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The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

Be skeptical of social media sites

Markell Braxton-Johnson, Columnist April 17, 2018

Here’s a hard reality we all must accept: Our favorite social media platforms–from Snapchat to LinkedIn–don’t care about our personal data. And by “don’t care,” I mean they only care insofar...

About 155 people attended the second annual MSU Social Media Day Sept. 25, including students from seven area high schools. Photo by Shea James

155 attend second Social Media Day

The Wichitan October 2, 2017

Reporting by Conner Floyd, Tré Jones, Tyler Manning, Ivy Martinez, Avery Queen and Abena Tobin To stress to high school and college students at an early age the importance of social media in life and...

University social media coordinator A.J. Lopez gives a presentation on Snapchat on Social Media Day, Oct. 24. Photo by Dewey Cooper

Social media connects students to campus

Cortney Wood May 11, 2017

With more than 6,000 student on the campus, administration alongside student organizations work to get information out to students through emails, web word alerts and D2L notifications, but for students...

Social media: beyond the dark side

Thomas Goad April 7, 2016

With literally hundreds of outlets — from Twitter to Facebook to YouTube to Instagram college students and officials have found social media as a new way to broadcast, advertise and connect.However,...

Kara McIntyre, mass communication junior

Build a positive social media presence

Kara McIntyre April 6, 2016

When I first started using Twitter six years ago, I never imagined that it would influence the world as much as it has. I never imagined that for any social media network, really. I figured it would...

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