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  • Social Media Press Release

    **Disclaimer this is not an official press release, this was created for the purposes of the Seton Hall University Course COJR 3422 social media in Journalism and PR** SETON HALL HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO HOST VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT  South Orange N.J. [April 12, 2023]- Seton Hall University’s housing and residence life department (HRL) will be hosting a volleyball tournament…

  • What makes a good press release in this digital age? 

    Read about how press releases are still alive and well just different. Click here to hear about the ways PR has had to adapt and change in this digital social media world. Learn how to make your press release stand out to journalists in this digital world. As social media and the internet grows, many facets of journalism and…

  • Click Here for Digital Privacy Podcast Episode

    My classmate, Stephanie, and I teamed up to create a podcast where we talk about digital privacy.

  • What is a vlog and why do we care so much about vloggers? 

    Ever wonder what vlogs are and why we love them so much? Click here to learn more about the definition and history of vlogs. Read more about why vloggers make so much money on social media networks like YouTube and TikTok. Learn about the appeal and psychology behind our love of day in the life…

  • Defining filter bubbles and what you need to know about filter bubbles?

    Find out more about filter bubbles on social media and the internet! Click here to learn more about how filter bubbles affect society, news, and much more. Learn about how to detect these filter bubbles and echo chambers and what you can do to counteract them.  As someone who doesn’t like social media but cannot seem to quit it completely, I end up…

  • Ads, ads, and more ads: What makes Instagram ads so effective? 

    Ever wonder why you see social media ads on instagram? Click here to find out more about how Instagram uses different types of ads to market products. Open Instagram, it will most likely take not more than a minute to see an advertisement for something you never knew you needed. To test I opened my…

  • How Social Media changed what influencer marketing is

    Find out more about how influencer marketing has changed due to social media. Read here for more info on influencers. Open up the social media account you use the most. Whether that be Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, or anything else it probably will not take long to see a popular person – an influencer –…

  • What I learned from conducting a Social Media Scavenger Hunt:

    On February 13, my classmate Stephanie Cuomo and I set out to complete a social media scavenger hunt. In this scavenger hunt we created tweets with questions about various Seton Hall topics in order to look at how we as student journalists can use twitter to receive and spread information.  The Results: A brief reflection…

  • Navigating the delicate balance of being a journalist on Twitter 

    Social Media has been a useful tool for journalists, but that does not mean journalists do not need to be careful on social media. Twitter can be a great place for journalists to crowdsource, connect with their audience, and share their personality. However, twitter also means having to deal with internet trolls, accidentally oversharing, and…

  • Social Media Crowdsourcing helping Journalists create data 

    From seeing a news outlet’s Instagram story with a poll, to a journalist on twitter asking for the public’s insight on a breaking story, or even the weatherman on the local news asking for pictures of how the weather looks in your neighborhood, journalism crowdsourcing is all around us.  Journalists create their own data with social media…