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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Four seniors at the SUNY College at Oneonta have
begun a campaign to increase awareness in college students that their
postings on internet social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace
can have negative consequences, especially when they are applying for jobs.
Stacey Elderbroom, Erikka Olszewski, Kara Guadagno, and James Elio--whose
idea for the effort began as a class project in the Creating Persuasive
Campaigns class, taught by
Dawn
Sohns of the SUNY-Oneonta
Communication Arts
Department--have named their campaign "Protect Your Privates" and
created a website at
www.protectyourprivates.com. The campaign aims to educate students on
how to use social networking systems properly and to give them an edge as
job candidates.
A recent survey conducted by the four found that 96% of students use an
internet social networking system and that 64% of those students know
someone who has encountered trouble with school, work, or relationships
because of material posted on the internet.
More information about the campaign is available from Stacey Elderbroom
at (315) 440-6704 or by e-mail to eldesa21@oneonta.edu.
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