Articles on Media, Network, Microblogging
Iran election protests harness power of Twitter, New Media - Jun 16, 2009
Blogs UPDATE: Twitter has announced that its network maintenance has been rescheduled as its "network partners at NTT America recognize the role Twitter is currently playing as an important communication tool in ... Read story »Saga of Colorado balloon boy Falcon Heene takes over Twitter - Oct 16, 2009
Blogs UPDATE:The boy has been found alive in the attic of his home, CNN reports. I'm hoping now that the balloon has landed and six-year-old Falcon Heene wasn't found inside, it will ... Read story »Online support for Philippine flood victims of storm Ondoy/Ketsana - Sep 28, 2009
Blogs The outpouring of support through different online networks for the victims of the epic floods unleashed by tropical storm Ondoy (international codename: Ketsana) in the Philippines has been nothing short of ... Read story »Arroyo State of the Nation Address live blog and live video stream - Jul 27, 2009
Blogs UPDATE: Here's the GMANews.TV live video stream. Also, SONA is now one of the top Trending Topics on Twitter. SONA is now the second most popular Trending Topic, while Arroyo's initials ... Read story »Microblogging keeps Filipino Netizens informed on ConAss in absence of mainstream media - Jun 3, 2009
Blogs As Filipinos saw last night, the true test of digital tools is when they are used by citizens to defend democracy and keep information flowing. Mainstream media was virtually prevented--or perhaps ... Read story »Braceletgate: Filipino bloggers slam Jamby Madrigal for "defiling" Cory Aquino funeral - Aug 7, 2009
Blogs UPDATE: The office of Senator Jamby Madrigal has denied distributing the bracelets, according to this abs-cbnNews.com article. In what you might call Braceletgate, Senator Maria Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal has earned ... Read story »Filipinos tweet, liveblog House of Representatives debate on amending Constitution - Jun 2, 2009
Blogs With the Philippine House of Representatives now debating in a plenary session the latest move to amend the Philippine Constitution, Filipino Netizens are relying on Twitter (hashtag #conass) and blogs to ... Read story »EllaGanda.com blog post sparks online furor over DSWD handling of relief goods - Oct 24, 2009
Blogs For the better part of Friday, the Philippine online community was buzzing over a blog post on EllaGanda.com lamenting the Department of Social Welfare and Development's handling of relief goods donated to ... Read story »Study: Young adults haven't warmed up to Twitter - Jun 14, 2009
Crave While 99 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds have profiles on social networks, only 22 percent use Twitter, according to a new survey from Pace University and the Participatory Media Network. This ... Read story »Bayan DSL's Lola Techie campaign--brilliant use of social media - Jun 24, 2009
Blogs You know your Web site's hit the mainstream Filipino audience when your lola's (grandma) complaining that you don't poke her back in Facebook. That said, Bayan DSL's latest campaign dubbed Lola ... Read story »Using social media to promote your product launch - Feb 10, 2009
Blogs Pardon the shameless plug, but my goal is to share as a case study our own experience in using social networks and multimedia to generate buzz and deliver information on the ... Read story »Social networks as support groups, social media as youth media - Oct 22, 2008
Blogs I apologize for my long absence, but it's been a stress-filled two weeks marked by both personal tragedy and public success. When my wife was pregnant with our first child, our now six-year-old ... Read story »Jump to page: [1] 

