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Whether you have been reading my posts from the beginning or you just stumbled upon my blog today, I have been posting about corporate transparency and authenticity in new social media. Now I am going to wrap up with some ground rules. Brad Rawlins of Bringham Young University, published a study with the intent of [...]

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I attended Edelman’s Digital 101 symposium this weekend at JMU. It focused on how social media can be used in Public Relations. We also worked on “mini campaigns” in small groups during the two sessions. My group’s client was Burt’s Bees. While we were researching the company, I could not help but notice the parallels [...]

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You know your brand is authentic if people are willing to tattoo your logo on themselves. Harley Davidson is one of those iconic brands people identify with. An article from BizTimes discusses how Harley crafted its brand over a 105-year legacy. Harley has a lot to show for itself with its motorcycles, branded merchandise, licensed [...]

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Barack Obama utilized social media effectively in his campaign for the presidential election.  While Obama is a politician, not a businessman, there is still a lot that business people can learn from him about using social media and being authentic. According to The New York Times, Obama teamed up with Marc Andreessen, a Netscape founder [...]

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To begin our discussion of transparency and authenticity I will look at two case studies from the online magazine Wired. The first is a fictional example that gives us a good look at what transparency is. In Wired’s “What We Can Learn from The Office”, transparency is described to the extreme. The premise behind The Office [...]

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This blog represents a class project I completed for a web communication class while studying Media Arts & Design at James Madison University.  New social media (blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc.) provide corporate communicators with excellent tools to build and uphold their company’s reputation. Transparency and authenticity are important in maintaining a company’s reputation. Especially today, [...]

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