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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 [...]

What Do All of The Red Equal Signs on Facebook and Twitter Profiles Mean? Find Out Why They're Popping Up on Social Media

Nick Cooper — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:15:05 +0000

If you’ve been on Facebook or Twitter today, you’ve undoubtedly noticed several people changing their profile picture to a red equal sign that is spreading rapidly around the web. What is this supposed to signify? The emergence of these symbols is a social media effort to show support for equal human rights as the U.S. Supreme Court [...]

Miley Cyrus Says Her Engagement Is Still On, But She's 'Taking a Break' From Social Media

Cassandra Rose — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:30:22 +0000

Miley Cyrus' claims that she and fiance Liam Hemsworth aren't on the rocks are getting harder and harder to believe. Especially when she goes out in public without her engagement ring after rumors flew recently that her husband-to-be cheated on her with January Jones at an Oscar party.

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

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:59:48 +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 [...]

Breaking News: Reports of Empire State Building Shooting

Laura Peterson — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:34:11 +0000

News is breaking that there has been a shooting outside the Empire State Building in New York City. As the story develops, we’ll keep updating this as new information is released. Here is some of what people are seeing and reporting on social networks: [View the story "Empire State Building shooting" on Storify]

Andy Grammer Makes Boston Girl's Prom Dream Come True [VIDEOS]

Laura Peterson — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:41:57 +0000

I can’t help but think that if Youtube had been around when I was a senior in high school my prom date could have been Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, or even Grant Hill. Those guys were the object of my affection circa 1999. I would have undoubtedly created an awesome video convincing one (or all?) [...]

Kony 2012 and the Power of Social Media [VIDEO]

Laura Peterson — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:11:15 +0000

Kony 2012. Invisible Children. Have you heard anything about these phrases or seen this video yet? Have you noticed it posted on a Facebook friend's wall, or did a celebrity you follow Tweet it? It's not only an amazing idea from one guy who wanted to change the life of people in Uganda, but it's also a story about the true power of social media

Do You Set Your Social Media to Private? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:27:08 +0000

These days, just about everybody is on some form of social media. However, that doesn’t mean they want to share their information with everybody.

According to a Pew Research Center survey of 2,267 adults, 58 percent of social media users set their profile to private.

Are Women Less Friendly Than Men Online?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:14:39 +0000

A study released Friday by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project finds that when it comes to social networks, women tend to be a lot less friendly than men.

How Are You Adapting to Facebook and Other Social Media? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:40:05 +0000

Now that people are getting more used to being on social networks like Facebook they seem to be getting more picky about whom they are sharing their information with.

According to a survey from the Pew Research Center, 63 percent of social media network users removed people from their friend rolls in 2011, which was up from the 56 percent of those who did so in 2009.

Study Finds Decreased Social Media Use Among Many Younger People

Shauna Wright — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:41:32 +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.”

Can Wasting Time Online Improve Employee Productivity?

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:20:46 +0000

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them.

“Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.