2010.09.01

Social media and Canadian Politics

In follow up to my February report House of Tweets which examined on the use of Twitter by Canadian MPs (see also Twitter is not an official government channelAn update on the House of Tweets and listen to a Round table on Twitter and Canadian Politics), I’m working on new report that examines how MPs have incorporated all major social media in their public engagement. I plan to release the report before the House of Commons begins its fall session on September 20.

In the meantime, here’s a refresher of where things were in my original report.

2010.07.20

Interactive Twitter as part of the architecture

Last week I Twittered about the Canadian Tourism Commission using interactive Twitter displays on the sides of buildings in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles to promote Canada using the real-time reflections of tourists in Canada. It’s time to share the video.

2010.06.03

Canada #1 in Facebook among countries with 10M+ citizens

Research firm Inside Network is reporting that Canada exceeded 16 million users on Facebook during May, making Canada number one on Facebook among countries with 10 million or more citizens and number four on a per capita basis behind Iceland, Norway and Hong Kong.

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