It is disheartening to see some PR persons use this type of spam emails and call it PR pitches. This is one big reason why PR profession is never taken seriously. One bad apple and it only needs one bad apple when it's on Tech Crunch web site. Bad day for PR profession.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/18/meet-lois-whitman-the-poster-child-for-everything-wrong-with-pr/
I am always a fan of mobile communication and access my email, facebook and Twitter via my iPhone a lot. I think it will be the next information "wave" but, according to this study, it sounds like it might take a while still, 12 years to be exact. My prediction is it would not take that long.
As we are starting the new school year, this article provides useful insights from students' perspective. I am especially glad to see they recognized the importance of web 2.0 and how it's changed PR practice.
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This one should be read by journalism folks.
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=148745
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April 15, 2008
MySpace Launches in South Korea
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 1:00 p.m. ET
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- MySpace's chief executive said Tuesday the U.S. networking Web site is poised to thrive in the South Korean market because it pays more attention to local culture than its competitors.
Speaking after the launch of MySpace's Korean-language version in Seoul, Chris DeWolfe said he was confident about the site's prospects in a country that has proved difficult for foreign online services such as Google Inc.
He noted the Korean-language site included a new feature, ''Minilog,'' a way for Korean youths to jot down everyday thoughts and feelings in a few hundred characters.
Capitalizing on Asian affinity for fancy stationery, the feature has options to personalize stamps and backgrounds to resemble different types of notebook paper. READ MORE
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The Nielsen Company announced some of the findings of an in-depth study, "Kids on the Go: Mobile Usage by U.S. Teens and Tweens," on the mobile media and cross media behavior of U.S. "tweens" (ages 8-12), finding that 5% of tweens access the Internet over their phone each month.
While 41% of tween mobile Internet users say they do so while commuting or traveling (to school, for example), mobile content such as the Internet is also a social medium for this audience. 26% of tween mobile Internet users say they access the web while at a friend's house and 17% say they do so at social events.
http://blogs.mediapost.com/research_brief/?p=1604
