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Former hockey player and Sauder MBA grad Dustin Sproat’s app connects NHL players and their fans. Wendy D Photograph

Playing the numbers

May. 1, 2013 | Filed under: Beats, Business, Law and Society, Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: Dragon's Den, Dustin Sproat, hockey, MBA, mobile app, sauder school of business, social media, social networking, tech start-up, technology

Business grad and tech startup CEO Dustin Sproat scores NHL interest with hockey app

Prof. Alfred Hermida (left) and marketing instructor Paul Cubbon have brought together business and journalism in a new course. Mark Mushet Photograph

Social media: Where business and journalism intersect

Feb. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: Alfred Hermida, business, Faculty of Arts, Paul Cubbon, sauder school of business, school of journalism, social media

A new UBC course connects two schools to prepare students for the real world

Inviting customer complaints can kill business: UBC research

Nov. 29, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: blame, business, customer complaints, customer relations, Darren Dahl, faults, sauder school of business, social media, UBC

Giving customers a chance to complain can be a bad idea if customers believe they’re to blame for a product’s failure, a new study from the Sauder School of Business at UBC shows.

TIP SHEET: Post-riot insights and reflections

Jun. 16, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: business, Criminology, intergroup conflict, law, legal experts, Mob Mentality, news media, police, Psychology, riot experts, riots, social media, Sociology, sports, Vancouver riot, Violence, VPD

The University of British Columbia has experts who are available to comment on the post-game riots in downtown Vancouver.

Canadians find mainstream news media more trustworthy than social networks: study

May. 11, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: business, Canadian Media Research Consortium, facebook, Journalism, news, research, social media, twitter, UBC Graduate School of Journalism

The increased competition for attention in the digital era has not eroded public confidence in the mainstream news media, according to a study by researchers from UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Social media transforming how Canadians get the news, study finds

Apr. 27, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: Alfred Hermida, business, Canadian mediasphere, Journalism, news, social media, UBC Graduate School of Journalism

A new study finds nearly 60 per cent of Canadians – the equivalent of more than 15 million people – regularly visit social networking websites, with the majority of users saying social media exposes them to a broader range of news and information than traditional media.

Nationalism – are the Games giving us permission to be loud, proud and Canadian?

Feb. 18, 2010 | Filed under: Media Advisory | Tags: 2010, Canadian studies, hockey, hubris, nationalism, Olympics, patriotism, pride, shame, social media, sports

UBC has a number of experts ready to comment on the phenomena of “strategic nationalism” – where hockey fever can induce patriotism – the lightning quick mood changes within social media and the different faces of pride, from authentic to hubristic.

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