Archive for the ‘Social Networking’ Category

How to Engage and Recruit the “Social Networking” Generation

October 26th, 2006 Karine Joly 8 Comments

The good folks at Noel-Levitz have just released earlier today their latest report about the E-Expectations of the High School Class of 2007: Engaging the “Social Networking” Generation: How to Talk to Today’s College-Bound Juniors and Seniors. I’ve quickly scanned the 8-page PDF report that you can download for free and I can’t tell you […]

YouTube got facebooked? YouTube launches a new “private” channel for college students

September 1st, 2006 Karine Joly 1 Comment

Just saw the news on Sam Jackson‘s blog (who reads religiously TechCrunch, so you don’t have to ;-) YouTube has just launched a “private” channel dedicated to college videos indexed by institutions. “Want to see the highlights of last weekend’s game (or last night’s party)? It’s easier than ever to share videos with friends at […]

Why and how college students use social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace

August 23rd, 2006 Karine Joly 1 Comment

A few institutions have started to integrate social networking websites in their marketing mix: The University of Florida has started to buy online advertising on the Facebook to promote some of its graduate programs to a targeted audience of undergrads. The Park School of Communication at Ithaca College has launched its myspace page for its […]