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Rendezvous With Art and Arden
by Ashley Cingolani

The art community is finding new ways to get in touch with new art and their colleagues art by checking updates on twitter and the hashtag, # art tech. They use the microblogging service in order to " follow each other in real life." A senior marketing manager said, " We use Twitter to not only to connect with one another, but to share what we feel brings value to a larger online arts community. It has enabled us to form both professional and personal relationships that has provided countless opportunities for learning and collaboration." According to these many art student, it enables other artist and upcoming artist to view other people's work, while getting involved in new museums and galleries that are in their neighborhood which allows them to meet other students and get connections. Social networking has opened up many doors for different types of businesses and creative sources. What else will be next in for the future of social media?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/arts/artsspecial/social-networking-among-young-arts-professionals.html?ref=socialnetworking

=**Homeland Security Reviews Social Media Guidelines**= //By Kelly Wood//

It appears as though that social media is not only a new way of creating jobs for people, it's also way for Homeland Security to now gather intelligence information. Or at least they are looking at how to domestically monitor social media in the name is Homeland Security. Sparked by the uprisings that have recently occurred in places like the Middle East, with the help of social media, the U.S government has begun to lay out new guidelines to how intelligence can be gathered from socialsites. They were quoted as saying they are still trying to figure out how to use this sites as a source-but are having some difficulties with it because the issues is a newly emerging one. They question how can they go about this, and collect meaningful intelligence that can be useful to law enforcement. The strict laws that are in the works are so as to precent spying on U.S citizens and to protect their privacy.

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National Movement Started by Social Network
by Taylor Restaino source Bank Transfer Day started out as just a small protest movement. The RSVP event page, created through Facebook, was brought about by Kristin Christian as she was just plain tired of the rising bank fees and additional costs continuously being added. Her mission: get people to transfer from their large-profit banks to small and local credit unions. It was a small step that took a big leap when it attracted 81,900 people to sign up and join in. The success was either sparked by angry bankers alike, or riding on the coattails of the Occupy Movement, but regardless of how or why, this Facebook page caught fire. To read more about the movement or about the Facebook phenomenon, check out the source link for more information.

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Oscar de la Renta Sells Perfume Ring as Facebook Exclusive [|Link]
//By Drew Inabinet// Well known fashion designer Oscar de La Renta, has decided to use Facebook to sell his new perfume, that will only be sold on his Facebook page. Oscar de la Renta is currently just one of many designers who have decided to sell products exclusively through Facebook. Recently, Diane von Furstenburg has been using the popular social networking site to sell some of her clothing. Other popular brands have added "shopping" tabs on their Facebook pages, that allows customers to shop and browse Facebook at the same time. So far, these efforts to sell products through Facebook have caused these companies to lose money. Hopefully Oscar de la Renta's new perfume ring will be able to shift this trend. I would not feel comfortable purchasing anything through Facebook, I would rather do my online shopping on Amazon or Overstock. However, I think that this trend has potential to grow.

**Anonymous Drops the Attack on Facebook [|article]**
By Shoko Hachiya

Anonymous, a group of hacker activists, denies the rumor that they plan to attack Facebook on Nov 5th. In the rumor, Facebook has become Anonnymous' target due to company's abuse on users' privacy, which could be a serious threat for activists who use Facebook as a means of communication. Because the group is entirely anonymous, it is hard to know what they are really up to. Someone can create a fake announcement that represents Anonymous. Previously, Anonymous has attacked institutions such as Bank of America, Sony and even the government. They also attacked VISA and PayPal because those institutions refused to process donations to Wiki Leaks. And there is an announcement that they will attack FOX News website on Nov 5th, called Operation Fox Hunt. In the announcement, Anonymous said that they will no longer tolerate Fox News' conservative propaganda that takes advantage of the name of journalism.

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YouTube Spends Big Money on Celebrity Channels
by Melissa Roldan

YouTube is launching a new take on their site that will bring about an entirely new element and quality to its content. They are spending a total of $100 million on the new channels, which allots to about $5 million per channel. These channels will be owned by today's biggest Hollywood celebrities who will be the ones responsible for providing the audience with quality and original content. The business model of the idea will be "creating a genre-specific, celebrity-branded YouTube channel and packing it full of original, three-minute-long shows, the celeb would get to retain ownership of the channel’s content. YouTube, in turn, would get its production investment back via ad revenue." Not only is YouTube making great advancements for its own name, but it also gives these celebrities yet another method of marketing their names. Channels will be given to actors and athletes alike such as Ashton Kutcher and Shaquille O'Neal.