{"id":1102,"date":"2014-03-14T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/felicity\/old\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2014-03-14T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:40:35","slug":"stress-laughter-making-difference-latest-social-media-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felicitypr.com\/stress-laughter-making-difference-latest-social-media-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress, Laughter & Making A Difference: The Latest in Social Media News"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week, we saw a president make an unexpected appearance online, while Bieber found some surprising tweets in his own timeline. The Missing Children Society of Canada looked to social media for a Milk Carton 2.0, but let\u2019s not forget that for all the positives social media has to offer, there are downsides -including potentially very serious consequences of stress.<\/em><\/p>\n Obama in a Funny or Die Video?<\/strong> How Bieber Was Hacked on Twitter<\/strong> Your Facebook Profile Could Help Find A Child<\/strong> Teens Are Finding Social Media\u2026Stressful?<\/strong> This week, we saw a president make an unexpected appearance online, while Bieber found some surprising tweets in his own timeline. The Missing Children Society of Canada looked to social media for a Milk Carton 2.0, but let\u2019s not forget that for all the positives social media has to offer, there are downsides -including potentially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2],"tags":[120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,8,130,131,16],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nReactions to Obama\u2019s appearance on \u2018Between Two Ferns\u2019 have been mixed. Is it \u2018right\u2019 for a president to participate in popular internet humour trends? Is he just catering to millennials when there are bigger issues being ignored? However, there\u2019s no question the marketing campaign has at least succeeded in one way \u2013 by driving a 40% increase in visits to the HealthCare.gov website.
\n[AdAge<\/a>]\n
\nHe\u2019s not the first, and he won\u2019t be the last, person to find themselves unwittingly promoting malicious links due to a hacked Twitter account. While it\u2019s challenging to be truly \u2018safe\u2019 from having your social media accounts compromised by a hacker, there are some recommended measures to up your security and protect your privacy.
\n[Forbes<\/a>]\n
\nWhat if, just by allowing the Missing Children Society of Canada to post Amber Alerts to your Facebook page or Twitter profile on your behalf, a missing child could find its way home? As an updated version of the old face on a milk carton, this new campaign (dubbed the World\u2019s Most Valuable Project) aims to better mobilize online crowds in those critical first few hours a child goes missing.
\n[Vancouver Sun<\/a>]\n
\nAs if it wasn\u2019t hard enough to be a teen today, now we have social media stress to deal with. While this may initially seem like a trivial matter, a new study indicates this increased stress could lead to eating problems, alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, depression or absenteeism from school.
\n[Huffington Post<\/a>]\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"