New Media Tools

There were nearly 116 million US user-generated content consumers in 2008, along with 82.5 million content creators. Both numbers are set to climb significantly by 2013. (eMarketer, February 2009)

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• Social Networks (Facebook, MySpace, Flickr)
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Video (YouTube, vimeo, Blip.tv)
  • YouTube
• Podcasts

HHS New Media Resources

• HHS General Guidance for Utilization of New and/or Social Media
• AIDS.gov New Media Toolkit
• CDC Center for eHealth Marketing
• Social Media 101
• Twitter Guidance
• YouTube Guidance

Other Federal Resources

• Government Social Media Blog (Social Media Subcouncil)
• Government Social Media Wiki (Social Media Subcouncil)
• GovLoop - Social Networking for Government 2.0
• CIO: Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media by Federal Departments and Agencies, v1.0
• DOD: New Media and the Air Force (PDF – 2.79MB)
• DHS: Social Media at the Department of Homeland Security
• EPA’s Social Media Page
• Social Media and Web 2.0 in Government (USA.gov)
• Blogs from the U.S. Government (USA.gov)
• Records Management and Recent Web Technologies (Nat’l Archives)