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When Facebook replaces the local newspaper

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The editor of Current, Eric Miller, is a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. I wonder if he knows about The News Alert of Beaver County public Facebook group? I’ll have to ask him. Brandy Zadrony’s piece at NBC News reveals...

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Some tips on avoiding fake campaign advertising

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As the November elections approach, the New-York Historical Society offers some helpful advice. Here is a taste of its post “‘I Approve This Message’: 7 Online Ploys to Look Out for this Election Season.” 2) Fake videos These videos seem to...

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Should Young Academics Be On Twitter?

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Oliver Bateman, a historian and journalist, explores this question over at The Atlantic. Here is a taste: Scholarly research has lent credence to anecdotal claims about social media’s growing importance as a networking tool for academics at all stages of their...

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Facebook Post of the Day

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“Dr. _____ what would the Founders think about all this debate about gay marriage if they were suddenly here today?’  Answer: “They would be confused why people were against happy marriages.”

Raul Pacheco-Vega on Social Media in the Academy

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Check out Melonie Fullick’s interview with Raul Pacheco-Vega, a political scientist who teaches in both Mexico and Canada, on his use of social media.  Here is a taste:Melonie Fullick: You’re part of a relatively small but growing group of academics...

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Conversation in an Age of Online Chat

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When I was writing The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America, I spent a lot of time reading about the eighteenth-century idea of “conversation.” Philip Vickers Fithian spent a lot of […]

Professors and Multiple On-Line Identities

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I can relate to this article in The Chronicle of Education.  It seems that professors around the country are pursuing multiple online identities.  It is not easy trying to separate one’s personal use of social media from one’s professional or...

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I Want to be a More Shallow Person…On Facebook.

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Over at ProfHacker, Ryan Cordell explains why he cut his Facebook friends in half: I realize that, for many people, a Facebook friend differs substantially from a “real” friend. Indeed, I’ve heard my students use the term “Facebook friend” as […]