By Joseph Earley
COLLEGE IN THE AGE what has influenced the millennials? LOYOLA STUDENTS 2.0 OF TWITTER 18 WHEN YOU WERE TODAY 18 PARENTS FRIENDS CONNECTED ON AVERAGE: THEY CALL, TEXT, & EMAIL THEIR 7-11 times a week THEY HAVE OVER 1,500 ON FACEBOOK THEY ARE 24/7: fb, email, txt, phone, twitter, locus, blackboard, google... but are they connected irl? when do they "disconnect" ? COMMUNICATION +350 million active users 50% log on in a given DAY 2 billion photos uploaded each month U.S. Airways Flight 1549, January 2009: twitpic by Janis Krums immediately following the crash students 2.0 the fail whale. what happens in vegas stays online FACEBOOK FAIL "family emergency" in NYC "thanks for letting me know - hope everything is OK in New York. (cool wand)" - Paul Davis (his boss) entering the life of our students in a 2.0 era AT LEAST FACEBOOK tweet (140 characters) MICROBLOGGING the new facebook?
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