PrintSteven L. Johnson | November 2011 | Leader’s Edge Magazine
By: Staff Writer | November 1st, 2011 | 
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Twitter has about 100 million active users, about half of whom sign in once a day. The social media outlet allows businesses, including those in insurance, to stay connected to their customer base and to keep clients updated with industry developments. “Twitter for the average broker is a much bigger investment in terms of making a name for yourself,” said Steven L.… Continue Reading
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Steven L. Johnson | July 22, 2011 | The Gazette (Md.)
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Polystyrene – more commonly known by its Styrofoam brand name – is considered one of the more difficult materials to recycle. But Maryland’s Carroll County recently became the second jurisdiction in the state to introduce a public recycling program for the substance. According to Steven L. Johnson, a Fox School of Business professor who has studied social trends, participation in the new recycling program could be contagious.… Continue Reading
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Steven L. Johnson | April 20, 2011 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Topics: Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven L. Johnson
In a world where the next big thing happens every next minute, the gap is now gaping among personal technology users: There are those who must have the latest iteration immediately, and those who are happy to ride on the technology horse that has carried them thus far. For some, committing early helps advertise to others who you are and what you value.… Continue Reading
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Snatching or shunning the latest in tech”
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Topics: Social Media at Fox | Steven L. Johnson
April 20, 2011
In a world where the next big thing happens every next minute, the gap is now gaping among personal technology users: There are those who must have the latest iteration immediately, and those who are happy to ride on the technology horse that has carried them thus far. For some, committing early helps advertise to others who you are and what you value.… Continue Reading
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Steven L. Johnson | April 1, 2011 | Treasury & Risk magazine
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Facebook has 500 million members and Twitter another 200 million—numbers that are growing all the time. Business and employee use of social media has very little downside, says Steven L. Johnson, an assistant professor of management information systems at Temple’s Fox School of Business. “Whether they know it or not, every Fortune 1000 company has some kind of online reputation that is being formed and re-formed every day by what people are Twittering and putting on Facebook,” Johnson said.… Continue Reading
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Treasury & Risk magazine, “Facing Up to Facebook”
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Topics: Management Information Systems | Social Media at Fox | Steven L. Johnson
April 1, 2011
Facebook has 500 million members and Twitter another 200 million—numbers that are growing all the time. Business and employee use of social media has very little downside, says Steven L. Johnson, an assistant professor of management information systems at Temple’s Fox School of Business. “Whether they know it or not, every Fortune 1000 company has some kind of online reputation that is being formed and re-formed every day by what people are Twittering and putting on Facebook,” Johnson said.… Continue Reading
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Game on: New Social Media Innovation course features virtual quest
By: Staff Writer | February 22nd, 2011 | no comments
Media Contact: Brandon Lausch, 215-204-4115, blausch@temple.edu
Students have an extra reason to show up for Steven L. Johnson’s new Social Media
Innovation course: to find out where they stand on “The Quest” leaderboard.
The class, offered through the Fox School’s Department of Management Information Systems (MIS), is as unique as it is relevant. Students in the course participate in a virtual game, “The Social Media Innovation Quest.”
In addition to learning about fundamental concepts related to social media topics, students complete hands-on tasks.… Continue Reading
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The Gazette (Md.), “Carroll County takes on polystyrene recycling”
By: Staff Writer | July 22nd, 2010 | no comments
Topics: Steven L. Johnson
July 22, 2011
Polystyrene – more commonly known by its Styrofoam brand name – is considered one of the more difficult materials to recycle. But Maryland’s Carroll County recently became the second jurisdiction in the state to introduce a public recycling program for the substance. According to Steven L. Johnson, a Fox School of Business professor who has studied social trends, participation in the new recycling program could be contagious.… Continue Reading
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