Malawians social media buzz with Chelsea Champions League win. Malawians from Saturday night have been dominating their posts on the social networking sites with news of Chelsea FC winning its first ever European Cup in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.
The support base of Chelsea in Malawi is not big comparing to English teams like Liverpool,, Manchester and Arsenal. But it has been growing in recent times . When the Londoners were crowned kings of Europe at the end of a dramatic night when veteran striker Didier Drogba scored the decisive spot kick to beat Bayern Munich, Malawians took to the social media to talk of the Chelsea glory. Facebook, Twitter were all dominated with the talk of Chelsea by Malawians. Chelsea European Champions Others also shared the Munich moments in pictures through WhatsApp — a cross-platform mobile messaging app for smart phones. “They came, they played and they conquered. A well known Manchester United Malawian fan, Mzondi Lungu, who normally rants on Facebook when his club posts good results, humbled him. Social Networks Influence Flu Shot Decision among College Students. * College students face elevated risk for seasonal flu because they often live in close quarters where infectious disease can easily spread.* College students who perceived support for flu vaccination from spouses, parents and friends were also more likely to perceive the vaccine as safe and to intend to be vaccinated.* Future influenza vaccine promotions on college campuses should target information at parents as well as students.
By Laura Kennedy, Contributing WriterResearch Source: Journal of Adolescent HealthHealth Behavior News Service Newswise — College students’ social networks influence their beliefs regarding the safety of influenza vaccines and decisions about vaccination, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The most influential people seem to be spouses, parents and friends, said study author Sean Richey, Ph.D., a political scientist at Georgia State University. TERMS OF USE: This story is protected by copyright. For More Information: Comment/Share. Facebook IPO: as it happened. Microsoft quietly launches So.cl social network. In the wake of the IPO of social-networking giant Facebook, Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, its own social networking foray.
However, So.cl isn't designed to be a Facebook challenger. The project, the details of which leaked out last year , is designed to give students the ability to network with their peers to share information. "FUSE Labs' So.cl project is now accepting all users interested in joining the site," a Microsoft representative told CNET. "So.cl is an experimental research project focused on the future of social experiences and learning, especially among younger people. " Microsoft Launches Socl Social Network: A Look Inside. Congrats, Mark Zuckerberg.
You went public on Friday, got married on Saturday and now as a special present from part-owner and best partner Microsoft have a new social network to contend with: Microsoft’s So.cl. But don’t worry too much. I just spotted the news of So.cl going live on Techmeme. This being a Sunday, I wasn’t planning to work. However, I couldn’t help but go in and play around.
Share Searches, Discover Interests & Video Hangouts The home screen promises the ability to share searches, discover new interests and have a video party: Social network. Social networks and the analysis of them is an inherently interdisciplinary academic field which emerged from social psychology, sociology, statistics, and graph theory.
Georg Simmel authored early structural theories in sociology emphasizing the dynamics of triads and "web of group affiliations. "[2] Jacob Moreno is credited with developing the first sociograms in the 1930s to study interpersonal relationships. These approaches were mathematically formalized in the 1950s and theories and methods of social networks became pervasive in the social and behavioral sciences by the 1980s.[1][3] Social network analysis is now one of the major paradigms in contemporary sociology, and is also employed in a number of other social and formal sciences. Together with other complex networks, it forms part of the nascent field of network science.[4][5] Overview[edit] History[edit] Levels of analysis[edit] Self-organization of a network, based on Nagler, Levina, & Timme, (2011)[32] Micro level[edit] In J.A. The Social Network (2010. Here's the Week's Social Media News in Review. It’s that time of week again when we take a look at the latest social media news, and highlight some of the most interesting stories.
You couldn’t avoid news of Facebook’s IPO lately if you tried, and the social network’s historical week ended with founder Mark Zuckerberg tying the knot with long time girlfriend Priscilla Chan. To find out more about this, and other social media related stories, read on. Facebook: IPO, wedding bells and more The big story of the week in social media circles has undoubtedly been the Facebook IPO. After confirming that the company would go public at $38 per share, Facebook’s share price was quick to jump to $43, with a 13.6% spike, which was accompanied by the trading of 100 million shares in the first 5 minutes. 82% of that happened in the first 30 seconds. As the day wore on, the share price dropped to the original $38 coming dangerously close to dipping beneath Facebook’s designated share price, before rebounding.
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