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Medicine and social media

Medicine and social media

The Mayo Clinic's new Center for Social Media aims to create new ways to connect patients with doctors. But can social media really give patients the kind of access they desire?

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Essayist Peter Smith discovers a new way to pass the time when he can't sleep

Essayist Peter Smith discovers a new way to pass the time when he can't sleep

Peter Smith thought of the Edward Hopper painting called "Nighthawks" around 3:30 the other morning. He couldn't sleep, so he got up, walked over to the computer and got on Facebook.
by Peter Smith

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Is social media changing journalism?

Is social media changing journalism?

A panel of influential media experts discuss how social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are changing journalism and the news industry. Recorded at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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WikiLeaks, Shirley Sherrod, and the evolution of news

WikiLeaks, Shirley Sherrod, and the evolution of news

The release of more than 90,000 classified documents on the war in Afghanistan by the online whistleblower site Wikileaks, and the rapid-fire development of the Shirley Sherrod story, tell us a lot about the state of journalism in 2010. Midmorning looks at the good and the bad.

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Hennepin County's new digital library

Hennepin County's new digital library

The Hennepin County library will soon begin making e-books available for readers to download to their computer or e-reader. Seven hundred titles will be available when the program starts, but files won't be compatible with the two most popular e-readers, the ipad and the Kindle. Vicky Helgeson, a senior librarian in Hennepin County joins Cathy Wurzer to explain the program.
by Cathy Wurzer

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The cast of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"

The cast of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"

Radio funnymen Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell, host and judge of the popular NPR game show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!", join Midmorning live in studio. We'll discuss the evolution of the program, behind the scenes stories, and how their week-in-review format defies the demise of newsweekly magazines.

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The Facebook era

The Facebook era

Six years since its inception, Facebook is the dominant force in social media. And with 400 million users, it's changing the way we communicate. But controversies over privacy, challenges from Google, and some backlash from users could make its next 6 years more difficult.

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Our phones, ourselves

Our phones, ourselves

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has declared that smartphones are "an extension of everything we are." High tech gadgets are becoming more personalized than ever before. Geek Squad founder Robert Stephens analyzes the trends.

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