Apr

My Social Media Blackout: Confessions of an Addict

Posted by Rima Published in Blogs, human nature, social networking

We’re in the car on the way to work and my fingers are twitching like I’m some sort of addict. (And maybe I am.)

Tags: addiction, black out, blackout, blogging, connecting, digg, facebook, flickr, frenemies, frienemies, generation net, generation next, grammar, internet, iphone, media, milennials, multimedia, myspace, networking, news-geek, nra, online, orkut, social, social media, social networking, twitter, web

16 comments

Mar

Why EVERYONE Loves Facebook

Posted by Rima Published in Blogs, human nature, people, social networking, Technology

suggests with all the sensitivity of a rabid dog that we Indians are a bunch of nosy braggarts who believe it’s our gods-given right to examine and judge the actions of everyone we know–and to over-share our own lives’ most inappropriate details.

Tags: Blogs, facebook, failbooking, human nature, india, lamebook, myspace, orkut, people, social networking, social networks, stereotypes, stereotyping

4 comments

Feb

Twitter Ranks Third Among Social Networking Sites–But What’s the Appeal?

Posted by Rima Published in Breaking News, Entertainment, Journalism, Technology, World

Just yesterday the Times of London quoted several psychologists who all say that we Tweet because we have an underdeveloped sense of the self. We’re narcissists. Ouch.

Tags: facebook, fads, iphone, multimedia, myspace, narcissism, psychologists, social networks, social theory, times of london, trends, twitter, world of warcraft

9 comments

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Rima Chaddha Mycynek is a writer, reporter, editor, photographer, videographer, former talk show host, and all-around journalism nerd. She currently teaches multimedia journalism at Boston University. [Read More]

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