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This article is about the use of online databases for professional research. The author explains how university databases make documents available to researchers that would have taken years to access otherwise. Essentially, one can do research in hours that would have taken an entire career to conduct decades ago.

the perks to using facebook as a postive form of advertising for business. facebook users have pinpointed that they are interested in 3 major things, whats new, whats cool, and what products to consume. Producers have promoted movies using facebook by creating groups, certian companys will created their own page like giant eagle and members can view the new advertisments for the week.

This article talks about the ways companies use what we post on our social media. For example, if we blog about something it can be added to their database. Companies are using this information to find out what and who they should be advertising to.

states that there are other uses for social networks today: indirectly turned into marketing sites for affiliations and product promotions. 'the article also goes on to tell you about some other networking sites that are not as popular as twitter, facebook, blogger, and myspace but carry the same benefits

Reason why it starts out: with one person, trying to stay connected Why you sign up: research networks to see which one best suits you Gives reasons why social networks become popular: What yo can do on it type of social network what the experience is like

This article talks about the various ways people are staying connected via the web--including social networking sites, skype, blogging, etc. It talks about how it's not only "hopping on the web" but staying connected "virtually face-to-face."

This website allows you to do anything related to the Kindle from buying one to simply learning everything there is to know about the Kindle. It not only has a list of the multiple books available to buy and upload on to your new Kindle, but a list of newspapers, magazines, blogs and news feeds as well.

Douglas J. Wood is a partner with Reed Smith, chair of its media & entertainment industry focus group, and editor of the firm's white paper on social media, "Network Interference: A Legal Guide to the Commercial Risks and Rewards of the Social Media Networking Phenomenon."

This website is basically the largest index of text/ chat abbreviations used on the web. It chronicles abbreviations from A-Z. "With the popularity and rise in real-time text-based communications, such as instant messaging, e-mail, Internet and online gaming services, chat rooms, discussion boards and mobile phone text messaging (SMS), came the emergence of a new language tailored to the immediacy and compactness of these new communication media. If you have ever received an instant message or text message that seemed to be written in a foreign language, this Webopedia Quick Reference will help you decipher the text chat lingo by providing the definitions to more than 1,200 chat abbreviations."

the popularity of facebook since it has taken flight in the past five years it has sky rocketed to the number one spot. The monthly visits between social networks are huge but it is still surprising that myspace (once holding the number one spot) still more popular then twitter which is a decent new found technology for reporting someones status.

Interesting study in Baltimore about how news starts and how it moves through various communications vehicles (e.g., daily paper, blogs, new media etc.)

This brings up a good point of how everyone is always blogging or facebooking or tweeting about a cause, but is anyone actually doing anything besides that?

Adam Ostrow discusses how celebrities, brands, corporations use twitter as a "power". "Normal" people like you and I do not use as much as expected. Is twitter the new way to find celebrity gossip or product promotions ? Is this distracting social media websites that try to make an "online community?

Coca-Cola plans to create ad involving social media for their big super bowl ad. Does this mean that the vast majority of different audience members understand and know what social media is and how it works?