Here’s a look at how top world leaders are using Facebook.
How Non-U.S. Heads Of State Use Facebook
Pope Benedict
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We're kicking off our upcoming Social Media Marketing Boot Camp with a special keynote presentation by Ella Chick (left), the digital producer at Anderson Cooper 360°. She'll discuss how the network uses social media for breaking news and leverages social media to draw attention to organizations and causes. Learn more about our program and register here. Pope Blesses And Warns About Facebook
The Pope isn’t one give a blessing to something modern without coupling it with a warning. And so that is what Pope Benedict XVI did today, when he gave a qualified blessing to social media outlets like Facebook, but urged people to not let the technology replace real human contact.
Pope Welcomes and Warns Facebook
The Pope himself has given a blessing, of sorts, to online social networking. Pope Benedict XVI has made a statement regarding social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace as ways to foster friendships and understanding in his annual message today for the World Day of Communications. According to the Associated Press, Benedict welcomes as a “gift” new technologies like social networking sites, as they respond to a “fundamental desire” of people to communicate.
Yes, that’s one of the great things about online social networks. It enhances individuals’ ability to communicate, and all of the features offered through such social networking is a direct result of their fundamental desire to do so. The way in which social networking has manifested online very much reflects the way in which we communicate in the offline world.
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