[Listening Post] StumbleUpon and Pinterest, something I learned from my students.

Social Media

• My students posted blog stories about social media platforms I didn’t mention in class. 

StumbleUpon and Pinterest are two platforms I truly learned from my students.

• 2012: The Year of the Blog written by Mark Evans twitted by Brian Solis

I agree. Facebook, Twitter, G+, etc., all need a headquarter. Blog can play a role as a headquarter.

Public Relations

• Nigerian Oil Spill Contained Before Reaching Coast by AP tweeted by NPR

Sports

• Report: Vikings close to a deal to stay in MIN by CBSSports
• How the Media doomed Penn State by iSportsWeb 

I particularly agree with this statement. PR in Sports is a tough job.

The media has publicly condemned Penn State University even though 99.99% of the people associated with the school has absolutely nothing to do with the allegations against Jerry Sandusky. 96.000 students and over 500,000 living alumni have been publicly humiliated and have been dragged through the mud over the past seven weeks.

Sports had too many issues and crises this year. I am pretty sure we will see more and more problems coming out as we have more media channels.

• AP sports stories of the year by AP