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Oversharing and Generation Facebook

With uploading every aspect of our lives onto the internet becoming more normalized, Cecilia Bicknell paints a dystopian view of our oversharing habits.

I love the smell of paper in the morning

Nowadays we choose cheap thrills over classic knowledge; the book must not die

Careers Corner: Founder of ‘Facebook’ for Student Employability

One of the founders of Kloodle, Phil Hayes, talks to Robert Firth about how they started and the graduate job market today.

Competition: Win tickets to see Sam Smith, Gorgon City, Labrinth, Ella Eyre and Rixton!

We’re giving away tickets for Vevo’s Halloween Party at Victoria Warehouse. Read on for details!

Switch Off Social Media

Now we’ve left our teenage years, is it time to stop fretting about how many Facebook likes we have? Charlotte Wheatcroft thinks so

Facebook may soon promote extremism

Lauren Wills: Facebook is an egotistical façade perfect for extremism, and it’s going to get worse.

Does social media connect people?

David Brierley and Samuel Gilmore respond to the pressing question about the imposing effects of social media; is it, or is it not beneficial?

Facebook: the new King Maker

After a spate of human rights pages being deleted from Facebook, Lauren Gorton asks whether it is taking its history-making role seriously

Students perform ‘neknominations’ during lectures

In one case a student dressed up as Robin in a University of Manchester politics lecture

I swapped Facebook for knitting and won’t ever look back!

Arts Editor Abbie Roberts on the addictive procrastination alternative to social networking and its hidden associations with crime.

Idiotic Internet Trend of the Week: NekNomination

The latest internet super-craze “NekNomination” has swept the globe. Give it a rest, says Sophie Lipton

Instasham

Has the world of social networking distorted our views on happiness and success? Beth Currall thinks so

Manchester student profiles uploaded to Ratemash

Dozens of Facebook photos have been used without students’ consent by a controversial website branded “creepy” by the NUS

Lost and disenchanted: Murakami and the student experience

Ross Graham explores the parallels between Murakami’s evocation of ‘60s students life in Norweigian Wood and 21st century student life…

Manchester Uni Facebook page for ‘hilarious confessions’ launched

Facebook pages created for Manchester university students to tell all their shocking stories

The unofficial Freshers guide to scams

Every year students are being scammed, but what is anybody doing about it?

Facebook ‘rioter’ jailed

A man who encouraged rioting in Manchester using Facebook has been sentenced to three years in prison