Columnist Hannah Sparks dissects her peers’ and her own ‘addiction’ to the social media outlet and laments the damage it has caused to real life communication practices.
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Calling for a Facebook intervention
Tags: deactivation, Facebook
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Facebook used heavily in hiring decisions
Recent study shows that 56 percent of employers check social media presence when hiring.
Tags: Bosses, Employers, Facebook, Hiring, Profiles
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The Facebook Timeline
Collegian columnist Samara Abramson speculates Facebook’s new format change may be its last.
Tags: Facebook, Timeline
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Has Timeline crossed a line?
Columnist Samara Ambramson wonders whether the new profile layout soon to be required by Facebook will finally do some damage to our relationship with the social networking site.
Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Timeline
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Facebook Timeline changeover causes concern as total switch looms
Reports say that all Facebook users will be forced into having their profiles become the Timeline. Has Facebook, with all of its creativity, finally crossed the line?
Tags: Facebook, Facebook Timeline, Mark Zuckerberg
Posted in Arts & Living, Technology | 1 Comment »
The Institution of Education in times of technological incline
Collegian columnist Taylor Schlacter describes the universal institution of education as outdated in an era of technological advancement.
Tags: education, Facebook, Socratic Method, StumbleUpon
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The Internet: the final frontier
Collegian columnist Dave Coffey discusses the ramifications of new internet regulatory measures.
Tags: Facebook, Google, Myspace
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Stumble to better homework
Collegian columnist Samara Abramson sings praises to procrastination tool “StumbleUpon.”
Tags: Facebook, procrastination, StumbleUpon
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People power
Collegian columnist Cassie Jeon takes a look at the potential of the Internet to affect meaningful change.
Tags: Facebook, Internet, Twitter
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