Tag Archives: Social Media

Paving Online Dating: A Mass Path of Risk

Facebook, Twitter and other mass forms of social media provide us with personal updates from people we may never even speak to. We find out that Mary just got a new cat and that Bobby bough a new shirt today …

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The Disconnect between the Informed and Uninformed

There is no doubt that there are two groups of people when it comes to digital information. Those who are engaged and connected through our social media and those who are not. On both end of the spectrum these people …

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Sorry Twitter, You Missed Your Chance

The giant social media networking and microblogging service missed out on a huge opportunity to build an empire that would have yielded huge revenues for years to come.  By all means Twitter people will make their money, but it’s a …

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Professional Journalism and Citizen Journalism Need for Each Other

The need for and supply of professional journalists has dwindled in recent years due to advancements in our technology. The internet took most of the revenue from print media thanks to some unfortunate management from newspapers giving away their content …

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Information Overload: Too much of a good thing?

In our increasingly technology-driven society, we receive information at unbelievable speeds without even realizing it. In any given hour, the average person receives texts, emails, phone calls, and communication through social media sites. One would think that this increased amount …

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Self Identity: We’re Branding Ourselves

Communities. Identity. It is strange to think that these concepts also relate to the online world and our online selves and personalities. We’re creating new communities built around our personal perceptions of ourselves, and then building up an online world …

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A More Effective Use for Media in Politics

Recently in the United States, you cannot go through a single commercial break without hearing from a politician. Each commercial says something generic, usually about how they are “the better candidate” and “for America” and lists all of their positive …

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How to Stop Switching to Social Media During an Important Assignment

It typically takes me about 3 hours to write a decent one page essay. Two and a half of those hours are spent clicking between Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter and 30 minutes are spent actually writing. This doesn’t just happen …

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Facebook grows the global conversation with 1 billion users

Facebook hit 1 billion users this week. That’s quite amazing for a company that only started in 2004. The continued growth of this technology, particularly the mobile aspects, will continue to grow the global conversation, which is taking place on …

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Whats your web presense?

These days you can’t do anything online without making an account. Making an account on a site requires having an email address, giving away information such as your birthday, location and any number of other details. I started thinking not …

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