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Chapter 4: The new age of microblogging

February 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Briggs, Comm 361, Pat Carroll

Just over ten years ago, journalism was constituted to those in the newspaper, television and print industry. Online journalism was in its infancy and most Americans got there news from the latter outlets. Today, instead of picking up a morning paper or turning on the local news, a resounding number of Americans wake up with […]

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