eModeration LOTW: POTUS sings a solo and other news to peruse

A social media links of the week list curated from a (mostly) US perspective.  Enjoy!

Obama Goes Viral

US President Obama found himself a trending topic for his charming falsetto.  At New York’s Apollo Theatre for a fundraising event, Obama sang a few bars of Reverend Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.”  Since Thursday, the video has become a viral pick for mainstream news as well as bloggers.  Al Green thinks Obama “nailed it.”  We agree!

SOPA/PIPA Smushed

January 18th, 2012 is being called the “largest online protest in history.”  Organized to stop the Internet censorship bills SOPA & PIPA, the day of protests saw massive scale blackouts internet-wide.  On January 20th, the U.S. Congress shelved the bills indefinitely.

The web is full of commentary on the protests.  We especially enjoyed this firebrand blog piece from John C. Abell, the New York Chief of Wired, and this infographic from SOPAstrike.com.  (Who knew Peter Gabriel could be so eloquent?)

Healthcare and Social Media – a Resource Mini-List

2012 could be Healthcare’s year when it comes to Social Media.  We stumbled across so many great links this week concerning healthcare, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies and social media, we’ve made a list inside a list to present them:

Here on the eModeration blog, we offered a summation of how the new guidance issued by the FDA for pharmaceutical companies impacts social media in practice.  

Jason Boies of Radian6 provides a guide on locating and joining the healthcare and pharmaceutical chats on Twitter.  

We found Ed Bennett’s list on US Hospitals using Social Media to be both intriguing and well-researched.  

The ECRI Institute has issued a comprehensive analysis of Social Media Risk in Healthcare (available for a free download after registration.)  

If you are looking for a snapshot of pharmaceutical and biotech industry use on Twitter, TweetPharm’s interactive infographic is the go-to resource.