A Student and her Laptop Walk into a Blog…

Thoughts on this and that (but mostly issues in currently social media usage)

Category: LIBR 559M

Twitter as Aggregator

I must confess that I have very limited experience using tools for aggregation on the internet. I never really felt that I needed such a tool; aggregators just didn’t address a need I felt I had. Part of what I enjoyed about using the internet was the experience of browsing, and I felt that I […]

Social Media’s Impact on Romantic Relationships

  Today is Valentine’s Day, and it seems like a particularly fitting day to discuss social media and the changing dynamics of modern romantic relationships. Specifically, I’d like to discuss the Facebook relationship status change (or, making it “Facebook Official,” if you’d prefer). Whether you think a change in relationship status is a positive and […]

The Social Media Identity of a Brand

It has been almost a full year since I began running the social media output for Plum Clothing. For the most part, this has been a very interesting and instructive experience. When I first stepped in to the role, my boss and I talked a lot about what our over-arching strategy would be. I had […]

Inaugural Post

Welcome to the wonderful world of Rebekah blogging. I’m no stranger to social media…by which I mean I have been an enthusiastic user of Facebook since the tender age of sixteen. However, in the past year, my social media habits have matured somewhat. I somehow finagled myself a job as the person in charge of […]

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