THE oldest person on Twitter, Ivy Bean, died this week at the age of 104. The great-grandmother from Bradford had first hit the headlines when she got ‘bored’ with one social network – Facebook – and switched to Twitter. She ‘tweeted’ about her love of fish and chips, her online friendship with celebrity Peter Andre [...]
Filed in: Digital communications
THE new Coalition Government’s plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS pose real challenges for social enterprises, such as Sound Communication. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley claims the Con/Dem changesĀ are aimed at giving GPs more power and control over the funding of patient care. His clear intention is to dismantle the health authorities and [...]
Filed in: Corporate Social Responsibility (Sound behaviour)
A SPOOF story about the fugitive Raoul Moat has been reproduced as reality by the previously ‘respected’ AolNews website. Liverpool-based Robin Brown penned the article ‘”Nation ‘can’t wait’ for Moat shoot-out” for the satirical news web site The News Grind. Brown waxed lyrical about how 800 schools nationwide had closed in readiness for a bloody [...]
Filed in: Media relations