by Chris Snider | Feb 24, 2014 | Digital information
Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery told his players to stop using Twitter after fans got nasty with one of the team’s players via the social network. One player even deleted his account with more than 8,000 followers (or hopefully just changed the username)....
by Chris Snider | Jan 20, 2014 | Digital information
Note: This post was written at the request of Steve Buttry, who is writing a series of posts about teaching journalism courses on his outstanding blog. I began my teaching career as an adjunct instructor in the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass...
by Chris Snider | Jan 20, 2014 | Digital information, Digital tools
Facebook’s new trending topics feature hasn’t yet rolled out to me via the desktop site. But I was happy to see trending topics appear on my mobile app this weekend. Instead of a list of trending topics (like the desktop site), the mobile version shows...
by Chris Snider | Dec 12, 2013 | Digital information, Digital tools
There’s a new(ish) social media app at the top of the App Store charts, which of course means I had to give it a try. Circle bills itself as the “most popular local network,” boasting that, “Each month, more than a million people are joining...
by Chris Snider | Dec 5, 2013 | Digital information
Today, I wrap up teaching my Social Media Strategies class at Drake. This was the third time I’ve taught the class. It’s always a challenge to teach a class when the topic changes quickly, but it certainly makes for an exciting semester. The students put...
by Chris Snider | Nov 21, 2013 | Digital information
For a split second today, the design of my Facebook feed (on desktop) changed. It looked like Facebook on my iPad: rounded corners on avatars, borders around posts. And then it was gone. Back to normal Facebook design. Is this something new? Has anyone else seen...
