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Socially Awkward Media
Everyone has a different reaction to the idea of participating or speaking up in a public forum, or sometimes even just in private. Some people have no problem doing it and flourish. I would think...
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Abridged Timeline of Social Media in My Life
10 years old Social Media first made an impression on my life in the 5th grade when my parents allowed me to sign up for an AOL account. As a ten year old this was quite a big deal, as I now had...
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The Gateway Drug of Social Media: AIM
AOL instant messenger. You remember the buddy lists, the BFFs, the angsty pop-song-lyric away messages, and best of all—the screen names. Even if you were an MSN or Yahoo! messenger user, you know what...
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Social Media & Me
Prior to joining this class, my knowledge of social media and awareness of it’s influence on my life was limited. Yes, I had a Facebook account, perused Instagram daily, had my resume on LinkedIn, and...
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Taking the Social Media Plunge
Okay, I’ll be honest… I initially took ISYS6621 thinking it would be an easy MBA elective. I thought to myself, “How hard can a class about Facebook and Twitter be?” When I found out we would have to...
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The Internet of Things and Social Media
Most of you have probably heard about the impending Internet of Things (“IOT”); but, for those of you who have not, the IOT is the next big thing that promises to have our everyday gadgets and wares...
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Will Facebook be relevant in 10 years?
Do all social networking sites have an expiration date? It is an interesting question, and around the Summer of 2012 multiple analysts predicted the end of Facebook in approximately ten years....
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Bots, Bots, Bots.
When I was in fifth grade growing up in South Australia, my friend introduced me to MSN messenger. (Equivalent to AOL messenger in the US, but long live MSN!). It was the first time I encountered...
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Taylor Swift: The Porn Industry’s New Darling
Okay, Taylor Swift is not in the porn industry, but I got your attention. While she is not having sex on film, Taylor Swift, along with other entities such as Harvard, is buying up domain names to...
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Finale
If this semester has taught me anything, its that Social Media’s uses go far beyond what we utilize it for. Coming into college, I was sure that I was a master of the cyber world. I was getting about...
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I wish I could find my MySpace account..
Admittedly so, when I first heard about this social media class I immediately imagined someone forcing us to blog and use technology we already know how to use. Then maybe discuss how social media has...
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