Social media

19/05/2012 - Webwatch

Mothers monetize blogging in US

In the United States, one of the biggest community of bloggers are mothers.

28/04/2012 - Webwatch

Fancy a glass of virtual wine?

Nowadays almost anything can be shared on the internet: photos, videos, music, you name it. Even a glass of wine. How does virtual wine-testing work?

22/04/2012 - International media

Social media and the French presidential election

RFI speaks to Mathieu Doiret - a researcher with the French polling institute Ipsos - about efforts by France's elections management body to prevent social media from breaking an embargo on the ...

21/04/2012 - Webwatch

Why it's good to forget

Nowadays, with the plethora of social media websites that allows you to share each and every moment of your life, practically your whole life can be recorded digitally and stored in data centres.

16/04/2012 - Report: Uganda

Uganda hits back at Kony-2012 charges with government video

Uganda's government is using social media to try to clean up its image worldwide after over 100 million people have viewed the Kony-2012 video.

31/03/2012 - Webwatch

Social media marketing - is it worth it?

Facebook, Twitter and various other social media are increasingly popular. Such is the enthusiasm for these sites, that more and more businesses are using them as a marketing tool.

31/03/2012 - African Media

Use and abuse of social media in Africa

Nigerian Blogger and nternational development worker Noel Ihebuzor, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, says social media can be used ... and abused.

18/02/2012 - African Media

Zimbabwe's SW Radio - closing the gap

SW Radio is an independent short wave Zimbabwean radio stations which has been broadcasting from London for the past ten years.

05/02/2012 - International media

Diplomacy in the social media age

For decades, if not centuries, diplomacy has been conducted behind closed doors along the corridors of power. Until Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogging came along.