Mike Colapietro

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• Trayvon Martin and Civil Unrest in the Age of Social Media

  4/10/2012

  Does the instant exchange of ideas lend us better information, education and organization when confronting a tragic and controversial event in the age of the Internet?
• Is Mobli Good Mobile?

  3/22/2012

  Does Mobli, a real-time video and picture sharing application, have what it takes to sit alongside big platforms such as Facebook and Twitter?
• Gary Johnson's Coming Out Party

  2/1/2012

  Gary Johnson's recent switch from Republican to Libertarian puts him back in the presidential hunt and more in tune with his beliefs.
• Building Foundations in Haiti

  1/27/2012

  Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis and Pras Michel of the hip-hop trio Fugees are both using their charities to help the people of Haiti.
• Hanging Up Cellphones in Prison

  1/24/2012

  New legislation and technology are working together to eradicate the use of smuggled cellphones by inmates .
• Can Best Buy Compete with the Better Buy?

  1/14/2012

  In a market increasingly moving online with lower cost, streamlined electronics stores, how can Best Buy survive?
• Twitter Exodus Possibly Linked to Stock Restrictions

  1/6/2012

  What are the reasons that top-level staffers departed from Twitter last year and how can these problems be rectified?
• A Christmas Without Steve: How Will Jobs Passing Affect Apple Holiday Sales?

  12/20/2011

  Steve Jobs was a visionary. With the Apple founder's passing cause consumers to approach the company's products with trepidation, unsure about what the future will hold for the electronics giant?
• Two New Products Streamline the Relationship Between Sports, Social Media and the Fan

  12/9/2011

  The Internet and social media are making the sporting world a smaller place, intrinsically linking the fan to other fans and all to the game.
• Images of Gadhafi, and Gatekeeping in the Digital Age

  11/30/2011

  The progress of technology has given everyone opportunity to be a content creator. In the age of the Internet, who is left to filter out what content is appropriate for the media consumer?
• Gary Johnson Turns to Web Campaign After GOP Debate Invites Are Yanked

  11/15/2011

  How a politician works with new campaigning technologies when afforded virtually no other option.

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• Twitter Helps Coordinate Occupy Protests

  10/25/2011

  With the Internet, in particular social networking, instrumental in the organization, coordination and reportage of the Occupy protest, what would media theorist Marshall McLuhan think?
• Is Occupy Wall Street a Cause with a Culture?

  10/20/2011

  Is Occupy Wall Street a sustainable movement? What does the future of the movement entail? Activists and politicians weigh in.
• Cause and FX

  10/4/2011

  In 2001, FX was a network dealing with recycled content, low ratings and limited capital. A change in mindset and business strategy would come from an unlikely place and turn the company around.
• Through Tragedy, it is the Ties that Bind

  9/3/2011

  Joseph Cincotta went to sleep on Sunday watching his town get swept away by flood-waters. On Monday, Cincotta and his family, along with many members of Wilmington, Vermont, woke up with a plan and purpose.
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  Snuffing Out Small Business in the Big Apple

  6/30/2011

  With a cigar-tax cap bill left on the table as the 2011 State Assembly closes, cigar shops in New York City struggle to stay open.
• Lunch with Lou DiBella

  5/10/2011

  Boxing promoter Lou DiBella muses on Andre Berto, the problems in contemporary boxing and the things that can be done to ensure a successful future for the sport.
• Bernard Hopkins Sells Fights in and Out of the Ring

  4/5/2011

  As much as Bernard Hopkins has been technical inside the ring during a fight, he has been technical outside of the ring, selling a fight.