How People Consume The News

Photo: Journalist Taking A Photograph

Presentation about how people consume the news given by David Erickson & Natalie Wires for the Associated Collegiate Press at the University of Minnesota on July 23, 2010.

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Text-Speak Is A Myth

Photo: Text-Speak Is A Myth

Distinguished linguistics expert Professor David Crystal discusses five myths about the effects of texting on children and teens’ language skills.

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Time-Lapse Twitter

Screenshot: Time-Lapse Twitter: Tweets Reveal The Mood Of The Nation

Researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard University have analyzed 300 million tweets over a three-year period and mashed them up with census data and Google Maps.

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YouTube Leanback & Google’s Grab For Ground Zero

Screenshot: YouTube Leanback & Google's Grab For Ground Zero

Ground Zero in the attention economy is clearly the home entertainment system, with players like Microsoft (with Xbox Live), Apple and Google positioning themselves to be your television gateway to the Internet. Google’s new video interface, YouTube Leanback, is another piece of their puzzle.

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Local Small Business SEO

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In this marketing screencast David Erickson discusses the importance of local SEO for small businesses, specifically the importance of search engine optimization for local business listings such as Google Places.

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How Perceptions Of Time Affect Success

Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world.

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