Anecdotes about young teens and their response to Internet "fame"
Mashable's Guide to G+ - promoted at 4K words. Posted on 16 July.
The Guardian reports on how Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is using Twitter while undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba.
"In more than 40 messages this week on his @chavezcandanga account, he has approved money for a Caracas rubbish collection project, praised plans for a new park and cheered on the national football team."
Origin of the :-) and :-( -- Sept 19 2011 publish date - MSNBC
Feb 27, 2012 High level overview of agency efforts
March 12, 2012. How do politically active people use SNS
Aug 2011 - Pew study - first time more than half of American adults surveyed said that they use social networking website.
April 2012. Thoughts on digital "grassroots" campaigns from @HarvardBiz: Viral By Design: Teams in the Networked World http://t.co/5lK1Pj12 #STOPKony, http://twitter.com/kegill/status/187050209115766784
April 2012 - examples of social in government (global)
Mar 5, 2013 - ViralSearch: Identifying and Visualizing Viral Content