Shashi Bellamkonda | Thoughts of a Social Media Swami

The Tweetreach blog has a interesting post on tweets during the Oscar Awards night with a nice infographic

We tracked more than a million tweets during this year’s Oscars telecast (along with partner Mass Relevance). So what did Twitter think of the show? Here’s our analysis of key moments and tweets from the show.

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Twitter got pretty excited when: Melissa Leo dropped the f-bomb during her Best Supporting Actress speech Toy Story 3 won Best Animated Feature Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won Best Original Score for The Social Network The cast of Harry Potter, Twilight and other films were autotuned Oprah announced the Best Documentary Feature award (and when Banksy didn’t win for Exit Through the Gift Shop) Natalie Portman won the Best Actress Oscar The King’s Speech won for Best Picture Other spikes were when: Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake presented the animated awards James Franco dressed as Marilyn Monroe Christian Bale won Best Supporting Actor Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi’s performed the Oscar-nominated song from Tangled Colin Firth won the Best Actor Oscar PS22 sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow Read more at blog.tweetreach.com

Going online to find health related information is not as prevalent as we think. More people rightly look for health professionals and then family. Good report to see.

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Many Americans turn to friends and family for support and advice when they have a health problem. This report shows how people’s networks are expanding to include online peers, particularly in the crucible of rare disease. The most striking finding of the national survey is the extent of peer-to-peer help among people living with chronic conditions. One in four internet users living with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart conditions, lung conditions, cancer, or some other chronic ailment (23%) say they have gone online to find others with similar health concerns. By contrast, 15% of internet users who report no chronic conditions have sought such help online. Read more at pewinternet.org

Great feature from the census department.

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Profile America -- Sunday, February 27th.  Today marks the birthday of a remarkable woman doctor -- Alice Hamilton, born in 1869.  She was the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University, where she taught for many years.  At the same time she became a leading expert in the developing field of occupational health.  Hamilton was a pioneer in the field of toxicology, studying job site illnesses and the dangerous effects of industrial metals and chemical compounds on the human body.  After receiving many honors, she died at the age of 101.  In the U.S., there are 170,000 medical scientists, more than half of them women.  You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov. Read more at media.prnewswire.com