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This was inevitable. Twitter has added photo and video items that users see when they log onto the social network from the Web or a mobile device. The move comes just ahead of Twitter’s I.P.O next week, as the company looks to feature more multimedia elements and expand its appeal among consumers.

Building brand reputation has always been a top priority for PR and marketing communications executives. But in our multichannel communications world it has become increasingly important. Customers can communicate their experience with your brand immediately, to a potential audience of millions.

Freud would have a field day on this one. University of Pennsylvania researchers who analyzed Facebook status updates of 75,000 volunteers have found a new way to analyze human personality. It could be yet another and more sophisticated tool for PR pros looking to get to know their audiences better.

“Native advertising,” PR communicators have learned, is a form of paid advertising placement where the ad experience follows the natural editorial form and function of the environment in which it’s placed.

A social media rapid response goes awry when Domino’s delivered what appeared to be an automated response to a Facebook compliment.

Kmart’s “Ship My Pants” video may have offended some, but largely it built positive feelings and goodwill towards the brand.

Your Twitter followers are most engaged during business hours. And dinner time, too. But if you want to get more people to “like” your Facebook page, it’s best to post content at night, when Facebook… Continued

Word has it that Facebook is looking to add a Twitter icon to it’s own pages: the hashtag. When asked about the move, PR News readers seemed #unimpressed.

Okay, it’s not a phone, it’s an app. Be that as it may, Facebook Home makes the social network ubiquitous on Android phones.

Matthew Deffebach [Editor’s note: This article is the third in a four-part series on social media. Previous articles are “Blocking Employee Use of Social Media? It’s Time to Rethink Why” and “Social Media Policy a… Continued