Art museum woos Facebook group

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 4, 2007 ;     293 words ......offering free tickets to members of a Facebook group that formed to "save" Tony Oursler...the Guy With the Chair on His Head" Facebook group was created in late October by Andrea...24. Instructions were posted to the Facebook group's page. ------------ To read some of...

EDITORIAL: Truthiness on Facebook

University Wire;  October 30, 2007 ;     337 words ......Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- The Facebook group "1,000,000 Strong for Obama" took more...feel a little unpopular, the Colbert Facebook group phenomena brings up some interesting...people who signed up for Colbert's Facebook group did so in jest (the creator of the...

EDITORIAL: The face(book) of protest

University Wire;  December 1, 2006 ;     482 words ......matters, right? If you were to create a Facebook group that dealt with issues such as protecting...consulted. This manifested itself in a Facebook group called "IUPUI, We Want Our Money Back...Students' Smokefree Coalition began as the Facebook group "PLEASE ban smoking on IU's ...

Duke Facebook group calls for apology

University Wire;  February 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......many Duke students received a new Facebook group invitation when logging onto their...t so much that I wanted to start a Facebook group," said Miller, who is also a Chronicle...students said they are hopeful that the Facebook group will have a positive impact on the...

Tom Champion has a voice that carries

The Boston Globe;  March 9, 2008 ;     653 words ......loyal following of fans. They created a Facebook group in his honor and have penned haiku...Georgy Cohen, who put together the Facebook group with a co- worker at Tufts University...plays along. When he learned of the Facebook group this winter, he signed up for an account...

Balloon rivals fight it out on facebook

Herald Express (Torquay UK);  June 4, 2008 ;     226 words ......week of operation. But members of the Facebook group 'Get Rid Of The pounds450,000 HIDEOUS...members to the 34 members of another Facebook group which supports the Hi-Flyer. An alternative...the 'Torbay HiFlyer - We Love It!' Facebook group, created by Erica Warren, of Torquay...

A Tool Of Revolution.(The Technologist)(Facebook protest in Egypt)

Newsweek International;  July 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......past was a phenomenon of the future: a Facebook group for the event numbering more than 75...emboldened activists to start another Facebook group to stage a second protest to coincide...person can ever fathom. Think of a Facebook group as a growing body of water. For that...

Players back in touch after global search

South Wales Evening Post;  May 7, 2008 ;     311 words ......Rugby Club. But when members set up a Facebook group inviting old friends to their 125th...around 70 ex-members who have joined the Facebook group, and we had some of them turn up at...uk Alternatively, they can visit the Facebook group Skewen 125 or telephone Ken Thomas...

COLUMN: Facebook makes protesting more convenient for students

University Wire;  November 30, 2007 ;     625 words ......the change of the school's seal. A Facebook group. Students no longer need posters and...over this change, and she started the Facebook group to inform her friends about the new...One week after Franco started the Facebook group, Mike McKenna, vice president of communications...

COLUMN: Actions speak louder than words

University Wire;  October 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......mobilizing people behind it. Then the Facebook group took off, students began bouncing ideas...together and join our cause. On the Facebook group, we have all but begged the presidents...rest of the excited members of the Facebook group are using to promote positive change...

Facebook aids student campaign for suicide awareness, prevention

University Wire;  March 4, 2008 ;     416 words ......from BYU, have come together through a Facebook group created for suicide prevention and...prevent it. The campaign started with a Facebook group called "Four guys, one destination...invited to join them on their trek. The Facebook group has dozens of people posting everyday...

COLUMN: Facebook group being blown out of proportion

University Wire;  April 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......actually matter. Instead let's look at a Facebook group because it clearly is the great Algonquin...I can understand someone forming a Facebook group to promote the feeling of unity Greeks...I think. Why? Because it's a damn Facebook group! Are we really going to Facebook for...

Columbia U. Facebook group closed after charges of racism

University Wire;  March 21, 2005 ;     626 words ......ago, a racially offensive Columbia Facebook group called "I want to be an Asian Sensation...control passing racist comments, but a Facebook group is something we cannot allow." Thomas...discovering their identity, seeing this Facebook group doesn't help them. It exacerbates the...

Web site slams student candidate

Charleston Gazette;  March 20, 2008 ;     530 words ......discrimination on campus. Mirza is Muslim. A Facebook group titled "Friends of Nadir Mirza for...said he is the original creator of the Facebook group, but said he created it in support...mockery of the system," he said of the Facebook group. "He wrote it as a joke, but he really...

Facebook group lands 4 Syracuse students in hot water with administration

University Wire;  February 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Syracuse University student created a Facebook group, adding in three of her friends to...others in the class were also in the Facebook group, the students said, but none of the...posted on the message board of the Facebook group, which was called "Clearly Rachel doesn...