Russian Facebook Political Ads & Hurricane Harvey Hoaxes




Beyond Social Media show

Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 200<br> <br> Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discuss Facebook’s admission that it ran 3000+ political ads paid for by Kremlin-linked propagandists, the “Calling Bullshit” college course, Values job search, hilarious Trump parodies,draw your search, Cloudvertising, Verizon’s fake unlimited plans, a cultural fit job site, how to have video calls with your cat, an app that turns your phone into a portable podcast studio, social accountability for brands and much, much more. SUBSCRIBE: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-social-media-marketing-advertising-public-relations/id954939987" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iTunes</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Imnkptaa4j3yd54dcn3ekmo7mfm?t=Beyond_Social_Media_The_Marketing_Advertising__Public_Relations_Podcast">Google Play</a> or <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/beyond-social-media-show-the-marketing-advertising-and-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stitcher</a> or <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-Beyond-Social-Media-27722243/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iHeart Radio</a>.<br> Your browser does not support the audio element.<br> Best Digital Cases<br> “Calling Bullshit” Is the Online College Course for Our Times<br> University of Washington’s 10-week seminar, enticingly titled “Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data” begins in March.The synopsis of the course:”Our world is saturated with bullshit. Learn to detect and defuse it.”<br> <br> * <a href="http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/calling-bullshit-is-the-college-course-for-our-times-heres-how-you-can-take-it-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Calling Bullshit” Is the College Course for Our Times – Here’s How You Can Take It Online</a><br> * <a href="http://callingbullshit.org/syllabus.html#Big" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Calling Bullshit Course Syllabus</a><br> * <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/163G79vq-mFWjIqMb9AzYGbr5Y8YMGcpbSzJRutO8tpw/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Howard Rheingold’s Crap Detection Resources</a><br> * <a href="http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/lehre/pmo/eng/Sagan-Baloney.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carl Sagan’s “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection”</a><br> <br> <br> Cultural Job Searches<br> Key Values is a job search site that puts all the emphasis on a cultural fit between prospective employee and employer.<br> <br> * <a href="https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/09/06/job-site-wants-match-developers-employers-based-culture-values/#.tnw_L4woWgYo">This job site wants to match developers and employers based on culture and values</a><br> * <a href="https://www.keyvalues.io/">Key Values</a><br> <br> Viral Hoaxes About Hurricane Harvey<br> The shark is not swimming down the street. It was not swimming down the (same) street during Hurricane Matthew. It wasn’t swimming in the aftermath of Sandy. And most of the other pictures of sharks swimming where people were are fake, too.<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/08/28/no-the-shark-picture-isnt-real-a-running-list-of-harveys-viral-hoaxes/?utm_term=.187c9d9d782e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No, the shark picture isn’t real: A running list of Harvey’s viral hoaxes</a><br> <br> <br> Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvy?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvy</a> <a href="https://t.co/ANkEiEQ3Y6">pic.twitter.com/ANkEiEQ3Y6</a><br> — Jason Michael (@Jeggit) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jeggit/status/902048241646280704">August 28, 2017</a><br> <br> Data Visualization Storytelling<br> How To Fix A Toilet is a superb example of using data visualization in storytelling.<br> <br> * <a href="https://techcrunch."></a>