Posts Tagged ‘Oscars’

Getting Social at the Oscars

Friday, February 24th, 2012

While most award shows are all about being social, they’re not usually social on a technology level–well, that is, unless you’re talking about the Oscars.

After the success of last year’s Oscar Backstage app, which won an Emmy for “Creative Achievement in Interactive Arts,” the show is taking social to the next level this year. Fans can go to Oscar.com to watch the event or get behind-the-scenes footage when they use the app to check out different camera angles, winner interviews and more.

And if you’re still not feeling involved enough, GetGlue has something that’s worth your while. If you use the service to check in during the show, you can earn stickers and previews, and, of course, you can talk about the events with other GetGlue fans.

For some more ways to get social during this weekend’s Oscars, check this out.

The question isn’t will you be watching the Academy Awards–it’s will you be getting social? Let us know what you think!

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Oscar Noms and Social Media

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Interesting commentary here from Zennie Abraham on the Academy Awards’ lack of social media smarts.

Considering the collective movie audience and television and marketing exposure, the 2010 Academy Award Nominations Announcement Event should be the top news of the day, dominating Google Trends, Twitter top hashtags, live stream views, and with all of that, total reach. Instead, Oscar’s outdone by “Punxsutawney Phil 2010″ or “Groundhogs Day”.

Now with all due respect to Punxsutawney Phil, Zennie has a point. As of 11:50 am, this morning’s Oscar nominations are still not trending on Twitter. Part of the problem? The Oscars don’t even have a Twitter account! Come on guys. We know the jokes about how old the members of the Academy are, but really?