Category Archives: Technology

Twitter and the Age of Crisis

“I am Married to a Crowd” Boston Globe, Friday, April 11,2009, A-15. My wife (Twitter handle: @GirlsSentAway) was the muse for this article and its star. According to Boston Globe statistics, of 5,200 Globe articles tracked, the humor piece about … Continue reading

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Filed under Literary Criticism, Personal Essays, Social Media, Technology

Twitter Messiah

I started teaching college almost 40 years ago chalking and talking. In my mid-twenties, I was the age of the undergrads, give or take. After a few sidebars in the Real World, I returned to academia double the age of … Continue reading

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Israel’s Twitter Sampling Diplomacy

I’ve heard of gunboat diplomacy, cultural diplomacy and public diplomacy. But until today, I had been unfamiliar with Twitter diplomacy — at least, until the New York Times reported a selection of the “conversation” taking place about the Gaza crisis … Continue reading

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Filed under Politics, Public Relations, Technology

The New Public Relations: Strategic Alliance

I couldn’t have entered PR 2.0 (Gathering the Light blog) without my wife’s  tech knowledge and skills.  And this sort of strategic alliance is what I think our PR concentration needs (as the cliche has it) “going forward.” Digital influence … Continue reading

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