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futurejournalismproject: Visualizing Everything Facebook Knows about You A couple of months ago, 24-year-old Austrian law student Max Schrems requested Facebook for all his personal data. The European arm of Facebook, based in Dublin, Ireland, was obliged to turn over this information, as they had to follow an European law that requires any entity to provide full access to data about an individual, should this individual personally request for it. Accordingly, Max received a CD containing about 1,222 pages (PDF files), including chats he had deleted more than a year ago, “pokes” dating back to 2008, invitations, and hundreds of other details. Via sunfoundation.

futurejournalismproject:

Visualizing Everything Facebook Knows about You

A couple of months ago, 24-year-old Austrian law student Max Schrems requested Facebook for all his personal data. The European arm of Facebook, based in Dublin, Ireland, was obliged to turn over this information, as they had to follow an European law that requires any entity to provide full access to data about an individual, should this individual personally request for it. Accordingly, Max received a CD containing about 1,222 pages (PDF files), including chats he had deleted more than a year ago, “pokes” dating back to 2008, invitations, and hundreds of other details.

Via sunfoundation.

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Reblogged from The FJP
gjmueller: Could Checking Facebook in Class Help Students Focus? Rosen’s research points to an idea that might help educators manage technological distractions effectively: Allow students to use technology freely for a set amount of time. photo via flickr:CC|timquijano

gjmueller:

Could Checking Facebook in Class Help Students Focus?

Rosen’s research points to an idea that might help educators manage technological distractions effectively: Allow students to use technology freely for a set amount of time.

photo via flickr:CC|timquijano

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7 Social Media Sites to Help With Visibility in Your Job Search

Photo: Look Up Page

  • Facebook isn’t just a fun time waster anymore, but a tool that can also be used strategically in your job search. Personal Branding expert Beth Campbell-Duke suggests creating your own professional Facebook page in your job search so you can protect your personal information and reach out to companies you want to work for as your professional alias.
  • Tumblr is today’s hottest microblogging platform. In a recent comparison between WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr, Tumblr came out on top in page views and attention on blog sites by a long shot. Create a Tumblr blog in an area of your interest, then blog and share content consistently so you can brand yourself as the expert on the topic.
  • Twitter is an opportunity to get your message out in 140 characters or less. One of the most valuable ways to use Twitter is to listen to influencers, engage with people, and send traffic to your blog by sharing your content. Don’t underestimate the value of a tweet either! The University of Iowa recently awarded a $37,000 college scholarship for a 140 character Tweet essay.
  • about.me. Since you have social media profiles all over the web, about.me provides you with a free splash page where you can put up a bio, profile picture, and link to your blog and your assorted profiles from one place. You can also track the people that are coming to your about.me site.

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laughingsquid: Facebook’s Secret Message

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Facebook’s Secret Message

(Source: Flickr / boltron)

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Reblogged from Fast Company
thechampionproject: New unconventional ways to land a job in this day and age!

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New unconventional ways to land a job in this day and age!

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Reblogged from Professionality

Facebook’s Impact on Student Grades

Mr. Junco found a direct relationship between site use and out-of-class sociability: the more time a student spent on Facebook, the more likely that student was to be involved with extracurricular activities.

Meanwhile — contradicting the zero-sum logic of some who might believe that a minute spent social networking is a minute spent not attending to schoolwork — the study found no substantive link between time spent on Facebook and time spent studying.

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gjmueller: No, Facebook Is Not Ruining Your Grades The study, published last week in Computers in Human Behavior, analyzes 1,839 college students’ survey data about Facebook use and actual grades (as opposed to self-reported grades). It also takes into account students’ high-school GPAs. On average, students say they spend 106 minutes on Facebook per day. Each increase of 93 minutes beyond 106 minutes correlates with a GPA decrease of .12 grade points — statistically significant, but not dramatic when applied to a real-world situation. photo via flickr:CC|English106

gjmueller:

No, Facebook Is Not Ruining Your Grades

The study, published last week in Computers in Human Behavior, analyzes 1,839 college students’ survey data about Facebook use and actual grades (as opposed to self-reported grades). It also takes into account students’ high-school GPAs.

On average, students say they spend 106 minutes on Facebook per day. Each increase of 93 minutes beyond 106 minutes correlates with a GPA decrease of .12 grade points — statistically significant, but not dramatic when applied to a real-world situation.

photo via flickr:CC|English106

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Reblogged from The Champion Project

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Reblogged from College Class
“Uh, yes, hi. I’d like to order 12,000 of these for pretty much everywhere I go.” via world-shaker

“Uh, yes, hi. I’d like to order 12,000 of these for pretty much everywhere I go.”

via world-shaker

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Reblogged from World-Shaker

Why Create a Professional Facebook Presence?

 

Photo: Careerealism

 

What if you created a professional Facebook page where employers and potential employers can go to find out more information about your ongoing professional development? 

This page can also be a place to interact with work colleagues that you may not want to let in on your personal profile.

 

Here’s How To Create a Professional Facebook Presence:

  1. Head to Facebook.com/pages. You’ll need to log in to your profile to begin. Hit ‘Create a Page’ at the top right of the page to get started.
  2. Choose the most appropriate category for yourself – probably ‘Artist, Band or Public Figure’. 
  3. Set up your page just as you would your personal profile. Use a different image than on your personal profile – otherwise it gets confusing later as to whether you’re on your profile or page.
  4. Start using Facebook as your page. Under ‘Account’ in the top right corner, choose the ‘Use Facebook As Page’ option – and make sure you ‘switch’ to the page. You are now operating as your professional self.
  5. Find professional pages of groups or businesses in your field and ‘like’ them. 
  6. Whenever you comment now on a post from another page, the comment comes from your professional image! Keep it up!

Done! You can ‘switch’ back and forth between your personal profile and professional page easily through the ‘Account’ tab at the top right of the Facebook page.

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