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The Buzz: Social networking ban

Do you think you could you go a week without logging on to Facebook or Twitter? A central Pennsylvania technological college is making people do just that.

The school is banning students and staff from accessing social networking sites on campus, just as an experiment to see what happens.

The head of the college says it's not a punishment, that it's just a way to get people talking more and thinking critically about how much social media is a part of our lives.

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Study: 35% of Colleges Look at Applicants' Social Media Accounts

Test-prep company Kaplan surveyed 403 college admissions officers and 35% said they look at college applicant’s social media pages. That statistic is up nine percent from six years ago.

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Related topics : college applications and social media / social media companies / social media statistics

Tweens Get Online Book Club

Who says young people being on social networking sites means they might do less reading. The people at Simon & Schuster are banking on just the opposite.

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Related topics : tween social networking sites / network social sites

Tornado - social media response

Response to tornadoes on social media

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social media rewards

social media rewards

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Social media threat prompts lockdown, Burrillville H.S. student charged

Police said the student was located on his way to the school and taken into custody.

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Related topics : student social media