Category: social media
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Book reviews for A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Social Media
The reviews are coming in! In this post Adam shares a few reviews of A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Social Media.
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Social Media Rule #1 – Everything posted online is public
In this post, Adam McLane talks about social media rule #1: Everything you post online is public, using examples from Mark Zuckerberg and Steubenville High School.
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Jim Burns endorsement of A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Social Media
I’m thankful for Jim Burns endorsement of the book I co-authored with Marko. Jim is a youth ministry legend. His decades long ministry has impacted the lives of countless students, youth workers, and parents. I was humbled that he not only read the book and offered this endorsement, he also had me on his radio…
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A secret deal on my book
My new book, co-authored with Marko, comes out next week. I’m very excited about it for two specific reasons. Parents of teenagers really need this book. The days of fighting or banning or trying to wall off kids from social media is over. Parents need to know how to help their child live a life that…
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12 Gift Ideas for the Geek in Your Life
Geeks are hot. But what do you get the geek in your life for Christmas? In this post Adam McLane recommends 12 gifts under $100 your geek will shart over.
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Notifications are of the Devil
The Internet Loop Do you catch yourself in a compulsive loop sometimes? For me? Right now it starts with email. Then I go to Twitter, then Facebook, then Instagram, then ESPN.com. If things are particularly interesting I’ll go around the loop 2 or 3 times in a row. This is what psychologist John Grohol calls…
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How to talk to parents about parenting
Over the past year or so I’ve had the opportunity to lead an hour-long seminars for parents. In fact, earlier this year partnered with Simply Youth Ministry & Marko to turn the content of my seminar into a book that comes out in a few weeks, A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Social Media. For me,…
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Power in a Social World
Spontaneous tweeting is the “antithesis” of political conventions, says Dan Schnur, who was communications director for John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign. “Conventions are about singing from the same hymnbook. Twitter means everybody has their own song.” Twitter rewrites the script for political contentions, Martha T. Moore, USA Today – August 22nd, 2012 The quote above shows…
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Social Media is Linked to Depression
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have linked depressive symptoms in college students to their internet usage. It’s a small study, only 216 participants over 1 month, but the correlation quantifies what other researches have hypothesized. This is the first of its kind that overlaid subjects actual internet usage and diagnostic testing. Participants were…
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How I Made Facebook Lovely Again
Oh Facebook. You temptress. You instigator. You heartbreaker. You are so freaking addicting and maddening all at the same time. You define paradox for me. Here’s what we all know: You either control Facebook or Facebook will control you. With more than 1600 virtual friends… let me be the first to admit that Facebook was…