Communication - SocialTimes

70% of Students Use Text Messages To Fight

Lauren Dugan — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:40:57 +0000

Being constantly connected to each other and to the plethora of information on the web has a serious impact on college students’ mental health, a new study reports. While social networks and Google searches may be a lifeline to the world for many students, they can also cause feelings of isolation and depression, and they have changed the nature of many social interactions.
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Can Social Media Replace Verbal Communication?

andrewgr — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:57:02 +0000

If I told you that you couldn’t speak for one month, would you be able to do it? That’s the challenge entrepreneur Clark Harris, aka Silent Clark, has issued to himself as he sets out to raise $100,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society by communicating only via social media channels.
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Keep Your Mother's Day Greetings Offline

andrewgr — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:30:11 +0000

As social media continues to be taken over by corporations and public relations companies, we are being urged to take our Mother’s Day celebrations and tributes online. I’m here to tell you that my mother deserves better, and so does yours. That doesn’t mean you have to spend the $15 billion that Americans are expected to drop this year. But I am reminding you that saying “hi” on your favorite social network to your friend 400 miles away might cut it, but it doesn’t pass muster when Mother’s Day is involved.

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Report: Facebook and Twitter Slowly Replacing Email

Bilal Hameed — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000

2009 saw a tremendous increase in usage of Social Media sites like Twitter and Facebook, and could easily be termed as the Year of Social Media. This growth in the usage of social and collaboration platforms has led the enterprises to seriously consider using social platforms for business collaborations, according to Mark R. Gilbert, research vice president at Gartner Research.
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