Kenya: 'Vibecampo' could be the next big social network

A group of six young bloggers and app developers in Kenya have created a website for university and college students to boost their social networking experience and to showcase their talents and skills.

The site is Vibecampo and it also has a mobile app.

VibeCampo is a social media networking platform for young Kenyans between the ages of 18 and 35 years, using a common ground of campus membership.

It was launched in May 2014, after reaching the first userbase target of 1000. Under the...

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From: africanews

Related topics : college students' social networking experiences on facebook / how many college students use social networking sites / college student social network / social media networking websites / social networking website developers

2014 Penn State TLT Symposium Session - How Social Media Affects Student Engagement

This session, "How Social Media Affects Student Engagement: Applying Social Network Analysis to Evaluate and Compare Student Interaction Patterns," was presented by Renee Ford and I-Pang Fu.

Social media is changing how we communicate, socialize, and learn. The Smeal College of Business uses Yammer to increase student engagement in online and flipped courses. Applying social network analysis, we will identify types, patterns, frequency, and “quality” of interactions among students’ and...

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From: psutlt

Related topics : college students and social media use / network analysis social media / social media analysis online course / students social networking / social media changed business

Microsoft's danah boyd speaks at Olin College

Social networking expert danah boyd of Microsoft Research New England speaks at Olin on "Youth Generated Culture: Growing up in an Era of Social Media."

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From: Olin College of Engineering

Related topics : danah boyd social network / danah boyd social media / social networking youth culture

Creative Network-Marketing Research institute - Apply Today!

Every company that is involved in online marketing, social media is a key practice area of hiring. If you search any of the most popular job sites, you will find an abundance of requests for social media marketers and consultants.

Social Media Marketers need to have an understanding of social content planning, personas, social network research and development, light SEO, social content promotion, social monitoring and analytics for insights and reports. Not many people 3-4 years out of...

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From: Needmore Tutors

Related topics : social media market research companies / social media analytics market research / social media network marketing / social media marketing plan / social media marketing companies

Social Media and Social Networks in the EuroMaidan Protests

Olga Onuch, Research Fellow Nuffield College, Oxford University, and Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics New York University discuss their new survey and online media use data obtained during the recent EuroMaidan protests in Ukraine, their ground-breaking techniques for analysing how new technology interacts with established, “off-line,” social networks, and why policy makers across the world should take note of this research.

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From: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Related topics : new online social network / social networking research / social networking policy

Social Networks and Community Management - Course syllabus

Social Networks and Community Management, Master 2 – International Communication, City Unity College 2014-2015-- Created using PowToon -- Free sign up at http://www.powtoon.com/ . Make your own animated videos and animated presentations for free. PowToon is a free tool that allows you to develop cool animated clips and animated presentations for your website, office meeting, sales pitch, nonprofit fundraiser, product launch, video resume, or anything else you could use an animated explainer...

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From: Ioanna iliadi

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Viralpost - Micro-blogging platform for college students

http://www.viralpost.in/

Its a micro-blogging platform for college students. It provides a medium for college social networks to flourish. This goes miles beyond the idea of a facebook group.

In this site, people have to register using their personal and institutional(college) email. By doing so, they will automatically get added as a member of that particular college (based on the college's email domain) and now whatever they share/post will be visible to all other members of the college and...

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From: Viralpost

Related topics : how many college students use social networking sites / college student social network

Social Media in the Classroom: Twitter better than Textbooks!

What are the benefits of social networks? Boston College Professor Jerry Kane has received an National Science Foundation career award to study the use of social media technology in the classroom and in business. In the classroom, he has experimented with using Facebook as a classroom meeting space (not best suited, he found) and now uses a class wiki. This semester he requires students to develop quality Twitter messages or "Tweets" to better understand the benefits. On the business side, he...

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From: Public Domain TV

Related topics : benefits of using social media for business / college students' social networking experiences on facebook / social business network

APS Convention Video Blog: Adjusting to College: How Social Networking Sites Are Impacting Students

My name is John Raacke from Fort Hays State University, and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC.

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From: PsychologicalScience

Related topics : students social networking sites / college student social network