'Drunk' filter is designed for sporting clubs

A new technology was designed that can filter 'inappropriate' posts on social media such as Facebook, Twitter. It was developing for sporting club but will be aiming on high schools to prevent online bullying. Social media filter will identify the risky photos or comments. The filter was developed by Kudos Knowledge,a Sydney-based company which filter to extract risky information on social media like Facebook or Twitter and has the capacity to alert third party such as sport club administrator. Still, the technology will focus on the 'indiscretion' of the sport stars and high schools are the second target. The new technology will go through it's first trial next month at Matraville Sport High School in Sydney.

by. Yun Pui Marn (B1102770)
resource: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2686869/A-social-media-drunk-filter-designed-sporting-clubs-prevent-players-embroiled-online-slip-ups.html

Forth of July

LeBron James, the NBA superstar showed his patriotism toward his country USA by expressing through Twitter and Instagram. It brings a positive influence to his fans to celebrate the Independence Day of the country together with their favourite sportsman. 

While the free agency drama plays out, King James shared a picture from his Team USA days in honor of the Fourth of July. He also shared this Independence Day message on Twitter.

By Yee Min Yan (B1301791) 

Source from: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/lebron-james-shares-fourth-july-message-article-1.1855127 

Social Media is making ticket sales a bigger Challenge

The couch versus the stadium. The is one of the challenges faced by sports team in getting fans to watch the game live in the stadium rather than from the couch in front of a big screen television.

According to WBBM Newsradio's Nancy Harty reports that watching a game from the couch has been more interesting than it used to be thanks to high definition TV and the social media where you can often find highlights within minutes of the action in real life.

Some said that the emotional experience you get on site of the sporting event is not comparable to sitting on the couch watching the same exact game. 

People who supports going to the stadium to experience the atmosphere of the game said that, instead of having to get information from social media, they would like people to get the information from view the game live at the stadium.

By: Yun Pui Marn (B1102770)

Source: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/06/17/sports-executives-social-media-making-ticket-sales-a-bigger-challenge/

Social media's hilarious reaction on Suarez's biting

When Luis Suarez, the Uruguayan bite Italian Giorgio Chiellini, Suarez again made headlines everywhere, the newspaper, the radio and the biggest platform of all, the social media. Well, this is obviously not the first time he made headlines, he made headlines when he racially abused Manchester United defender, Patrice Evra and also when he bite Chelsea's defender, Branislav Ivanovic, which he later apologized and said that he had learned his lesson after he was banned for 10 matches.

However, it looks like he hasn't learned his lesson, this time his impulsive act has cost him an immediate ban from the rest of the World Cup tournament, including nine international matches and four months banned from any footballing activities.

When Suarez, who seems to have a habit of biting sunk his teeth into the Italian defender, that was all it needed to trigger the social media traffic into posting hilarious picture of Suarez.

From memes to Twitter, Suarez is all over the Internet. Here are some of the pictures photo shopped by some of the social media users. These pictures are shared all over Facebook and retweeted and favourite many times on Twitter by the respective users.

By: Mak Sin Sin (B1200881)

Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140626/sports-cricket/article/world-cup-2014-suarez-bites-again

Nick Kyrgios' surprise win over Rafael Nadal

19 year old Austrlian,Nick Kyrgios  pulled off one of the greatest upset in tennis at Wimbledon by beating world number one, Rafael Nadal to reach the quarter-finals. Nick Kyrgios who is the youngest man in the tournament, pulled off a stunning 7-6(7/5), 5-7, 7-6(7/5), 6-3 win over the Spaniard. 

With the win in hand, Nick Kyrgios became the first player outside the top 100 to beat a world number one since Andrei Olhovsky versus Jim Courier in the year 1992.

Since the win, the Australian has brought in a sponsorship flood ranging from car companies, watch companies and drinks company. However, the youngster isn't ready to cash in anything yet. 

According to John Morris (Kyrgios' manager), "we are not interested in short-term gimmicks, we are looking for partnerships with people to come on board and be part of Nick Kyrgios brand and the Nick Kyrgios journey that's why we are being very selective in a sense of who we partner with and who we bring into that team."

Also, with a stunning win in the pocket, Nick Kyrgios has also gained some new fans. People who watch the match took to twitter to congratulate Nick including fellow countryman and actor Hugh Jackman. 

By: Mak Sin Sin (B1200881)

Sources: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-02/social-media-reaction-to-nick-kyrgios-beating-rafael-nadal/5564984

ESPN, Univision Crackdown on Social Media Sharing

Messi - Argentina vs Netherlands

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Univision and FIFA are seeking to protect their exclusive rights to World Cup footage by asking other purveyors to stop creating highlights on social media.

With the technology advancement nowadays, sport fans are easily access to the social media by posting photos or videos of the FIFA World Cup when they are on site or in front of the television. They may be too excited with their excellent performance of the team they supported. However, the sports fans should respect the exclusive rights that have been given to ESPN, Univision and FIFA. 

By Chan Kar Ying B1301794

Source from: http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-media-news/espn-univision-crack-down-on-videos-and-vines/

World Cup is Winning Social Media

World Cup is becoming the biggest social media event ever because the international soccer tournament is breaking records on multiple platform. Sure, when other sporting events such as the Olympics, NBA Finals or Super Bowl is on, people do talk about it on social media, however, World Cup has dominated those sporting events.

According to one report, Twitter users published more than 16 million tweets, or 389,000 tweets per minute during the Brazil versus Chile game, breaking the record set in February during the Super Bowl. FIFA, the organization behind the 2014 World Cup, has mulitiple social media official accounts across three platform: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The official Facebook page of the 2014 World Cup currently has 38 million likes and 2.8 million Twitter followers.

"Sporting events always drive a massive amount of conversation on Facebook, but what we've seen so far during the World Cup has been extraordinary," a Facebook spokesman said

Another report states that, the tournament's first week, June 12 to 18, spurred 459 million posts, likes and comments on Facebook, according to the company. Compare that to 185 million interactions about the Super Bowl, 120 million for the Sochi Winter Olympics, and you realize the World Cup inspired more activity than the other two combined.

The 2014 World Cup event doesn't only consist of official social media accounts by sponsors, organization and countries playing in the world cup, it also consists of fans all around the world. Fans watching a particular game are the ones setting and breaking the world records on social media. They post comments and reactions during the game, they share and comment on their friend's posts, further driving the World Cup social media traffic. 

By: Mak Sin Sin (B1200881)
Sources: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/23/tech/social-media/world-cup-social-media/
and http://wallstcheatsheet.com/sports/how-the-2014-world-cup-is-winning-social-media.html/?a=viewall