by Chris Snider | Sep 13, 2017 | Digital information
First-year college students’ love for social media is growing, and most of that love continues to go to three social networks in particular – Youtube, Snapchat and Instagram. Those three finished 1-2-3 in my annual survey of first-year School of Journalism... by Chris Snider | May 1, 2017 | Digital information
Can you manufacture viral content? That’s one of the questions I like to address in my Social Media Strategies class at Drake University. Although the better question is, “What can we learn about creating better social media content by studying things that... by Chris Snider | Mar 27, 2017 | Things I love
I’ve been a dedicated podcast listener for at least a couple years now. I listen to podcasts to make me a better fantasy football player, to be entertained and to make me a more informed voter. I currently subscribe to so many podcasts that I don’t have... by Chris Snider | Feb 10, 2017 | Digital information
Social Media Strategy Workshop – Feb. 11, 2017 Social Media Strategy Workshop – 2017 from Chris Snider ========== Sign up for my email newsletter on what’s new in digital and social media. ========== Topics we will cover: Social Media best practices... by Chris Snider | Feb 3, 2017 | Digital tools
The Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication is part of the Google News Lab University Network. As a part of that program, Mike Reilley visited campus on Feb. 3 to teach us some about Google Tools. Reilley does trainings with the SPJ/Google News Lab training... by Chris Snider | Jan 24, 2017 | Digital information
I teach social media and digital media strategy at Drake University. I also write a weekly email newsletter on what’s new in digital and social media. Obviously, I need to keep up with all of the latest news in this area. So how do I do this without spending... by Chris Snider | Jan 15, 2017 | Digital tools
Facebook live video polls are a great way to get some engagement on your Facebook pages. And live video is the hottest thing going in social media right now. So this is the ideal time to jump on the live video poll bandwagon and start adding these polls to your... by Chris Snider | Jan 9, 2017 | Digital tools
The iPhone 7 Plus camera has a new feature called Portrait mode that uses both lenses to add depth of field to your photographs and simulates the kind of depth of field you would see from a DSLR camera. It’s a pretty cool feature, if you have an iPhone 7 Plus. I... by Chris Snider | Dec 20, 2016 | Digital tools
Group video chat apps are all the rage this holiday season as we try to be close to our friends and family – even when we can’t actually be close to them. Facebook Messenger recently launched group video chat capabilities as the company enter into this... by Chris Snider | Oct 20, 2016 | Digital information
It’s a Youtube-Instagram-Snapchat world. Still. That’s the key takeaway from my annual social media survey of first-year students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Drake University. The survey asks students to rate social networks on a...