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Lorri Mon

Why We Check In: The Reasons People Use Location-Based Social Networks - 0 views

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    Why people check in to services like foursquare and gowalla - meetups,, tracking, personal diary, 
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    *people like the aspect of games, and its easy when combined with locational awareness *if you are going somewhere anyway, why not get points/credit? It's the competition aspect -some use it as a way to track habits... personal diary... business tracker
Lorri Mon

Beth Stahr, 2009. SMS library reference service options. LIBRARY HI TECH NEWS Number 3/... - 0 views

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    p.13 24/7 SMS service consortium (2009): Alliance Library System, SJSU, TAP Information Services, Bradley University, South Central Regional Library Council & Altarama Information Systems. Article includes statistics on cell phone usage & texting from 2007 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey ("58 percent of Americans surveyed have sent or received text messages") and 2008 Student Monitor survey ("nearly nine in ten students own a cellular telephone"; "students spend 37.8 percent of their cellphone usage time texting")
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    -utilization of SMS reference services can establish a connection with patrons, and establish the library is receptive to new ideas -limitations to SMS services can be overcome -length: use URL shorteners or multiple texts, or use one text to invite the patron to call for a longer answer -SMS shorthand can be learned/acquired -SMS staffing can be an issue, but can be handled at multiple access points *people's changing perceptions of access and networking make SMS reference more feasible. *users want short pieces of info more frequently, perfect for the SMS format *with the rise of smartphones, URL shortened links can be sent and accessed immediately
Miki Wolfe

On the evolution of user interaction in Facebook - 4 views

shared by Miki Wolfe on 01 Oct 11 - No Cached
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    -activity levels of users between one another (connectedness) varies over time, even between close friends -users only interact with a small number of their social links *birthdays tend to be a high number of interactions, because FB posts a bday reminder, making the ease of social connection almost effortless (click, click, post) -"mechanisms of social networks" can affect links in interesting ways, facilitating contact -a minority of users generate the majority of links between users
Miki Wolfe

MySpace and Facebook: Applying the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Exploring Friend-N... - 0 views

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    recheck... can't get the whole article through FSU now
Miki Wolfe

Social networking: Communication revolution or evolution? - 0 views

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    look elsewhere for text
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