Guest blog by Conor Swannie, Moderator at eModeration Until recently, the concept of social media as a career or field of study was an entirely alien one to me. I mean sure, Facebook and Twitter were a fun distraction to a teenager studying to gain a place at university, but there were more important things [...]
Safer Internet Day (SID) is celebrated in nearly 100 countries around the world in February of each year. In Europe, an amazing total of 30 countries mark the day with support from the European Commission’s Safer Internet Programme. Safer Internet Day 2013 – the tenth edition of the event – will take place tomorrow on [...]
It’s that time of year again when we make bold claims and statements: that we will get fit, lose weight and hit our deadlines on time. Well here is one resolution that you should keep: update your LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn recently rolled out a new look to its 175 million members which should make it [...]
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I don’t envy students and those starting out on the career ladder right now. Combining sharing with a career path, especially when you’re impulsive and inexperienced, is a social minefield. Back in the old days, knowing what personal information to share and with whom, used to be relatively easy. Only native indiscretion (or lots of [...]
Vodafone Digital Parenting magazine When my friends finally get their head around what it is that I actually do (and I’ve yet to find a way to explain it to my mother), many of them ask me for advice about online child safety issues. What they are looking for is a one-stop-shop which will tell [...]
Working in social media, you may have noticed that occasionally people on the internet talk nonsense. They respond to your perfectly sensible content and messages with comments that read like a foreign language. You hover over the “hide” button and wonder if you can muster up the courage for an Urban Dictionary search to find [...]
If you’re a UK parent, there’s a very good chance you’ll already know that this week is Anti-Bullying week, with a simple theme: ‘Stop and think – words can hurt’. Beatbullying and other organisations are doing a great job in spreading the anti-bullying gospel – Beatbullying’s global Big March will culminate with the delivery of [...]