Vacancy at ACC for "Social Media Sentiment Analyst"
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 30th Apr 2013
State insurer seeks expert to "monitor blogs, wikis, news forums and online communities"
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In Pictures: Key in China
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 14th Apr 2013
Photographic highlights from the NZ prime minister’s latest adventure abroad.
That pink-and-red equal sign: a persuasive symbol or completely useless?
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 2nd Apr 2013
Millions have switched their Facebook profile picture in support of marriage equality. But some doubt its impact.
On Twitter etiquette and retweeting praise
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 26th Mar 2013
Novelist Mohsin Hamid gets a dressing down for overdoing the self-promotion.
The Labour party and glass, um, houses
5 CommentsBy Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 19th Mar 2013
In which Labour mocks John Key for a stumbling response to a question.
Broken news: the Supreme Court Mighty Power ruling a Twitter mess
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 27th Feb 2013
On Twitter, and the radio, overhasty efforts to break the big news fast resulted in a great mangled confusion.
The last time a Pope resigned, how did the world find out?
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 21st Feb 2013
In 1415, the mass media were, well, mass.
Selfie importance
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 18th Feb 2013
The photographed self-portrait has surged in popularity. Here are some of the most remarkable selfies - and the best.
Live from the Vatican before a studio audience
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 15th Feb 2013
In retirement, Benedict XVI will still live at the Vatican. So what, wondered Twitter, to call the sitcom?
How Twitter disappointed, like the 1960s. Plus, Piers Morgan’s wife
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 11th Feb 2013
One writer bemoans what Twitter has become. And Celia Walden bemoans her tweeting husband.