Chris Snider

Want to gain more Facebook Likes? Strike a deal with one of your rivals.
That’s what the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska did in connection with their Nov. 25 football game (the schools’ first meeting since Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference).

It’s been more than four months since I updated my list of the top TV stations on Facebook.
Here’s the current top 10:

Can social media predict the 2012 GOP presidential nominee? That’s the question I asked for a recent panel presentation to the National Communication Association at its annual convention in New Orleans.
I proposed that the more popular a candidate is on social media, and the more a candidate is able to engage others on social [...]

The latest Iowa Poll shows Herman Cain and Mitt Romney in the lead two months before the Iowa caucuses. They are followed by Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry.
But is that the way the social media world sees the candidates? Let’s see how the top candidates are tracking on Twitter and Facebook [...]

Animated GIFs have made a resurgence thanks in large part to tumblr. Here’s a tutorial that will take you step-by-step through how to create an animated GIF in Photoshop 5.
Here’s a preview of the GIF we will create, using three photos taken at the 2011 Iowa-Northwestern football game.