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5 Important Ways Social Media Networking Affects Your Career

Kathy Landin — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:26:13 +0000

While the social media landscape often changes quickly, it’s pretty clear that networking on those sites is going to be a big part of our lives for a long time—both personally and professionally. In many ways, social media is as much for work as it is for fun. It may have started out as a [...]

Mother Banned from Mentioning Her Kids on Social Media After She Insults Son with a Dirty Word

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:20:48 +0000

A judge didn’t throw the book at one upstate New York mom as much as he threw the Facebook at her. The woman, identified only as “Melody M.,” has been banned from posting anything about her children on any social networking site. The woman called her 10-year-old son a dirty word on Facebook. We can’t [...]

Do You Get Political News from Social Media? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:40:12 +0000

Given the proliferation of social media over the last four years, 2012 should be the social media election. So how much of our political information gathering and political discourse are actually taking place on sites like Facebook and Twitter? According to a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life project maybe not as much as [...]

Should Athletes Be Held Accountable for What They Say on Social Media? – Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:00:34 +0000

Athletes are some of the more vocal celebrities when it comes to social media. Tweeting in the NBA got so out of control that NBA commissioner David Stern had to put rules in place forbidding players from tweeting during games. New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire is in a bit of hot water for one [...]

Study Finds Decreased Social Media Use Among Many Younger People

Shauna Wright — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:30:32 +0000

A study by technology research firm Gartner, which recently surveyed 6,295 people between the ages of 13 and 74, reveals almost a quarter of 18- to 29-year-olds use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter less than when they first signed up for the services, with many saying the services simply aren’t that much fun anymore.

“The trend shows some social media fatigue among early adopters,” says Brian Blau, research director at Gartner. “And the fact that 31 percent of younger consumers indicated that they were getting bored with their social network is a situation that social media providers should monitor, as they will need to innovate and diversify to keep consumer attention.”

Facebook-Obsessed Couple Names Their Baby 'Like'

Amory Gritta — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:00:52 +0000

An Israeli couple recently named their newborn daughter "Like," as in, the button you press when you enjoy a post on the popular social media site Facebook.

This is how the girl's father, Lior Adler, explained the name