African-American Video Game Writers and Social Media: Latoya Peterson
As we continue our on-going coverage of African-Americans in the video game industry (see our interviews with Joseph Saulter and Jamin Brophy-Warren), we present an email interview with Latoya Peterson. A self-described media junkie, Latoya writes about race, gender, film, television, anime, manga and other elements of pop culture. She has been quoted in the [...]
Read MoreShould Social Media Use Be Considered “Reading” for Teens?
I came across an article a few days ago that has been bothering me ever since I read it. Book publisher Scholastic did a study recently that examined the role of books and reading to 21st century families. According to the study, nearly 28% of teens consider browsing through comments on social media websites “reading.” [...]
Read More1stFriday.com Helps Users Give Back
As Internet users, a lot of the interactions we have online involves consumption in some shape, form, or fashion. And while this instant gratification model is incredibly satisfying it’s nice to know that Web services can do more than provide a quick laugh or answer an obscure trivia question. We need more websites and networks [...]
Read MoreAfrican-American Video Game Writers and Social Media: Jamin Brophy-Warren
Black Web 2.0 conducted an email interview with Jamin Brophy-Warren, the CEO and editor of Kill Screen Magazine. Kill Screen exists to challenge the notion that “gamers don’t read” and provides a well designed and high-quality print product that seeks to become the Rolling Stone of gaming. Jamin also writes for the Wall Street Journal, [...]
Read MoreMatchmaker Paul Carrick Brunson Hooking People Up, One Tweet At A Time
Paul Carrick Brunson, love doctor, helps people meet people for a living. It’s what he does. People hire him to help them navigate their love lives in hopes of finding that special someone who you can eat Nutella straight out of the jar with. (And it is soooo hard to find that person.) And now [...]
Read MoreAbove the Law: TOS Doesn’t Apply to Celebrity Tweeters
Over the past week Hip-Hop artist, 50 Cent, took control of his Twitter account and went on a tweet rampage. He threatened to kill people, posted pornographic images, issued defamatory statements against other artists, and also made racist statements. His Twitpic account was suspended due to the pornographic images. But his Twitter account is still [...]
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