Internet and social media technologies for humans
by Andy DeSoto on June 27, 2008
Last Monday I wrote a concerned article discussing why social media awareness should be a requirement for institutions of higher learning. Although the short post only scraped the tip of this issue’s iceberg, it helped generate a lively discussion amongst a number of individuals, all with similar viewpoints to mine.
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by Andy DeSoto on June 23, 2008
Twelve days ago, a second-generation alumnus of my university, the College of William & Mary, created a Facebook Page for his alma mater. In less than two and a half weeks, membership exceeded 1,700, roughly 30% of the current student body. Without any advertising or self-promotion whatsoever, this anonymous individual instantaneously had an audience almost certainly greater than that of the Flat Hat or Virginia Informer, two of the largest campus newspapers.
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by Andy DeSoto on June 19, 2008
A recent and interesting article to come out of Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a brief discussion of the possibilities of using social networking sites, such as MySpace, as counselings tool to engage adolescent clients.
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