Owners send marketing messages in the digital world
by Matthew Murnane in Social Media
From Albany to Westchester; from college aged to middle aged, everyone is affected by social media. Small businesses are starting to take over aspects of networking sites, as business owners are marketing towards the online social netowkring generation.
Do social networking sites like Facebook bring people together or warp users' minds?
by Sara Grzasko in Social Media
Are social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter helpful or harmful to society? Does Facebook help bring people together, or does it teach them to prefer interaction with a screen rather than with real people? The answers are unclear, but the debate is worth thinking about.
Undergrad's Use of Social Media Has Positive and Negative Impacts
by Norman Graham in Social Media
An undergraduate senior from the University at Albany talks about the social media she uses, how it benefits and hurts her, and explains how "limited profile" can be a strain at times.
Albany's Great Danes and Albany Dutchmen Reach Their Fans with Facebook and Twitter
by Damian Jackson in Social Media
Most professional organizations have taken Facebook and Twitter under their wings, but smaller, local teams are also joining the popularity that is social media interaction.
Want some privacy? Then don't have a Facebook account.
by John Dias in Social Media
From Mom and Dad knowing what you do every weekend to future employers knowing everything about you (including the bad stuff), here are five reasons why every college student shouldn't have a Facebook account.
College students everywhere are plunging into the social networking world that is Facebook. It is affecting their grades and consuming their time when they should be studying.
by John Dias in Social Media
Facebook and other social networking Web sites are used across the world. With more than 300 million active users, Facebook has become a trend followed by nearly all. However, for college students, this social networking fashion can be harming them more than helping them. It has become a great distraction and can affect the grades of college students everywhere.
Dallas Mavericks Develop Their Own Social Network
by Damian Jackson in Social Media
The sports world has changed the way it connects and interacts through the social media advancements. Learn the techniques one basketball organization takes to reach out to its fans and community.
UAlbany Students Jump on Facebook & Twitter Bandwagon
by Norman Graham in Social Media
Based on a survey distributed to the students from the University at Albany, Facebook and Twitter have been the top means of social media used. Social media, something that has become a movement within people of all ages, has changed the way people communicate with one another. This article tells a brief history of social media and what it means to students.
Journalists and readers alike are using Twitter to gather and spread news
by Julian Narvaez in Social Media
Social networking is revolutionizing the way that news is spread to the masses. It is also helping journalists get wind of stories quicker than ever before. Through web sites like Twitter.com news is getting to more and more people and helping journalists do a more efficient job.
Reasons why we shouldn't be addicted to Facebook
by Matthew Murnane in Social Media
It used to be a right of passage -- to get a Facebook you had to have a valid college email address. In the name of turning a buck and competing with other social networking sites, (MySpace), Facebook has expanded to the open market of the Internet.
A Comparison of Two Social Networking Gauggernauts
by Melissa Elian in Social Media
Facebook.com and Myspace.com have gained household name status within only a few years of being created. Those these site have both gained phenomenal success, each has employed a different way of reaching the top of the social networking world. The following chart provides a look at how each social networking giants compare: Created: Myspace - January 2004 Facebook - February 2004 Ownership: Myspace - Fox Interactive Media which is owned by New Corporation Facebook - Privately by Facebook, Inc.
The once teenager-driven fad of social networking is now a reputable platform for news and social interaction
by Melissa Elian in Social Media
New world order, life moves online headed by social networking By Melissa B. Elian words There was something in the air in the first months of 2004. Within the time frame of two months, two websites would be created that would change the way people communicated forever.
The use of twitter and its place in our society.
by Ashley Rieflin in Social Media
Time Magazine may be naming Twitter its 2009 "Person of the Year". In a recent article by The Rumpus, this questions the meaning that social networking may actually have in our society-especially when its only competitor is The Economy. It may be 2009's "Person of the Year", but many people still don't understand twitter.
Who has the most followers in the world?
by Ashley Rieflin in Social Media
Ashton Kutcher, you're #1.
