Monthly Archives: May 2009

Prop 8 Decision Protesters Use Wikis and Facebook to Organize

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable May 26th, 2009 | by Ben Parr Utilizing social media, protests can be started and organized in a matter of minutes. While this usually applies to digital protests (i.e. Twitter #fixreplies and Facebook’s homepage redesign), same-sex marriage activists … Continue reading →

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Users Over 55 Quitting Facebook: The Baby Boom Times Over?

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable by Josh Catone According to new data from Inside Facebook, users over the age of 55 haven’t been as actively using Facebook over the past two months after triple digit growth in that demographic earlier this year. The … Continue reading →

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How Journalists Are Using Twitter in Australia

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Media Shift by Julie Posetti, May 27, 2009 Twitter became big news once journalists realized its power as a tool for breaking stories during the Mumbai Massacre in 2008. In the aftermath of the micro-blogging platform hitting the headlines, … Continue reading →

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