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A very interesting logarithmic chart demonstrating how privacy and data availability on Facebook have changed since 2005.

Yet another example of deigital media and social media revolutionizing the way groups assemble, organize, sustain themselves and activate themselves. It's kind of an old story that keeps being retold, as protestors around the world continue to use social media to propel their causes, but it's relevant and apparently news worth enough to continue to make today's headlines...

Something I mentioned to everybody in the class I led discussion during and something I'd meant to share a link to weeks ago, but something that's hyper-relevant, given the topic of today's reading and our latest title, "I live in the future & here's how it works." Enjoy!

Interesting thoughts on the future of news media industries.

Amazon introduces the Kindle that lets you share ratings of and highlighted passages from books you've read with your friends through social media networks, and introduces "Kindle Singles" -- "short stories written by well known authors and published electronically by Amazon that come at a cheaper price than full-length books," for our shorter attention spans.

Really interesting article/video about the University of Kentucky's Children's Hospital child and adolescent behavioral health therapist and associate director of the Division of Adolescent Medicine and their views on social media and kids

Thank you, Diana! This is very interesting! It is funny that part of their advice to parents is "Surf the web together with your child - there's a lot your child can teach you." I was expecting it to say something about parents teaching kids to proper ways to surf. LOL