Tag: effects of social media
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If you can’t read the news without spreading rumors, then …
It gets tiring. Hearing complete falsehoods from well-meaning people who happened to have read it on the Internet. We know the Internet is awash with reliable sources. I live in Malaysia. As you can imagine, the gossip mill has been cranking out hits at a dizzying rate since the strange disappearance of Malaysian flight 370.…
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Silent Cal, Social Media, & Conversation (redux)
When my blog was incredibly young nearly two years ago, I posted an article I entitled, “Silent Cal, Social Media, & Conversation.” Its timely message has become more and more important with each passing year. We all spend so much time using social media that I do wonder when the day will come when we…
