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About you

• 29% are native New Yorkers• 67% speak a second language (ie non-English)• 27% speak a third language• 92% of you have been to another country– Of that, 82% have been two or more

• Only 33% of you prefer working in teams!

48 Countries

How connected are you?

• 94% own laptops– 18% are PC– 82% of Apple

• 83% own smartphones– Out of those, only 22% have non-Apple devices

Social Media

• 92% are on Facebook– Don’t forget to like American Foreign Policy PSC 357

and participate to earn extra credit• 71% Tweet• 54% are on LinkedIn• 48% have YouTube accounts• 79% have iTunes • 10% have blogs (kudos to the five of you)

How do you think social media has changed teaching?

• Are you more attentive or less attentive in class?

• Is it more difficult to read long passages of material?

What is the role of social media in U.S. Foreign Policy?

• What should the role be?– Outreach to demographics who may have

previously been inaccessible?– Promoting events and ideas?– Or simply driving people to website content?

• What are some of the constraints or problems?