Focus Carolina: Deen Freelon
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Social Media
Orange County Schools to Monitor Social Media for Safety Threats
Students in traditional calendar public schools are heading back to school this week for the start of another academic year, and school district officials are looking for new ways to ensure the safety of those students. Orange...
Read MoreDuke Professor Article: False News Stories More Likely to Be Shared Online
Fake news and the spreading of misinformation have existed as long as journalism itself. Throughout American history, the most common remedy to combat dissemination of lies has been what professor of Public Policy at Duke Philip...
Read MoreCriticism of Chapel Hill Town Council Candidate Causes Social Media Controversy
Chapel Hill residents defended candidate for Town Council Hongbin Gu on the Facebook page Orange County Local where a resident posted that it was “stunning” that “homegrown Americans” were facing immigrant opponents for...
Read More6 Free Tools to Create Visual Content for Social Media
Today Instagram released “Face Filters” as an addition to their Instagram Stories component of the app. This follows a string of updates the company has made to increase their user base and change how long-time users interact...
Read More“The Social Institute”: Navigating The World Of Social Media
Social media can be a minefield, but one local organization is helping – by focusing on the “do’s” instead of the “don’ts.”
Read MoreSocial Media Updates You Want to Know About
Facebook Jobs Watch out Linkedin there is some new competition. Last week Facebook rolled out their new feature for advertising job openings on their network. As a business, you’ll be able to post your job listings and...
Read More5 Social Media Tips For Your Business
Increase engagement and get your business to stand out on social media with these five useful tips. 1. Promote your content on all your social channels to increase social reach. Make sure to size your photos and/or graphics to...
Read MoreUNC Study: Overusing Social Media May Negatively Impact Adolescents
With social media rapidly becoming the main source of communication between teens, some concerns of developing key interpersonal skills have arisen. Researchers at UNC and NC State University collaborated in a new study on the...
Read MoreTop Trends: July 24
Throwback: Remember when Bill Cosby wrote a Grammy-award winning album in 1971 called Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs? Now we know the irony of him having a hit song surrounding the message “Say no to pills.”...
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