Archive:social media
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Swiping Right on Tigers by Nicholas Budler
Using social media to promote digital conservation Conservation technology might be the least sexy “tech” out there. Taylor Lorenz never writes about it, it doesn’t seem to show up on my LinkedIn
Categories: 2020, The Gnovis Blog
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Sport’s Transformation in the Social media era
By Randall Harris Traditional sports media has long held an instrumental role in the consciousness of fans in our society. However, the emergence of social media has led to substantial changes wi
Categories: 2020, The Gnovis Blog
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Are Selfies Selfish?
It’s common practice for an older generation to give the younger generation a hard time. The Boomers have by far gone above and beyond to make sure that everyone knows the awful norms of Millennials a
Categories: 2015, The Gnovis Blog
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Transforming Slacktivism to Collective Activism: The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
In recent years, it has become popular for researchers to study why objects go viral. Specifically, academics and business stakeholders have sought to discover how specific videos, images, and songs
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Twitter: Secret Weapon or Overhyped?
This is a golden moment for Twitter. Its IPO just began trading and is currently trading up. The platform has shown ongoing user growth, with over 500 million users worldwide. It is touted as an excit
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Tragedy, Social Networking, and Online Collaboration
Our experiences of large-scale tragedies are somewhat different in the information age than they were previously. The recent Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent manhunt are the most recent exa
Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog
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Politics and Privacy
With the 2012 election finally over, it seems both inevitable and laughable that 2016 is already being mentioned, and not just by Jon Stewart. At the moment I am not at all interested in what lies ah
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Tweeting Leaders
CEOs shape and share the vision of their organization with the world at large--a task traditionally accomplished through controlled communication channels such as mission statements and annual report
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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The "Globalization" of the Study Abroad Experience
Georgetown is a school that rightly prides itself on its study abroad statistics. While nationally a measly 1% of American students participate in international education programs, Georgetown underg
Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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It's a Small World After All
Recently, a photo was viewed 162,239 times and shared 27,603 times on Renren, and the number is keeping growing. On the left side of the photo, several sentences in Chinese, says: Friend
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog