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"The AP Stylebook has released its new social media guidelines, including the official change from \u201CWeb site\u201D to \u201Cwebsite\u201D (a move first reported back in April) and 41 other definitions, use cases and rules that journalists should follow.\nAmong the more interesting changes \u2013- at least from a grammar and style standpoint \u2013- are separating out \u201Csmart phone\u201D as two words, hyphenating \u201Ce-reader,\u201D and allowing fan, friend and follow to be used both as nouns and verbs.\nBeyond that, the AP has also defined a number of acronyms that are commonly used in texting and instant messaging.  While most of them should be fairly well-known to regular web and mobile phone users (ROFL, BRB and G2G are among the definitions) one actually was new to me: POS.  \nAccording to the AP, this stands for \u201Cparent over shoulder\u201D (I\u2019ve used POS to refer to something else occasionally, but I digress), and is used by \u201Cteens and children to indicate, in an IM conversation, that a parent is approaching.\u201D  Elsewhere, other terms making the cut include \"trending,\" \"retweet\" and \"unfriend\" (\"defriend\" is also acceptable, though the AP concludes it's less common).\nFinally, the AP also offers some basic rules of thumb for how social media should and shouldn\u2019t be used by journalists, with a focus on making sure they continue to confirm sources and information they find on blogs, tweets and other forms of social media.  \nThe full 2010 AP Stylebook, which includes the new social media guidelines, was released today and is available on the AP's website.\n\n\nFor more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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