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@mediabistro #mbchats Should there be a major in Social Media?

@yournewbff Not yet: it's an elective, not a major at this point. Learn the industry, then how to make it work more for you

@benjaminhratner @ICParkSchool has one - personally - I think it's not going to be as relevant in years to come as more will know and understand

@heatherteegee A concentration within a major or a minor. SM is constantly evolving so a more comprehensive education would be ideal.

@alyssabc No, major is marketing; the channel is social. No more applicants who confuse follower counts with knowing business!

@ulianoj A major? Absolutely not. That's like saying "Play on Facebook & Twitter for 4 years and get a degree"

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Media Research Center Blasts Networks For Not Covering Obama's 'Attack On Religious Freedom' (Yahoo! News / The Cutline)
The group that launched a $5 million campaign to combat liberal bias in the media last month sent a letter late Monday to network chiefs at ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN, blasting the collective lack of coverage of what it calls the Obama administration's "assault on religious freedom."

Roland Martin On Super Bowl Tweets: 'I Sincerely Regret Any Offense My Words Have Caused' (HuffPost)
CNN's Roland Martin wrote Monday night that he "sincerely regret[ted] any offense" the controversial tweets he wrote during the Super Bowl Sunday had caused. But he was steadfast in his insistence that he had not been making any homophobic statements in the tweets, as gay rights groups have charged.

Facebook's 845 Million Members May Not All Visit The Site (AllFacebook)
We've long worked with a statistic that about one-half of Facebook's membership log into the site daily, but what about the rest of the 845 million monthly active users the company cites? According to Facebook's prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a user doesn't have to visit the site directly to be counted as active.

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Today on the Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), we analyzed how Susan G. Komen for the Cure handled its PR disaster with Planned Parenthood last week.

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