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Why an NBA team won’t work in Birmingham

Marquavius Burnett June 27, 2012

Recently, the @NBABirmingham Twitter account was created and burst onto the scene in the local twitter world. Fifteen-year-old George Chamoun from Mountain Brook started the account, which became a Twitter...

Social media alters student, professor relationships

Social media alters student, professor relationships

Katherine Owen April 24, 2012

The advent of social media has shed light on a new situation in classrooms: What is the appropriate social media relationship between student and teacher? According to a recent Associated Press article,...

Animals aided by social media

Animals aided by social media

Mazie Bryant April 15, 2012

When Shannon Walker devoted her home to the care of 14 dogs, she never wondered what would happen if she found herself without one. Last April, Walker raced home from vaccinating animals at the Bibb County...

FBI seeks to use apps to predict terrorist acts

Judah Martin February 21, 2012

There seems to be a smart phone application for just about everything, be it storm alerts or GPS navigation. Most recently, however, the United States government began to push for its own terrorism app...

Don't be bitter, it's just Twitter

Don’t be bitter, it’s just Twitter

Jasmine Cannon December 6, 2011

Twitter is a social networking site that many people use to stalk celebrities, talk with friends and share links to other sites. Some people use Twitter as a means of blog where they can share their personal...

Social media sites look to stand out in crowded field

Olivia Hodge October 6, 2011

As the rise of social media continues to take the entire world by storm, members of the University of Alabama community are beginning to adapt. One such social media website is Twitter, which is employed...

Library teaches students how to tweet

Caroline Murray September 21, 2011

University Libraries and Gorgas Information Services will teach students how to use Twitter as an information resource for their professional and academic lives today at Amelia Gayle Gorgas in room 205...

UA Athletics attempts to keep its athletes under control on social media

UA Athletics attempts to keep its athletes under control on social media

Laura Owens September 21, 2011

With the explosion of social media over the past couple of years, it’s almost guaranteed that not everyone is going to use it appropriately. But when it’s a big-name athlete who tweets something inappropriate,...

Talking trash: Tweet it

Mary Grace Showfety September 14, 2011

Trash talking has become a way of life in sports. It fuels the fire of competition better than any pre-game speech ever could. But how far is too far? Twitter has become a platform to speak one’s mind...

Twitter played key role in days following tornado

Will Tucker May 8, 2011

ABC 33/40 weatherman James Spann would have you know he’s no genius—he just had an idea that worked. Spann, a self-proclaimed social media geek, said he did indeed start the Twitter hashtag “WeAreAlabama.”...

Eight top Twitter feeds to follow

Michael Patrick March 30, 2011

July 15 of this year will mark the fifth anniversary of the formal launch of the website Twitter. Twitter, our favorite micro-blogging service, allows for us to, as Kingsley Clark pointed out last week,...

Entertainment: Katy Perry banned from "Cleavage Avenue"

Entertainment: Katy Perry banned from “Cleavage Avenue”

Adrian Garcia September 30, 2010

Katy Perry’s breasts are in the news, and not in a fun way! The “Teenage Dream” songstress is in hot water after her music video with Sesame Street’s Elmo hit the internet. The segment, featuring...