ScienceDaily (2009-12-14) -- Carol L. Tilley, a professor of library and information science at Illinois, says that critics who equate texting with literary degradation are wrong, and that they also overlook the bigger role that texting and its distant cousin, "tweeting," could play in education and research.
ScienceDaily (2009-03-30) -- A professor is researching details of relationships forged on social networking sites and determining their significance, depth and potential. She has discovered that across the social networking sites, online friendships range from close relationships with strong ties to looser affiliations -- but both types of friendships are useful.
ScienceDaily (2009-03-04) -- A student has come up with a unique way of keeping track of what people across the world are up to throughout the day. He has invented a radio which tunes in to and broadcasts messages posted on social networking site, Twitter. The radio allows fans to listen to Twitter messages posted on the website in real time so they can keep up to date with friends, celebrities and even complete strangers. To watch a video demonstration visit http://vimeo.com/2990753
