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Why teenage inventor Ahmed Mohamed was arrested after bringing a home-built clock to school

An incident that happened at a Texas high school a few weeks ago has struck a nerve

across the country, and it has even prompted President Obama to speak his mind on

Twitter and recognize Ahmed Mohamed as an inventor …

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Nurses rally on social media in response to The View’s comment of Miss Colorado’s monologue

On September 13th, Miss Colorado, Kelley Johnson performed a monologue about her experiences as a nurse. Kelley Johnson wore baggy scrubs, sneakers and a stethoscope and shares why she continues to care for people.

On Monday, September 14th, …

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Man Robbed of His $50,000 Twitter Account

Naoki Hiroshima has been a Twitter user under the handle “@N” since 2007. Apparently, this is a well sought-after screen name and Hiroshima has been contacted for years by people begging him to give up or sell his username. Someone …

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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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There is hope for convergent journalism!

I felt a bit like a mother hen today. A UCF journalism student was on the scene when the College of Sciences building was evacuated due to “smoky smell.”  She was Tweeting in real time with all the happenings, was …

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Should Parents Monitor Their Kids Use of Social Media?

Within the past 10 years the use of social media has skyrocketed. Everyone from kids to the elderly are socially connected through facebook, twitter, instagram, and tumblr to name a few. Facebook was originally for college students, but once they …

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Why does discretion go out the window with social media?

I get it. This is America, home of the free. Without free speech, this country would not enjoy the rights and privileges we have today. However, where does common sense play into that right? It seems to me that most …

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The Problem with Online Advertising

To most people in this day and age advertising online seems like an obvious route. We all use the itnernet and we all see how many ads are there. We realize them especially when we try and watch videos on …

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