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A new study has revealed details of how China's internet censorship apparatus blocks and deletes content from the Weibo microblogging service. "The work showed that the social media censor was similar to the system overseeing Chinese web access," the BBC reported.

According toThe New Scientist, scientists from Carnegie Mellon University looked at 57 million short messages posted on Weibo, and then re-examined them three months later to see which ones had been deleted. Its results found that controversial messages "tended" to be deleted, with wide regional disparities: in wealthy eastern cities like Beijing and Shanghai, roughly one in ten messages were axed; in Tibet, half were deleted.

The study found that the service was adaptive, the BBC reported, "It also found that the censorship system could be quite nimble and react quickly when words or phrases start to assume a more political meaning. For instance, the word 'lianghui' became sensitive when it started to be used as a code word for a 'planned protest'." The same was true for a word that means "asking someone to resign" after a high speed train crashed last year.

Criticism of government - especially of Fang Binxing, the brains behind the "Great Firewall" - were mostly deleted, as were other innocent-sounding terms that took on submeanings to describe pro-democracy protests. But not all controversial terms were deleted, suggesting a high level of human involvement, according to a researcher.

At least one instance of censorship was apparently to help users. After the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan, a rumor circulated that said eating large quantities of iodized salt, instead of potassium iodide, would protect from radiation poisoning. Those messages were deleted.

Pdraig Reidy of the London-based pressure group Index On Censorship told New Scientist, "This suggests incredibly close, real-time, manned monitoring of discussions and searches. We know that the Chinese government has thousands of people working on web censorship. This study proves how serious a project that is for the regime."

The full results of the study will be published in the next issue of First Monday.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/120312/study-reveals-chinese-censorship-weibo

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LENEXA, Kan., March12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --PlattForm, a leading Internet marketing and enrollment solutions provider for the postsecondary education industry and a division of Ad Venture Interactive, announced today that it acquired numerous website properties from Guider Media, an online inquiry generation company based in Stockholm, Sweden.

The company acquired more than 20 websites, including MBA-Online-Program.com, HomeStudyCourses.net and EducationAtlas.com. The websites involved in the acquisition predominantly serve online- and graduate-focused higher learning institutions offering advanced degree programs.

The acquisition continues PlattForm's ongoing efforts to acquire website properties, brands and the commitment to generate high quality inquiries for clients. Additionally, the acquisition allows PlattForm to increase the number of inquiry generation sites that include schools offering degrees at the Master's and doctoral levels.

"Quality has always been our priority. This acquisition allows us to expand our internal network of sites and continue to add more high-quality organic leads that our clients expect and deserve," said John Van Fleet, PlattForm's Chief Interactive Officer.

PlattForm is renowned throughout the education inquiry generation industry for the superior quality of its inquiries. Earlier this month, Leads360, the market-leading consumer sales platform, recognized PlattForm as a 2011 top performer for Lead Qualification in the education agency category. The second annual Leads360 2012 Lead Industry Report is an analysis of the inquiry industry and top inquiry generation firms.

"When it comes to inquiry providers in the education space, PlattForm is a trusted partner for us," said Marcelo Parravicini, Chief Marketing Officer of Post University. "The quality of their inquiries has always been superior. Given the recent struggles with quality in our sector, we're excited to see PlattForm taking the initiative with these website acquisitions to address current trends. They are doing all they can to ensure inquiry quality maintains or exceeds its present level."

For more information, please contact Kevin Kuzma, Director of Communications, at kevink(at)plattformad(dot)com or 913-601-2034.

About PlattForm

PlattForm Advertising (http://www.PlattFormAd.com) is a direct response agency specializing in postsecondary education marketing. With an internal staff of more than 400 industry experts, the Kansas City-based agency provides a range of services, including interactive inquiry generation; website marketing; digital media; search engine marketing; social media; media placement; and creative services, print and video production. In 2011, PlattForm was ranked by the Kansas City Business Journal as the No. 1 agency in total revenue in the Kansas City metropolitan area. PlattForm is a division of Ad Venture Interactive.

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HR and marketing luminaries will headline virtual workshop of hour-long sessions covering PR, social media and building relationships with industry influencers.

Capitola, CA (PRWEB) March 12, 2012

The hour-long sessions will begin at 11 a.m. ET (8 a.m. PT) and attendees can register for all four webinars or just the topics that interest them.

Two panel discussions will highlight the event, moderated by HRmarketer and SocialEars expert and chief strategy officer, Kevin W. Grossman. First, Grossman will moderate the interactive discussion "Social PR: Rising Above the Noise." The session will take place at 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT). Panel members include:

At 2:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. PT), Kevin W. Grossman will again moderate a panel discussion titled "Online Influence: Are We Over-Stimulated or Under-Whelmed?" Panel members include:

For more information and to register for the March 13 event, visit:

http://www.hr.com/en?t=/contentManager/onStory&StoryID=1329322932050

"In today's new world of media, social voices and online influencers, what's most important is targeting the right audiences and building relationships to get your brand noticed," said Elrond Lawrence, vice president of media relations for HRmarketer and SocialEars. "Whether you're a beginner or expert in PR, marketing and sales, we've brought together two amazing panels of HR and marketing experts to help attendees learn about the latest tools and techniques."

Other sessions include:

"The Role of Content Marketing in SEO, Social Media and Your Web Presence," presented by Krista LaRiviere, co-founder and CEO, gShift Labs. The session will take place at 11 a.m. ET (8 a.m. PT).

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StreamSend announced StreamSend Share for Campaigns, a powerful tool that lets businesses create social marketing campaigns that add new social fans and builds relationships with existing fans, for free.

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) March 12, 2012

Now, businesses can really put social marketing to work for them, said Dan Forootan, president of StreamSend Email Marketing. With StreamSend Share for Campaigns, we are taking a big step forward in helping businesses leverage the power of social media to create profitable relationships. After sending one message from one place, businesses will then create a series of social contact points where customers can like or share the message, and propel that message further into the social network to find more customers.

Businesses can automatically share campaigns and messages to Facebook fans, Twitter followers, Linked-In connections, Google+ and email subscribers. And Social Share, fan pages and blog embeds are always free; unlike many other services, business only pay for the emails they send.

A wide selection of effective templates is available so that businesses can easily produce Facebook landing pages, create engagement and deliver messages with professional-looking Like pages. Approaches already proven effective can be easily uploaded to email, share and post.

Meanwhile, StreamSend Share reporting -- integrated with Google Analytics -- will show how campaigns drive page visits, shares, new Facebook fans and email subscribers so that business can not only track it all, they can exactly measure success to fine-tune future campaigns.

Within the email, senders can simply drag and drop to install widgets and engagement tools that keep users right in the message with play-in-place videos -- a key feature that keeps communication direct with customers and allows full tracking of viewer behavior. Successful campaign pieces can also easily be embedded in a blog or web page so that viewers can read the offer and share it along.

StreamSend Share for Campaigns offers free, personal social media coaching and support.

About StreamSend

StreamSend offers an easy-to-use, affordable and reliable email marketing service designed to help businesses maximize the reach of their marketing budget when sending an email newsletter or using Social Media. StreamSend offers a number of industry-leading standard pricing plans, private-label and affiliate programs and hands-on personal client service. Started in 1998, StreamSend is a leader in Email Marketing.

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