A new community, even if there is Facebook

Why are you going to create a new community if there’s Facebook? This is a kind of question you could often and bitterly be surprised to be asked in case you are about to create a new community. While reflecting about the possibility of succeeding in new social media projects, good reasons for saying that it is not gonna work can also arise very easily. In fact, many people say that social media... Read more

Citizen Journalism and Social Media

Interviewer: Sarah Helen Mageean, third year journalism student at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. Interviewee: Chiara Bolognini Social Media Manager, Online Journalist, Professional Marketer & Communicator, founder of Blomap.com and owner at Swissite International Sarah: What is your opinion on citizen journalism? Chiara: I am launching an international social network for citizen... Read more

Blomap – a short introduction

Blomap is a global social network and a UGC project (User Content Generated) based on Maps and Blogs. By joining Blomap the new members get a personal space where they can build their own map, save locations from a global map, mark their points of interest, share and post wishes, reviews, pictures, videos, audios, events. The privacy filters available anytime user uploads, embeds or posts content enable... Read more