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"Facebook vs. Twitter: battle of the social network stars" is an article written by Curt Tagtmeier, a reference librarian, about libraries using Facebook and Twitter to reach out to people. He started a project in May 2010 creating a Facebook page and a Twitter profile to make use of the popularity of social networking. This article gives reasons about both the sites and to why a library should pick between Facebook or Twitter in the battle of the social network stars. I found this article from the CSU Chico Library Database.

Most people probably feel that Twitter is nothing but a waste of time, and does nothing positive for the individuals using it. After reading this article, I must say Twitter is darn good invention, that has a postive effect and outcome for the individuals who partake in the action.

This article talks about how online communication like social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, by terrorists and their supporters. It also looks at how chatrooms and electronic forums are used by terrorist groups to communicate with members and its supporters and to share tactical information.

Many teachers and other school officials in the U.S. are starting to embrace the use of social media in the classroom. With the ever growing popularity of sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Myspace, educators feel that it is important to bridge the gap between the outside world of interactive social media and today's learning methods. Allowing social media and other websites in the classroom has its pros and cons, of course.

The number of educators who now welcome social media into the classroom is growing. Some go so far as to say that the use of services such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are an integral part of a 21st century education. This represents a sea change for educators. Until recently, most schools banned students from using social media tools in the classroom. But progressive educators say this represents a major disconnect with the world that awaits them outside the school walls. It's not protecting them today so much as handicapping them tomorrow.

Gives ideas on why embracing social media is a good idea. Talks about how a growing number of teachers are starting to use networking sites in their classroom.

The article offers viewpoints of why individuals use select networking sites.It focuses on the importance of pictures and how that affects who interacts with whom. It also notes how MySpace became dead, and how Twitter is so vastly different from Facebook.

The article focuses on the increased popularity in online social networks like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, social media, and user generated content. The author states that these sites have redefined the way the Internet functions because they incorporate the features that allow Internet users to publish opinions, connect, build community, or produce and share content. Video sharing is the fastest-growing platform in history, according to the author. The author also explains how this social revolution is impacting the field of marketing research.

This article talks about the increase in usage of the internet, cell phone technology, game tech, wireless by age, internet usage by age, ethnicity, class, year, twitter, and other social networks. This article is very useful for anyone who needs information on how teens today have become the majority of tench users in todays's world. Very interesting

Best Buy's CEO loves twitter & facebook & its not just clutter.

In this video, Clay Shirky talks about how the media as developed over the hundreds of years until the 20th century. One media as stated by Clay, such as internet, is the first medium in history which supports both groups and conversations at the same time. The media is also becoming more social, with social connections, a combination of newspaper, telegraph, telephone, movies, televisions, etc.. It was because of the internet, specifically Twitter, that let the world knows beforehand that an earthquake was happening in China before the news and the China government even knows about it. The media, a global, social, ubiquitous, and cheap place, is a way of creating an environment for assembling and supporting groups.

Its amazing of how the media changed so much in history.

This was back in 2009 so this video does not have to do with Egypt at all. This video points out all the media changes over the years.

I thought this article was very interesting. The article really made me think about how social digital media can be affected by the government.