Facebook groups for the environmental and other causes in Malaysia

Striking up a group
Louisa Lim, The Star 30 Jan 10;

Welcome to the world of Facebook, where the number of hobbyist groups is astounding, and their creators even more so.

When news of 15-year-old American student Tess Chapin’s being grounded for five weeks broke out in The New York Times several weeks ago, people were flabbergasted.

It wasn’t because Chapin’s sentence far outweighed her mistake for missing her 11.30pm curfew.

Why social media is the next big thing

Business Times 20 Jan 10;

Panellists from NTU's Nanyang Business School:

• Dr Vijay Sethi, Professor, Division of Information Technology and Operations & Director, International Business Competitions, Nanyang Business School (NBS)
• Dr Kanapaty Pelly Periasamy, Assistant Dean (Business) & Associate Professor, Division of Information Technology and Operations, NBS
• Dr Damien Joseph, Assistant Professor, Division of Information Technology and Operations, NBS
• Dr Goh Kim Huat, Assistant Professor, Division of Information Technology and Operations, NBS

Moderator and writer: Narendra Aggarwal, Director, Public Affairs, NBS

OVERVIEW

SOCIAL media is the new buzzword as we enter the new decade. Already it is making huge inroads into the space previously occupied by the mass media and things more traditional. As information technology becomes even more pervasive, social media initially embraced by the youth is spreading rapidly into various sectors of business and society.

Face up to people power

7 Days 10 Jan 10;

The social networking site is being used for a host of causes. But are the campaigns making any difference?

Your boss probably snarls every time they catch you on it, while certain colleagues appear to fill every single hour of their working day on it.

But 350 million people can’t be wrong, and social networking site Facebook could well be of some serious value in the modern age.