(Traditional/SM) Mentions: "IRAN" 34K/130K, "AMERICAN ECONOMY" 204K/16K, "IRAQ" 86K/280K. #SNCR

Traditional and Social Media Channels merged perfectly during Election. Topics favored better on one or the other, but rarely both. #SNCR

Mentions of Candidates Names: Traditional Media vs Social Media... "Obama" 160,207 (TM) vs 271,400 (SM) #SNCR

Reporting on current session from SNCR on "Analyzing SM in the '08 Presidential Election," by Emily Metzgar and Albert Maruggi. #SNCR

Back online and proudly reporting from the Society of New Communications Research Symposium here at the Marlow Hotel in Cambridge, MA. #SNCR

Social Media in the Inc. 500: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. ping.fm/0U4nr

Wiki utilization/success by Inc 500 Organizations has dropped from 95% to 77% between 2007 and 2008. #SNCR

Fortune 500 companies with Corporate Blogs increased by +4% in 2008, which pales compared to +19% of Inc 500 to the Blogosphere. #SNCR

50% of Inc 500 Organizations were monitoring Social Media Channels in 2007. In 2008, 60% of Inc 500 ORGs are monitoring SM Channels. #SNCR

56% of INC 500 organizations were using at least one form of social media in 2007. In 2008, 77% of ORGs are using Social Media! #SNCR