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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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No Comment: Why News Websites Are Ditching Comment Sections

No Comment: Why News Websites Are Ditching Comment Sections | Communications Major | Scoop.it

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Friends, and Influence, for Sale Online

Friends, and Influence, for Sale Online | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Whoever said, “Money can’t buy you friends,” clearly hasn’t been on the Internet recently.


By using social media bots, celebrities, politicians and others can falsely inflate the number of friends and followers they have, possibly swaying public opinion about a new song — or a policy position.

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INFOGRAPHIC: How Love and Lust in the Digital Age Influence Relationships

INFOGRAPHIC: How Love and Lust in the Digital Age Influence Relationships | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The Internet has changed modern-day love for better and for worse. Check out this infographic detailing love and lust in the digital age.

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Twitter's Vine Video App: Six Seconds of Loopy Creativity, and Millions of Fans

Twitter's Vine Video App: Six Seconds of Loopy Creativity, and Millions of Fans | Communications Major | Scoop.it

If Instagram feels like looking at people’s lives through rose-colored glasses, Vine feels like a tour of their chaotic, innermost thoughts. Twitter’s Vine app, with its ultrashort, chaotic videos of funny faces, dance steps and stunts, has been finding a bigger audience.

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Facebook Is About to Lose 80% of Its Users, Study Says

Facebook Is About to Lose 80% of Its Users, Study Says | Communications Major | Scoop.it

A Princeton study compares social media to a rapidly spreading disease. And, we all know wht happens then. The push is on to eradicate it. These social media scientists predict Facebook use will decline by 80% between 2015 and 2017, as people grow tired of the "fad" and follow their peers elsewhere. Hmmm.....

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Shop 'Til You Drop: What People Are Talking About Online This Week, Oct. 1-5

Shop 'Til You Drop: What People Are Talking About Online This Week, Oct. 1-5 | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The economy is picking up. Paying no attention this week to the first presidential debate or a positive job report, we look to the other online chatter and deduce that America is on an upswing. With new apps and social media to help us buy and ways to get paid when you influence other buyers online, shopping is making headlines.

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