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Snapchat has changed a lot in the past few years. Frequent updates means the app looks and works almost nothing like it originally did. 

Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is so aggressive with making changes to the app that it can be hard to keep up with how Snapchat really works, even if you're a regular user. To make things easier for you and newbies, Pocket-lint has compiled this straightforward guide. By the end of it, you'll know every facet of the app. And when the next update arrives, be sure to check back here, because we'll explain that, too.

Via John Evans

The social media app has become an unlikely ally in boosting teaching and learning

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)

Companies are starting to flock to Snapchat.

McDonald’s and Taco Bell are using it to get Snapchatters interested in their products.
The NBA and MLS are giving behind-the-scenes footage from their sports worlds.
CNN is reporting news content, and The Food Network is providing an extension to its programming.
They’re providing content that’s interesting.

They’re surprising their audience.

And they’re having some fun along the way.

If companies can do it, teachers and schools can, too … and we can learn some lessons about how to engage students by watching how they engage their customers.

Via John Evans

A new study lends credence to what you’ve probably always suspected: social media is having a pretty negative effect on teenagers — Instagram and Snapchat being the worst culprits. The study, published today and called “Status of Mind,” was conducted by researchers for the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK. The researchers surveyed 1,479 British youths ages 14-24, asking them how they felt the different social media networks effected their mental health. They took in several factors such as body image, sleep deprivation, bullying, and self-identity.

 

The results suggest the two worst social media networks for kids are Instagram and Snapchat, as they had terrible scores for body image, bullying, and anxiety. Twitter and Facebook weren’t much better, though. YouTube was the only one that apparently inspired more positive feelings than negative ones.

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence

 

Via Gust MEES, Sharon Murdoch