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Reality Television

Social Media and Reality Television

Social media and reality television can sometimes feel one in the same. They’re both in our lives 24/7, some understand it, some don’t and most importantly they are both big influences on the lives of the people that view and interact with them. Social media and reality TV have also
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Social Media and the World Cup

Social media marketing is all about achieving goals, which makes the World Cup and social media go pretty much hand in hand (no handball rules apply here). Football has always been big, but social media is taking the game to new heights. Football Just on Your TV? Neymar… Football has
Kudos

Everyone Deserves a Little Kudos

As LinkedIn releases its newest feature Kudos, maybe all social media platforms should start looking at how their sites can bring people together in a more positive way, instead of trying to reorganise news feeds. LinkedIn’s ‘Kudos’ feature allows users to celebrate success and give their fellow colleagues a shout
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Social Media and The Royal Family

The Royal Family have always been a discussion point, even before Youtube, Twitter and Facebook existed, but with the assistance of social media it seems the family have really become popular on the platforms. A Royal, Social Attendance The Royal Family have their own social accounts, often tweeting on occasions
Social Media and the Winter Olympics
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Social Media and the Winter Olympics

2018 marks the return of the Winter Olympics – that’s a whole seventeen days of snowboarding, ice-skating and curling. This year the snowy event is being held in PyeongChang, South Korea and has been predicted to be the “most live” Winter Games in Olympic history, but how has the sporting
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Snapchat’s Update – Is This Where It Ends?

Is there anything social media giants can do to put us off social media completely? With Snapchat’s update being reared as a diabolical plan to ruin everyone’s social life, it triggers the question, “Can social media sites ever do anything that will actually stop people from using them?” Even though
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2017: It’s Not All Doom and Gloom

This year was plagued with doom and gloom and many horrific events, most of which were viewed through social media. However, it’s important to remember how social media has helped people this year! Here’s a few stories about social media from 2017, that will brighten your day…and your year! Child

Twitter’s Battle with Hate Crime

Twitter has recently clamped down even further on hate crime and abuse as it removes posts with derogatory connotations and suspends people who promote negativity and abuse on individuals and groups in society. The one site that emphasised this idea of free speech seems to have taken a step back and changed its
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Bye Bye Brevity – Twitter’s Move to 280

After testing an increase of characters on some of its users, Twitter have finally made the move to 280, doubling the number of letters and punctuation in a tweet for everyone. All Twitter users have experienced the horror of having the best moment of their life that they know their
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Twitter Introduces User-specific QR Codes

Twitter has now introduced QR codes for its iOS and Android apps, and as yet, nobody is entirely sure why. Very much in the same vein of Snapchat, the new feature allows users to directly follow users by scanning QR codes linked to their profiles. The new feature is a