Josef Ohlsson Collentine

A transparent and nice American/Swede who likes cultural patterns and Social Media. A creative early-adopter who sports, discusses and explores. More about me & the blog

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Will Social Media be Bias Watchdogs for Traditional Media in the Future? #ShameOnReuters

There has been a recent hashtag, #ShameOnReuters, criticizing the impartiality of Reuters reporting in Yemen. This critique concerned ‘Mohamed Sudam’ who has been a ‘stringer’ (non-staff correspondent) for Reuters for a few years. During this time he also worked for the Yemen government as interpreter and secretary of state. This facts were known . . . → Read More: Will Social Media be Bias Watchdogs for Traditional Media in the Future? #ShameOnReuters

Net4Change – How the Internet Helps Create Democratic Change

Today a conference takes place in Sweden discussing how the Internet helps to create democratic change. This conference is taking place thanks to ‘Juliagruppen‘ (NGO working for a free and open internet) together with Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency). The conference will be focused on the ‘arab spring’ revolutions and discuss how internet . . . → Read More: Net4Change – How the Internet Helps Create Democratic Change

Social Media in China

“a closer examination reveals contours shaped by a distinct Chinese Internet culture. As the Internet assumes a more central role in Chinese cultural and commercial life, understanding this landscape—with all of its perils, pitfalls, and possibilities—is vital to running almost any business in China today.”

I’m currently working on a thesis focusing on . . . → Read More: Social Media in China

Marketing Evangelism (Word Of Mouth on Steroids)

Something I hardly do normally is re-post someone else’s words. Last time I did this was for The Internet Manifesto. This extract is about customer evangelism and published under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence by Huba & McConnell

We find there are six common strategies among organizations that benefit from remarkable levels of customer evangelism. . . . → Read More: Marketing Evangelism (Word Of Mouth on Steroids)

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