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99% Of Incoming Students Connect on Facebook Prior to Class

October 13, 2008

Yesterday I ran across a fascinating article saying that 99% of Amherst College freshman had already connected on Facebook via an “Amherst College Class of 2012” Group. Out of the 438 registered freshman, 432 had joined that specific FB Group the week before classes even started.
Lately I’ve been hearing more and more about how Facebook’s [...]

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links for 2008-03-16

March 16, 2008

15 Reasons Why Blogging Matters More Than Ever | Six Pixels of Separation – Marketing and Communications Blog and Podcast – By Mitch Joel at Twist Image

6bone Webserver

Comcast to beef up network with new 100Gbps optics

Threat on Juicy Campus gossip site lands student in jail

The Pirate Peacock? How NBC wants to both filter and use [...]

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Personal Branding Knowledge Is Still Just Beginning…

March 16, 2008

UMass Students Are Sucked Into the World of Personal Branding « Personal Branding Blog – Dan Schawbel: “Blog About Dan Schawbel Publications Press

I often read Dan Schawbel’s Personal Branding Blog for insight and tips on how to improve my own personal branding. You did realize that I have a personal brand didn’t you?

I do [...]

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Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-03

January 3, 2008

I ate at an authentic Vietnamese restaurant tonight… DELICIOUS! #
Been awake for a while, watching News morning shows, makes me angry though #
Hiring some researchers, gotta love college students who need money! #
Checking out some online editor/producer jobs on the web #
@newmediajim no Iowa for ya? #
@newmediajim have fun, I bet you’re glad to be [...]

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Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-11-25

November 25, 2007

I’m Sedalia mo switcing cars headed to Columbia #
My Tigers are kicking some ku. Butt. #
Safe at home watching the MU v KU game and very happy about it! #
Hold that lead Tigers!! #
and the tigers win!! #
And that my twitter friends is why we gave college football GO TIGERS! #
Awake, thinking if in going [...]

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Macs rule in university classrooms – Lost Remote TV Blog

October 15, 2007

Macs rule in university classrooms – Lost Remote TV Blog
I’m slightly offended by the negative comments regarding the Missouri School of Journalism’s deal with Apple Inc. Yes, the faculty all get Apple laptops every couple of years, and the newsrooms get free gadgets to test and use for journalism purposes… but honestly, [...]

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Unified Reporting?

October 10, 2007

I’m currently working on a project that pulls together the news resources of three very different newsrooms. All in the name of total 2008 election coverage. This all sounds great, and it’ll out alright, but until we get to the point of having a soft-launch I’m not going to be happy!
Among everything else that I [...]

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My Facebook Review

August 24, 2007

Facebook is the ubiquitous and most trafficked social networking site out there right now. It began as an alternative to the traditional college “face book” and has evolved into something even bigger and more grand.
Despite the tremendous growth, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder, still refuses to sell his company to any of the major players who [...]

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Forcing the Armed Forces

December 4, 2005

http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=17352 Neat idea to include a rural sociologist in the sourcing for this story on armed forces recruiting. The rural focus of the story was a good tactic in this case. The college bonus is bogus, just my opinion and I can’t say that its a very fact-based one at that. [...]

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Farewell Facebook

November 2, 2005

I doubt that too many college students will take a story like this seriously but it brings to light the discussion we had in class a couple of weeks ago about Facebook and privacy issues. I feel like the story is a little all over the place, it goes from privacy, to employers using it, [...]

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