Lab 9

MY ARTISTS

Enrique Iglesias (Latin, International Male)
PANDORA:
Bailamus by Enrique Inglesias
Have you ever really loved a woman by Bryan Adams
Apologize by OneRepublic
You sang to me - Marc Antony
I have always loved you - Enrique Iglesias
LastFM:
You Rock me - Enrique Iglesias
Maybe - Jay Sean
Aint it funny - Jennifer Lopez
Breathless - Shayne Ward
Vuelve - Ricky Martin

The Beatles (Alternative Rock, International Males)
PANDORA:
I feel fine - Beatles
Penny Lane - Paul McCartney
Imagine - John Lennon
The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
Run for your life - The Beatles
LastFM:
Imagine - John Lennon
Photograph- Ringo Starr
Something - George Harrison
Baba O'Reily - The Who
BlueBird - Paul McCartney

Normally, I enjoy Pandora a lot more than LastFM. However, this time around I felt that the recommendations made by LastFM were a lot closer to my search than the recommendations made by Pandora. When I did the Beatles search, both stations included songs by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. When I searched for Enrique Iglesias, none of the recommended artists matched.

Melanie’s artists…
Dierks Bentley – Country Artist
PANDORA
1. Settle for a Slowdown- Dierks Bentley
2. Something Like That- Tim McGraw
3. Good Directions- Billy Currington
4. Young- Kenny Chesney
5. Sideways- Dierks Bentley
LASTFM
1. The Heaven I’m Headed To- Dierks Bentley
2. I’m Still a Guy- Brad Paisley
3. Watching Airplanes- Gary Allan
4. People are Crazy- Billy Currington
5. Austin- Blake Shelton

Between Pandora and LastFM the stations started playing different songs, but there were the same artists. Both sites stayed in the genre, and played the music clearly. The recommendations were similar but never the same song.

Chevelle Franklyn- Gospel Reggae
PANDORA
1. Boom Shaka- Tack- Born Jamaicans
2. Trodding- Glen Washington
3. Doctor’s Order- Beres Hammond
4. Rock My World- Sizzla
5. I’m You- Leona Lewis
LASTFM
1. Number One- Chevelle Franklyn
2. Come to the Altar- Monty G
3. Hands Wave- Mr. Lynx
4. Never Seen- Jason Mighty
5. A Time for a Change- Katalys Crew

With Chevelle Franklyn and the genre of Gospel Reggae, I think LastFM gave more music that was along the same idea as Chevelle’s actual music. Again, I never had the same artist or song and all of the streaming music was very clear.

JARED'S ARTISTS....
Erykah Badu-(Neo-soul)
-Pandora Recommendations
-Next Lifetime by Erykah Badu
-Ex factor by Lauryn Hill
-Sweetest Thing by Refugee Camp Allstar
-Crown Royal by Jill Scott
-Apple Tree by Erykah Badu

-Last.fm recommendations
-Next Lifetime by Erykah Badu
-Closer by Floetry
-Feel like making love by D'Angelo
-Ex Factor by Lauryn Hill
-Brown skin by India Arie
-Bestfriend by Ledisi

For the neo-soul genre there are only so many well known artist, so for Pandora and last.fm they recommended the same artist and songs. I didnt know about Last.fm but i like the music it recommended. The actual website is a little bit more difficult to browse around. I feel Pandora is better for browsing unknown artist where as Last.fm is better for listening to specific songs. Pandora is more accesible but I may start using Last.fm more often.


GABE'S Artists...

Miley Cyrus

Pandora.com
Party in the U.S.A - Miley Cyrus
Dream- Miley Cyrus
Who said- Hannah Montana
You Belong with Me - Taylor Swift
Beautiful Soul - Jesse McCartney

LastFM.com

Miley Cryus
-See you again Hannah Montana
- Nobody'sPerfect Mitchel Musso
- Get out Jonas Brothers
- Burnin' Up Ashlee Simpson - L.O.V.E

Although both of the Internet Radio website have a great quality. In my opinion, I would preferably use LastFM.com.

Options:LastFM.com
Forwards track
Stop Station
Love track
Bam Track
Start New Station
PhotoSlide Show of Featured Artist
Full Screen show.
Biography of Artist
Share the track
Tag Track
Buy Track
Buy Ringtone
Events and Similar Artists.
Comments [ Shouts]
No pause [Disadvantage.]
Many more features and more advanced than Pandora.com.

Pandora.com
Pause
Forward
Quick Mix
About the Music
Your profile
Genre Stations
Mobile and Home
Video Series
Bookmark
Concert Listings
Station Gifting
About the Music
Creating New stations.

lab 8

MY PODCASTS

1. Twit - This week in Tech
By Patrick Norton
Updated each week
Sponsors: AOL Music, Spinner.com, Audible.com, Squarespace.com
Format: A round Table of Technology Gurus
Intended audience: Non technology Gurus
About: Turing apology, Google books, Medicare Macs, WIPO, Twitter verification, editorial ethics, and more.

2. DL TV IpodBy Robert Herring and Carl Sedella
Updated twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Sponsors: Media Tech
Format: They answer peoples questions on technology, two guys taking calls.
Audience: People with questions regarding technology
About:Product Reviews


MELANIE'S PODCASTS
-The publisher of the podcast.
* The Publishers of the podcast are The World from BBC, PRI, and WGBH.
- The format of the podcast. -
* News
- How frequently the podcast is updated. -
*There is at least one podcast from The World a week, but the individual podcast itself is not updated daily.
- The intended audience.-
*Public, in order to influence usage of technology
- Number of subscribers.-
* There is an option to subscribe to the podcasts, but the number of people who are already subscribed is not available.
- Commercial sponsors of the podcast.-
*Amgen Foundation
*The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
*National Endowment for the Arts
*The Compton Foundation
*The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
*The Ford Foundation
*The Freeman Foundation
*The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
*The Henry Luce Foundation
*John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
*National Science Foundation
*Ploughshares Fund
*Rockefeller Foundation
*The Skoll Foundation
*United States Institute of Peace


The publisher of the podcast.
* The Publisher of the podcast is PCMag Radio, the podcast is from podbean.com
The format of the podcast. -
* Talk-show/ Interviews
How frequently the podcast is updated.
*The podcast is not updated, but the host does a different podcast on differents related topics weekly.
The intended audience.
* The general public is the intended audience and the employees try to give their listeners the latest information on new technology and, solutions to current problems, and what could be in the future of technology.
Number of subscribers-
* The option of seeing how many subscribers there at the present time is not available, but viewers can subscribe to the site in order to hear more of those podcasts.
Commercial sponsors of the podcast.-
* Lenovo


GABE's podcasts

Who produces the podcast?
Media Conversation
The Future of Media -Future Talks
Glen Hiemstra
[Futurist.com]
2. Technology vs. Copyright -Future Talks
Glen Hiemstra, Glen Leonhard
[Futuretalks.com]

What is the format of the podcast (e.g., News? Interview? Call-in talk? Opinion?)
Both of the podcasts mentioned are interviews between the gentlemen themselves.

How frequently is the podcast published?
No specific time of the month is specified. But the following is the publishing process:Once you sign an agreement with the non-profit public benefit corporation , you'll put us in touch with your event-planning staff, your webmaster (to cross-promote our web sites), and your audio/visual contractor. Our producers will take care of everything else.

Who is the intended audience?
Basically everyone ,especially students, because this podcast site includes every day scores of educational, inspirational and entertaining conference sessions, lectures, debates and other spoken-word presentations are that are lost.

How popular is the podcast (as measured by subscribers)?
Exact measurement of the subscribers isn't specified but website visitors varies greatly. Their rule of thumb is to expect 100x as many listeners as you have attendees at your in-person event. For example, if 400 people attend your event, you might have 40,000 unique individuals listen to the audio from that event.

Who are there commercial sponsors of the podcast?
This podcast website is a non-profit public benefit corporation.


AUSTIN'S PODCAST

Lab resource: http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3866.html-The speaker and publisher in this Podcast is Peter deCourcy Hero who is the former president of Community Foundation Silicon Valley (CFSV).
- The format of this video is a recoding that people can just hit the play button and listen to Mr. Hero considers how philanthropy is changing around the world, and the implications of such developments for online giving. also during this podcast he mentions what he thinks is missing as far as online giving goes in present time.
-This particular Podcast was updated last in October of last year, so evidently it does not update very often.
-On this web page, it say that this podcast is for the "conversations network." Also there is a list of people who have listened to and enjoyed the podcast. I believe this particular podcast is for anyone interested in how the Internet, a part of all our lives, is changing and adapting to the constantly changing world.
- Though I couldn't find an exact number of subscribers, every podcast had a list of people that have viewed the videos, and it appeared that there were many people who are subscribed to this podcast site. It is a non-profit organization which much of the proceeds go to the conversation network itself. -the particular publication that is linked above was made possible by Stanford graduate school of business, and the Center for Social Innovation.

http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3862.html-

In this podcast, the speaker and Publisher Permal Shah who is the president of Kiva.Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro lending website, this allows people to give directly to new entrepreneurs to help and benefit them with as amounts as small as $25.
-This Podcast is similar to the one above, Shah just talks about Kiva and their first big break, and how and who it benefits, in an Informational format.
-This podcast was also updated in October 2008, which indicates that both of these podcasts are not updated very often, or that since its just shy of a year old, they mnite be updated annualy.-This podcast was also inteded for the Conversations network, Which looks like accrding to the page is a lot of stanford graduates and former students that are in various fields. However is not limited to the public so i believe the intended audience is again, anyone intersted in the prgression of the online world.
-Since this Podcast was on the same website, i again had difficulty finding the exact amount of prescribers to this non-profit organization, however to join is free, and you may donate as you desire.
-Since both of these are non-profit there really isnt any commercial sponsors other that of the Stanford graduate school of business, and the Center for Social Innovation.



JARED'S PODCASTS

this WEEK in MEDIAWhat is the future of TV, Broadband, and Film? What is the technology behind it all and how is anyone going to actually make money doing this? Join industry leaders as they discuss the technology and business of media production and distribution. Everything from greenscreen technology and 3D animation to distribution and new advertising models will be discussed in this weekly summit.

-PixelCorps
-Round
-Table Discussion
-Updated frequently at about once every 1 to 2 weeks-PixelCorps (Self-sponsored)
-Subscriber Unknown

-TECH Tips 'n Tricks
-A podcast dedicated to teaching educators how to use technology to bolster their own teaching and learning.
-Tech-How-to Tutorial
-Scarecly
-Podbean
-Subscribers Unknown

LAB 7

YOUTUBE
1. Advertisement before viewing: NO
2. Buffer Time: 0-1 SECONDS
3. Continuous play: YES
4. Full screen option:YES
5. High Quality option: YES
6. Favorites list:YES
7. Share option:YES
8. Can you add it to a playlist: YES
9. Flag option: YES
10. Download available: YES
11. Links available to MySpace, Facebook, Twitter: YES
12. Advertisements during play: YES BUT OFF TO THE RIGHT
13. Comment section: YES
14. Related videos: YES, NOT CATEGORIZED
15. Information about the posting user: YES
16. Like/dislike option: NO
17. Embed option: YES
18. Lower Lights option: NO
19.. Overall user friendly: VERY EASY

HULU
1. Advertisement before viewing: YES 15 SECONDS
2. Buffer Time: 2-5
3. Continuous play: YES
4. Full screen option: YES
5. High Quality option: YES
6. Favorites list: NO
7. Share option: YES
8. Can you add it to a playlist: YES
9. Flag option: NO
10. Download available: YES
11. Links available to MySpace, Facebook, Twitter: YES
12. Advertisements during play: YES SMALL AT THE TOP (NOT ON SCREEN)
13. Comment section: YES
14. Related videos: YES IN CATEGORIES
15. Information about the posting user: NO
16. Like/dislike option: NO
17. Embed option: YES
18. Lower lights option: YES
19. Overall user friendly: PRETTY EASY

VEOH
1. Advertisement before viewing: YES 30 SECONDS
2. Buffer Time: 5 SECONDS
3. Continuous play: YES
4. Full screen option: YES
5. High Quality option: NO
6. Favorites list: YES
7. Share option: YES
8. Can you add it to a playlist: YES
9. Flag option:YES
10. Download available: YES
11. Links available to MySpace, Facebook, Twitter: YES
12. Advertisements during play: YES ON SCREEN
13. Comment section: YES
14. Related videos: YES CATEGORIZED
15. Information about the posting user: NO
16. Like/dislike option: YES
17. Embed option: YES
18. Lower Lights Option: NO
19. Overall user friendly: PRETTY EASY

MY RATINGS:
LOWEST 1 - 10 HIGHEST
YOUTUBE: 9 (ADD THE LIKE/DISLIKE FUNCTION AND IT WOULD BE A 10)
HULU: 7 (ADS AT THE BEGINNING)
VEOH: 6 (LONG ADS AT THE BEGINNING AND DURING)

EMBED VIDEOS:
You Tube was the least complicated. I am still not sure if I did the others right.

YOUTUBE: Barack Obama: On Net Neutrality


HULU: NBC NET NEUTRALITY

Video Game - E3 2009 - Attack of the Show

VEOH: Catholic sermon (I am not catholic)

Watch Sex, Shame, and the Catholic Church in Faith & Spirituality  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

LAB 6

1. What multi-channel TV service do you use when you most often?
Broadcast TV
Satellite TV
Mobile TV
Cable TV
Never watch TV
2. When do you find yourself watching TV the most?
Morning (6am-12pm)
Noon (12pm- 3pm)
Afternoon (3pm-6pm)
Night (6pm-10pm)
Late night (10pm-2am)
Never
3. How many hours do you watch TV in a week?
0 hours
1-3 hours
4-6 hours
7-10 hours
10-15 hours
15 + hours
4. Where do you watch TV most often?
At Home
At School
At Work
On the Go
Never
5. Why do you watch TV?
News
Entertainment
Educational
Never
6. Gender
Female
Male

What? When? Hours? Where? Why? Gender?
Cable Night 7-10 Home Entertainment Female
Cable Morn & night 4-6 Home/School News/entertain Male
Sat Night & Late 4-6 Home Entertainment Male
Cable Morning 1-3 Home News Female
Sat Noon 1-3 Home Entertainment Female
Sat Night 10-15 Home All Male
Cable Morning 1-3 Home News Male
Sat Night 4-6 Home Entertainment Female
Sat Night 4-6 Home Entertainment Female
Cable Varies 1-3 Home News Female

Lab Exercise 5

MIAMI

Broadcast TV Stations
http://tvlistings.aol.com/listings/fl/miami/broadcast?hid=BCAST528&zipcode=33134&tab=grid
Cable MSOs
http://tvlistings.aol.com/listings/fl/miami/broadband-solutions-biltmore-ii-standard?hid=FL02284&zipcode=33134&tab=grid
Satellite
http://tvlistings.aol.com/listings/fl/miami/directv-miami?hid=DITV528&zipcode=33134&tab=grid
Cellular Video Offerings
http://tvlistings.aol.com/listings/fl/miami/atandt-u-verse-tv-fiber-optic-tv-digital-non-reb?hid=FL67353&zipcode=33134&tab=grid

SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON
CBS 4 News
Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Cellular Video
NBC 6 News
Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Cellular Video
WPBT
Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Cellular Video
ESPN
Cable, Satellite, Cellular Video
MTV
Cable, Satellite, Cellular Video
BET
Satellite, Cellular Video
Telemundo
Satellite

PRICING
AT&T UVERSE: 34.99 a month
DirecTV: 29.99 a month
Broadcast:
Cable: 19.95 a month

Lab EX 4

1. Identify 4 trade journals and 4 scholarly journals. (25 points)
Trade Journals:

Video Age: A journal of film, TV broadcasting, Broadband, Production, and Distribution.
R, K. "When Nuclear Blasts Are Aimed at Disrupting Communications." When Nuclear Blasts Are Aimed at Disrupting Communications. Video Age International. Web. 13 Sept. 20099. http://www.videoageinternational.com/articles/2009/06/bookReview.html.

Serafini, Dom. "American Series To Cure The Advertising Blues." Video Age International. Video Age International. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.videoageinternational.com/articles/2009/06/greek-tv.html.

Telephony Online: Telecom Industry News
Gubbins, Ed. "Broadband in a Box wins first CLEC." Broadband in a Box wins first CLEC. Telephony Online. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://telephonyonline.com/independent/news/broadband-box-wins-clec-0911/.

Reedy, Sarah. "Will pay TV providers shut down Hulu?" Telephony Online. Will pay TV providers shut down Hula? Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://telephonyonline.com/residential_services/news/providers-try-shutdown-hulu-0909/.

Variety: Entertainment news, movie reviews, awards, festivals etc.
Jones, Chris. "Cirque de Soleil rethinks the franchise." Cirque de Soleil rethinks the franchise. Variety. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008472.html?categoryid=15&cs=1&ref=bd_legit.

Thielman, Sam. "The Bereaved." The Bereaved. Variety. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940991.html?categoryid=33&cs=1.

Hotel World Network:
"Accor announces Vidal-Brown appointment." Accor announces Vidal-Brown appointment. Hotel World Network. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.hotelworldnetwork.com/move/accor-announces-vidal-brown-appointment-6074.

"Choice Hotels promotes Patrick Cimerola." Choice Hotels promotes Patrick Cimerola. Hotel World Network. Web. http://www.hotelworldnetwork.com/move/choice-hotels-promotes-patrick-cimerola-6075.

Scholarly Journals:

American Communication Journal:
Lunceford, Brett. "A Practical Approach to Teaching Rhetorical Theory." A Practical Approach to Teaching Rhetorical Theory. American Communication Journal. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol10/04_Winter/articles/lunceford.php.

Monk-Turner, Elizabeth, and D'Ontae Sylvertooth. "Rap Music: Gender Difference in Derogatory Word Use." Rap Music: Gender Difference in Derogatory Word Use. American Communication Journal. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol10/04_Winter/articles/monk-turner.php.

The International Journal on Media Management:
Kwon, Kyounghee H. "Social Influences on Terrestrial and Satellite Mobile-TV Adoption in Korea." Social Influences on Terrestrial and Satellite Mobile-TV Adoption in Korea. The International Journal on Media Management. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.mediajournal.org/ojs/index.php/jmm/article/view/101.

Oyedeji, Tayo. "A Multivariate Test of the Influence Model." A Multivariate Test of the Influence Model. The International Journal on Media Management. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.mediajournal.org/ojs/index.php/jmm/article/view/103.

Access My Library:
Hoffman, Lindsay H. "The effect of television viewing on adolescents' civic participation: political efficacy as a mediating mechanism." The effect of television viewing on adolescents' civic participation: political efficacy as a mediating mechanism. Access My Library. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-197233663/effect-television-viewing-adolescents.html.

Kaye, Barbara. "Taboo or not taboo? That is the question: offensive language on prime-time broadcast and cable programming.(." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. Access My Library. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-197233664/taboo-not-taboo-question.html.

PBS
"Creating with Media: Preschoolers." Creating with Media: Preschoolers. PBS Parents. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/creating-preschool.html.

"TV and Kids under Age 3." TV and Kids under Age 3. PBS Parents. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/article-faq.html.

Lab Exercise 3- Media Industry and Policy

1. Identify 5 library databases related to media industries. (25 points)
1. American Periodicals Series (ProQuest)Periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900. I chose this one because it searches different publishing companies. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=302&COPT=REJTPTE0NGQmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2945&cfc=1
2. Global Books in Print (Bowker)Global Books in Print is the industry's leading international bibliographic database. I chose this one because it searches the print industry. http://www.globalbooksinprint.com/bip/
3. Mergent HorizonProvides comprehensive financial data on US public media companies. http://polychrest.tamu.edu:8331/V/B1XKKARDLVH7TAFEFSVM499C62VFLH8TA8HEP6T6J546YRQL2Y-40208?func=native-link&resource=TEX04263
4. MarketResearch.com AcademicProvides market research reports, many with global coverage, from industry-leading publishers. I chose this one because it focuses on the industry leaders. http://academic.marketresearch.com/index.asp?prid=872486456
5. FACCTS (Faulkner's Advisory on Computer & Communications Technologies)Coverage of computer systems, software, networking, and telecom technologies - including trends, vendor profiles, and product solutions. I chose this one because it covers such a wide range of media industries. http://www.faulkner.com/products/faccts/default.htm
2. Identify 5 library databases related to media policy. (25 points)
1. Homeland Security Digital LibraryThis one allows quick access to many U.S. policy documents as well as reports about universities, organizations and agencies. https://www.hsdl.org/
2. Declassified Documents Reference System (Gale)This database houses all of the important US government documents including policies with a section about media. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DDRS;jsessionid=1BC6C4AC7359F2D84D9A74CA4D2DAFA2?locID=txshracd2898
3. Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications (Elsevier)This contains many articles and overviews about media including policies set forth by the government. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/0123876702
4. Leadership Library on the InternetDirectory of public and private sector personnel contacts at 40,000 leading U.S. government. Search for congressional, federal, state, municipal, judicial, corporate, financial, news media, associations etc. http://ldi.bvdep.com/version-715/default.asp?UserId=58676&CompanyId=2210&BookFilter=%2D1&DfltProdId=1&curp=1&StartProdId=1&StartModeId=9&StartBookId=%2D1&fhp=1
5. PolicyArchiveThis one is a searchable, online archive of public policy research. https://www.policyarchive.org/browse-topic
3. Identify 5 websites with media industry news pages not housed in the library database. (25 points)
1. Media Industry Today: Latest media news for media industry professionals & analysts. http://media.einnews.com/
2. MinOnline.com: Authoritative souce for breaking news for B2B business. http://www.minonline.com/
3. HeadlineSpot.com: Find the best sources for media industry news at HeadlineSpot.com. http://www.headlinespot.com/subject/industry/media.htm
4. BNET Media: Provides daily industry trends and news coverage. http://industry.bnet.com/media/5. Filcro Media: Daily Media news for Media Executives covering industry. http://www.executivesearch.tv/html/news.html

Lab Exercise 2

Individual User:
http://www.seanalexander.com/
This blog talks about all things digital, likes and dislikes of different kinds of technology.

http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/
This blog is about new technologies. He tries all different types of technology and then summarizes his thoughts on them.

http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/brainstorming_digital_learning/
This is a teacher’s blog concerning ideas of how to use new technologies in the classroom.

Hardware/Software:
http://blog.medialooks.com/
This is about new, coming out technologies.

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/09/kicking-ink-how-the-iphone-beats-the-kindle-so-far244.html
This compares the iPhone and the Kindle.

http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/
This is about how different types of technology help people communicate.

http://www.prevencionriesgosucn.com/
This is part of google that helps measure the importance of other technologies.

Organizational Infrastructure:
http://electronicsblog.sel.sony.com/sony/blog_post/?contentid=8630272208990198431
This is about how Sony plans to get more people connected to technology.

http://theappleblog.com/
The Apple Blog post updates about their technology and how they plan to distribute it.

http://www.lgblog.co.uk/
This blog sends updates about LG’s new technology and when they are going to release it.

http://blog.claudiobartolini.com/
Stories about HP, new technologies, news and opinions.


Social System:

http://ecdms.blogspot.com/2009/07/applying-social-networking-system.html
This is about adding social networking features to all sites including ones like eClinical.

http://blog.hirestrategies.co.uk/
This is about how technology can even been used within job hiring strategies.

http://www.insurancetech.com/blog/archives/2009/07/youth_social_ne.html
This is about how technology is driving social networking in youths.

http://www.insurancetech.com/management-strategies/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=KZN502SCYTVYFQE1GHRSKHWATMY32JVN?articleID=219401202
Social networking is hitting critical masses.