A controversial autobiography by Tony Blair has become the target of an internet campaign on Facebook. The book entitled, “A Journey” is just out and currently Blair is setting out to publicize it at various events and book signings around the U.K. However this is provoking a reaction that will be most unwelcome for Blair [...]
There’s an interesting development today for people interested in both politics and social networking with the co-founder of social networking site Bebo, Michael Birch, announcing a new social network for politics.
Here at Online Social Media we’ve noted the growing impact of social networking and social media sites on politics for some time, with some recent examples being at the U.K. General Election back in May, the recent Australian General Election only last month, and a survey into the use of social media as used by [...]
More and more politicians appear to be using social media and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter nowadays, even President Barack Obama has a Twitter account. The latest politician to have embraced social networking is Ontario Premier, Dalton McGuinty.
We’ve seen it happen many times before, people write things they maybe should have thought twice about on a social networking site, and it gets them into trouble, such as the recent case of a teacher having to quit after she made remarks about her job on Facebook. The latest example involves young and upcoming [...]
We’re all aware of the impact that social media has had in the workplace and now it seems that Federal employees have been issued with new guidance about the use of social media while at work, from the Office of Special Counsel. A document has been issued recently by the OSC telling employees how not [...]
There has been a great deal of controversy across the U.S. about the planned Islamic cultural center and mosque that could be built close to the site of Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Opinion has been very split over the issue with President Barack Obama backing [...]
Back at the U.K. General Election in May we spoke of how the use of social media has really spread among politicians and how political parties have really cottoned on to just how much influence social media now has. Now it seems the same effects are being noticed over in Australia where the voting in [...]
Social media presence is being felt and used more and more in public life and politicians in particular seem to be really catching on to just how useful it can be. However, just because certain politicians, such as John McCain, have a huge following on social media sites, that doesn’t necessarily parallel with the quality [...]
It seems that Sarah Palin, the former Governor of Alaska, has made somewhat of a name for herself for her misuse of the English language. Back in July she came under fire for the use of the word “refudiate” and defended the use of the made-up word vigorously on Twitter, actually comparing herself to Shakespeare [...]
