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Facebook: The Social and the Anti-Social Network
This year's film about the founder of Facebook and the suicide of a student whose sexual orientation was revealed online have focused attention on Social Networking. We talk about what it is and how it's changing the real world as well as the virtual world. Also, the BCS championship and college bowl games, and America as a "patchwork nation."
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThis year's film about the founder of Facebook and the suicide of a student whose sexual orientation was revealed online have focused attention on Social Networking. We talk about what it is and how it's changing the real world as well as the virtual world. Also, the BCS championship and college bowl games. On Reporter's Notebook, America is divided in so many ways a new book calls it a "patchwork nation." We hear about our national complexity.
Banner image: Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a press conference at the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California on May 26, 2010. Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesBCS Controversy Is Backdrop to College Football Championship
A few college bowl games already have been played, but the Big ones, including the Rose and Fiesta Bowls tomorrow and the BCS Championship on January 10, are yet to come. They are the dream of every college team, but some teams are guaranteed a chance to get there — and some teams aren't.
Read the story8 minSocial Networking and Real Life
Since we first broadcast this segment in October, Time magazine has the founder of Facebook its " Person of the Year ." Mark Zuckerberg's "friends" now number a half billion, the major example to date of social networking on the Internet. The film The Social Network has won big audiences and a lot of awards.
Read the story36 minA Look at our Patchwork Nation
It's often said that America is a divided country, but it's not just a matter of rich and poor or of Red and Blue.
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