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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.
Related topics : schools ban social networking sites / college students' social networking experiences on facebook / students social networking sites / social media network sites
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.
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.
Related topics : tween social networking sites / network social sites
Tornado - social media response
Response to tornadoes on social media
Related topics : social media response
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.
Related topics : student social media
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