Government Social Feeds Go Quiet on First Day of Shutdown

While invective about the state of American democracy has reached a fever pitch on social media, several government feeds themselves have gone quiet on the first day of the federal shutdown.Agencies including FEMA, the National Park Service and NASA have stated on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds that they'll be suspending or minimizing their publishing on social channels until the shutdown is over and federal dollars start flowing in again.In the meantime, the message is that non-essential activities like community management will be halted. In delivering the message, federal agencies seemed to telegraph their own opinion about the shut down: they don't like it. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How governments are using science fiction to predict potential threats

Science fiction has always been good at predicting distant futures and now governments are turning to them to ward off possible threats. Continue reading at The Conversation

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