Eminem Becomes Most 'Liked' Living Artist On Facebook

Eminem Becomes Most 'Liked' Living Artist On Facebook

Here is a story about Hip Hop Artist Eminem, who is currently the most liked living person on facebook. Im sure all us "Facebookers" are familiar with the "like" feature. However if your one of those people who just came out from under your rock, the "like" button is a way for people to gauge popularity of all sorts of content on Facebook. With that being said Eminem's artist page is the most liked of any living person in entertainment. The man has racked up 28.8 million likes, only falling behind the late Great king of pop Michael Jackson as the most liked person on the social media juggernaut, Facebook.com. I personally find this news awesome, and ironic at the same time. Being a big hip hop fan i love Eminem, and i believe he will go down as one of the best not only in Rap but in music. However Eminem was not always this beloved. Em received a lot of black lash for his music in the later part of the 90's. People found his obscene lyrics, and graphic music videos very offensive. Knowing this about his past I thought it to be very ironic that Marshall would one day be the most liked person in the world since one could argue Trends of Facebook now Reflect the worlds views. Another reason why i picked this article is that it shows how social media is very much connected to music and other forms of media.

User Control

This is an article I had to read for Pop Culture called the Paradox of User Control by Daniel Palmer. The article argues that "participatory media" and the convenience of the Internet gives an illusion of control to users. I think that Palmer makes really interesting points about Capitalism and about individualism and technology in the article.

Katie Couric explains the Internet

In class we've talked a lot about the beginning of the internet and social networks. Well check out how Katie Couric explains the internet in 1994. Apparently footage never aired - but it doesn't really matter because someone put it on youtube for all to see. 

It's amazing to me how quickly the Internet has become so integrated in everything we do that 15 years ago it was impossible to explain what it is. 

How you would explain the Internet to Katie Couric in 1994.  

More on Facebook & Privacy

I wanted to point you in the direction of this article on Salon: Government Employer asks man for Facebook Login during Job Interview. Read it and consider the following: When does a background check become an invasion of privacy? What would you do if an employer asked for your login and password for your Facebook account? For your email account?

facebook terms!

I copied some terms and policies from facebook after our discussion on public and private facebook in class; there is pages and pages to sort through, these were some important highlights!

Facebook car?

If you were the first of a million to become a facebook fan of Porsche, you could have had your name written on a car. It's an interesting use of facebook for social marketing, and it's just very cool.

here's the link:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663243/porsche-puts-names-of-1-million-facebook-fans-on-a-911

Event: Networking the News

An event that may be of interest brought to you by the Philadelphia Initiative for Journalistic Innovation:

C.W. Anderson, Assistant Professor of Media Culture at the City University of New York talks about his forthcoming book Networking the News. 2/21/11 at Noon in Tuttleman 105. More info HERE.