Great reporting and usage of interviews. I liked the creation of the setting and how students were asked how they used Facebook. Excellent sound quality, but a little dry because of its straightforward format.
This is an important and topical piece that I will most definitely use with my high school and college students. The importance of privacy and the relinquishing of private information to the public realm is a choice that many students do not think about when it comes to possible employment.
This piece is of exceptional interest to me, as I've been quite curious lately how job hunting through Myspace or Facebook pays off in the real world. I was out of college just a smidge before the Facebook craze hit, but I have been working on setting up a Myspace page so I ended up listening to this one as almost a "do's and dont's" guide to online networking. If you listen from this perspective, then I think the interviews and commentary are quite insightful, but if it's played as simply a story, then it might feel a bit dated. Maybe Mr. Terrell can re-edit it to be spun from the former angle. If the target audience for the piece is college aged youths, then I think it would be more beneficial to them in that context.
A fine, informative piece, with a variety of intelligent interviews with students and potential employers. Main problem with the piece is that the drawback of Facebook - of potential employers looking at student profiles - is to some extent yesterday's, or even last year's, news. Observers have been talking about that for a while. Still, this piece does a good, professional job of exploring that issue.
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Minhal Baig
Posted on July 16, 2007 at 05:52 AM | Permalink
Review of Facebook
Great reporting and usage of interviews. I liked the creation of the setting and how students were asked how they used Facebook. Excellent sound quality, but a little dry because of its straightforward format.
Lisa Goldman
Posted on July 12, 2007 at 07:10 AM | Permalink
Review of Facebook
This is an important and topical piece that I will most definitely use with my high school and college students. The importance of privacy and the relinquishing of private information to the public realm is a choice that many students do not think about when it comes to possible employment.
Rich Greene
Posted on December 14, 2006 at 06:57 PM | Permalink
Review of Facebook
This piece is of exceptional interest to me, as I've been quite curious lately how job hunting through Myspace or Facebook pays off in the real world. I was out of college just a smidge before the Facebook craze hit, but I have been working on setting up a Myspace page so I ended up listening to this one as almost a "do's and dont's" guide to online networking. If you listen from this perspective, then I think the interviews and commentary are quite insightful, but if it's played as simply a story, then it might feel a bit dated. Maybe Mr. Terrell can re-edit it to be spun from the former angle. If the target audience for the piece is college aged youths, then I think it would be more beneficial to them in that context.
Paul Levinson
Posted on December 14, 2006 at 03:56 PM | Permalink
Review of Facebook
A fine, informative piece, with a variety of intelligent interviews with students and potential employers. Main problem with the piece is that the drawback of Facebook - of potential employers looking at student profiles - is to some extent yesterday's, or even last year's, news. Observers have been talking about that for a while. Still, this piece does a good, professional job of exploring that issue.