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Communications Major
Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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5 Vine Stars Share Why They Loved, and Outgrew, Platform

5 Vine Stars Share Why They Loved, and Outgrew, Platform | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Vine was a place for people with talents across different disciplines — it allowed artists-slash-comedians-slash-musicians to flourish.

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Senator Ted Cruz Uses Vine to Lash Out at Net Neutrality (Again)

Senator Ted Cruz Uses Vine to Lash Out at Net Neutrality (Again) | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The Republican senator wants to prove he’s hip to the tech stuff.

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Members of Congress Send Out 750 Tweets During Obama's State of Union Speech

Members of Congress Send Out 750 Tweets During Obama's State of Union Speech | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The State of the Union address on Tuesday spawned a bipartisan embrace of photo- and video-sharing platforms, and a rush to create tweetable graphics and hashtags to amplify party messages. Members of Congress sent out 750 tweets over the course of Mr. Obama’s speech, according to data provided by Twitter.

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Twitter Goes Visual: Ahead of I.P.O., Twitter Alters Feed to Add Images

Twitter Goes Visual: Ahead of I.P.O., Twitter Alters Feed to Add Images | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The change could increase user numbers, and also help the company sell more visual ads.

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Look Out Twitter, Vine: Facebook Announces 15-Second Video on Instagram

Look Out Twitter, Vine: Facebook Announces 15-Second Video on Instagram | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Following last week's introduction of hashtags on Facebook, the social network has announced its response to Twitter's popular six-second video app Vine by adding video on Instagram. Users will see...

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Is This The First Vine Attack Ad? GOP Targets Colbert-Busch With Terrifying 6-Second Loop

Is This The First Vine Attack Ad? GOP Targets Colbert-Busch With Terrifying 6-Second Loop | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The Democrats have won the last two Presidential elections thanks to their savvy use of social media. Is the GOP ready to text them "Message received"?


Twitter released its new Vine app in January as a way to send short, 6-second, looping videos in the same way users send photos or 140-character message to their followers. 


It seems opponents of South Carolina Dem-candidate for a House seat have used Vine, the way Obama's team used Instagram. Very savvy indeed.

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Why Brands Are Ditching Twitter’s 6-Second Vine App

Why Brands Are Ditching Twitter’s 6-Second Vine App | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Two years ago, Twitter-owned Vine was growing like kudzu. It was widely embraced by both consumers and marketers who sought to push the envelope with creative six-second clips. But the explosion of new video formats on Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, which all now boast sizable scale, has caused top brands to quietly slip away.

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Twitter's Vine Video App: Six Seconds of Loopy Creativity, and Millions of Fans

Twitter's Vine Video App: Six Seconds of Loopy Creativity, and Millions of Fans | Communications Major | Scoop.it

If Instagram feels like looking at people’s lives through rose-colored glasses, Vine feels like a tour of their chaotic, innermost thoughts. Twitter’s Vine app, with its ultrashort, chaotic videos of funny faces, dance steps and stunts, has been finding a bigger audience.

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Twelve Social Media Predictions for 2014

Twelve Social Media Predictions for 2014 | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The past year saw a lot of changes in social media. Google's social site, Google+, saw huge growth and more activity, LinkedIn really got in the game, and Pinterest continued to pull in more traffic and more sales. Visuals also really became front and center and led the way for infographics, Vine video, and Instagram. To some degree, however, we're still finding our way in social. So many sites, so little time...

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12-Year Old Michigan Girl is a Vine Whiz Kid

12-Year Old Michigan Girl is a Vine Whiz Kid | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Since June, 12-year old Lillian Powers of Birmingham, Michigan has been creating Vine videos that show off her offbeat humor and clever wit. Her 6-second videos have made her quite popular on Vine, which either means Vine is really struggling, or the world has truly gone to hell in a handbasket. Honey Boo Boo, watch your back. 

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Learn How to Cook in 15 Vine Videos

Learn How to Cook in 15 Vine Videos | Communications Major | Scoop.it

From sushi to salmon, learn to cook in six seconds flat with these 15 Vine videos. Well, you'll at least get the gist of it and maybe get some ideas for dinner tonight. 

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Classic Movie Trailers Remade Using Vine App

Classic Movie Trailers Remade Using Vine App | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Vine, the 6-second video app, is launching many wannabe videomakers taking short shots of their walks, dinners and tourist attractions. But a new phenomenon has emerged. Making trailers of already-existing movies, presumably by pointing mobile phones at laptop, tablet or TV screens.

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