Reading Time: 3 minutesFeel like running for student government this winter? The Fulcrum editorial staff weighs in on some sure fire ways to maximize the effectiveness of your campaign.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesMedia is an indispensable part of society—but it can only be effective when it has the best interests of their nation in mind. Unfortunately, the news media indulged a little too much in the revenue boost that Donald Trump brought them.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMost students don’t understand what’s going on, so by organizing such an official sit-down session on campus they could answer important questions like: why is free tuition important?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe SFUO has 3,283 page likes on Facebook, and a whopping 4,015 followers on Twitter, which it uses even less than Facebook. If used effectively, these tools could really keep people involved in student politics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese new positions include fireworks coordinator, private Uber driver, Pokémon GO tour guide, and many more.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearch by U of O prof to produce new detection algorithms Social media could soon be put to good use when it comes to detecting possible mental illness, according to research by University of Ottawa Engineering and Computer Science professor Diana Inkpen and her team. The project will use data collected from social media websites …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIllustration: Jennifer Vo Scroll down your newsfeed on Facebook and chances are you’ll see political news, a new pumpkin cheesecake recipe, and maybe a meme or two. Social media sites represent some of the largest variety of content from around the web, and along with all the articles come opinions. With the sheer amount of conflicting …
Reading Time: 2 minutesStunt videos needed to keep ownership of user content Photo: CC-Ed Gregory, Edits by Kim Wiens This week Facebook announced its decision to collect user photos, videos and information beginning early next year to steal users data for their own use. This move has lead to a high volume of legal declarations on Facebook feeds, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeginning in March, anyone who uses the suffix in an article or social media post will be served a cease and desist letter by their Internet service provider.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy analyzing tweets from six major Canadian cities—Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, and Halifax—researchers determined moods in each city relative to each other.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRevolutions are televised or they didn’t happen.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTelfer professors have begun a new study to investigate the relationship between market sentiment and social media.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are getting tired of talking to people only through texting, a campus group offers another solution.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen your potential employer Googles you someday, what do you want them to see: a locked-down Facebook profile with nothing but your name, or a picture of a dedicated young professional who’s active, engaged, and enthusiastic?
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Bullet screens” are a truly diabolical piece of technology that not only encourages an audience to text during a movie, but also captures each message and projects it onto the screen while the movie is playing.
Reading Time: 7 minutesI don’t know if I expected angels to sing, doves to cry, or something special to happen, but the act of logging out was surprisingly anti-climactic. However the four months that followed my social media absence was anything but.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of coming home and immediately checking Facebook, an aspiring writer could be finishing the rough draft of his or her future bestseller. Rather than wasting the night away on Twitter, that young person who wants to be prime minister could be reading up on world issues.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTake one glance at the Gothic architecture of Parliament Hill and it may seem like you have time-travelled back to 1867. The way in which the government conducts business—along with some “elder” members of Parliament (MPs)—may further convince you that this institution is a relic of the past.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn recent years, the University of Ottawa has expanded its online presence to include Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest, with an aim to be more in touch with the student body.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn fact, one person I spoke to who had deleted his profile described how a Facebook group was set up in his honour asking whether he was dead or not because, obviously, life can’t go on without Facebook. Or can it?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWE’VE ALL SEEN it before: A new type of social media comes out, gains popularity, and before you know it we’re all flocking, convinced the new venue will help us to better market ourselves. But then something strange happens. In the midst of writing about yourself in 140 characters or less on Twitter, updating your …
Reading Time: 8 minutesAT ONE POINT or another, most of us dream about making it big. Thanks to the Internet, becoming famous no longer requires theatrical or musical talent—all you need is a laptop, your winning personality, and a knowledge of all things social media. The Fulcrum gives you the low-down on using YouTube, Twitter, and blogging to …
