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Social Media Impact on Citizen Identity Discussed at ICA Gathering
Social media plays a major role in how individuals, groups and cultures recognize themselves and each other, an emerging area of study that begs more academic research, according to speakers on a panel at the 69th annual conference of the International Communication Association.
May 24, 2019
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Harris-Perry Draws Support in Beef with Wake Forest
The relationship between Wake Forest University and prominent Black political science professor Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry, which appeared strained following remarks she made at a public Dr. Martin Luther King commemoration, appears to be deteriorating even as colleagues come to the academic’s defense.
January 25, 2019
Opinion
The Removal of ‘Individual 1’?
The political climate is changing. After Friday, temperatures are rising higher and the leading denier, of course, is Donald Trump, who after last week’s bombshells could only turn to social media.
December 10, 2018
International
Angry Saudi Arabia Pulling 7,000 Students from Canada
Saudi Arabia is ordering its 7,000 students in Canada to get out of the North American country after Canadian leaders criticized Saudi Arabia’s detention and arrest of human rights activists, according to a CNN report. The students, who are on government scholarships, will be transferred to schools in other countries, according to Saudi Arabia’s Ministry […]
August 7, 2018
Opinion
Online Social Media Identity Management
Employers are increasingly using online social media sites (SMS) such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to screen job candidates. The fact of the matter is that your social media profile is a direct reflection of your personal and professional identity and may hold the key to you landing that perfect job or not landing a job at all.
May 22, 2018
News Roundup
PETA Lawsuit Says Texas University Hid Facebook Comments
AUSTIN, Texas — An animal rights group is accusing Texas’ largest university of hiding Facebook comments in a First Amendment lawsuit. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims in the lawsuit filed Monday that Texas A&M University hid Facebook comments that contained words associated with the group’s protests over animal research. Free speech […]
May 15, 2018
News Roundup
Fresno State Professor Calls Barbara Bush an ‘Amazing Racist’
FRESNO — A California state university is investigating comments made on Twitter by an English professor who called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist” shortly after her death Tuesday at age 92. “Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist who, along with her husband, raised a war criminal,” Randa Jarrar […]
April 19, 2018
News Roundup
University Building Evacuated After Powder-Throwing ‘Stunt’
ORLANDO, Fla. — A building at the University of Central Florida in Orlando has been evacuated after campus police say someone wearing a LeBron James Miami Heat basketball jersey stood up in a classroom and threw powder in the air. University police said in a statement posted Wednesday on Twitter that the Business Administration building […]
February 28, 2018
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Trump Sued for Blocking Some of His Critics on Twitter
NEW YORK — First Amendment advocates are suing President Donald Trump, saying some of his critics have been unconstitutionally blocked from following him on Twitter. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. The lawsuit says Twitter has become an important public forum for the […]
July 11, 2017
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Public Rallies Around 9th Grader Arrested in Error in Texas
A ninth-grader in Texas was arrested Monday after a clock he’d invented was mistaken for a bomb.
September 16, 2015
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