<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>FBI Adapts to New Media: Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.</span>
May 16, 2009
The 101-year-old FBI has developed a teenage interest in new ways of staying in touch, announcing Friday that it is on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
"<span style='color:red'>To reach out to the public, we need to be where people are</span> -- and we know tens of millions of people spend their time in social media sites," John Miller, head of FBI Public Affairs, said. "Adding our fugitives, missing kids, threat and scam warnings and other information into these sites is an extension of what we've done for decades -- <span style='color:red'>enlisting the help and support of concerned citizens around the globe to keep communities safer</span>."
The agency said that its Facebook site offers news and videos. Users can become FBI "fans."
The FBI is also posting videos on YouTube with links to its main Web site for job postings and news. Twitter allows the bureau to send "tweets" with breaking news.
The FBI, with help from a information services company called NIC, has iPhone and iPod applications allowing users to download "Most Wanted" information. The company is working on an application to allow the public to send in tips.
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thinking points:
1. the reasons of fbi adapting to social networking
2. how does fbi use these new media?
3. what can average persons obtain from fbi via these new media?
4. what can fbi achieve in the new way of operation in this new era?