A good example of social media use

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The Associated Press covered a story, and the Fox News Web site featured it, discussing Indiana Christian College's lifting of the ban of the U.S. national anthem.

The social media aspect of the story is in the section talking about the online petition against the lifting of the ban through the Facebook group "Against Goshen College Playing National Anthem."

I think that this is a good use of social media.

If you look at the numbers, Goshen College is a small school with only 1000 students. The group has 900 members, according to the article.

The article also gave a "to be sure" thought towards the end, discussing the creation of another 200- member Facebook group in favor of lifting the ban, which i think makes the article more balanced.

I think that Facebook groups can be a good indicator of what is newsworthy and a good place to find sources. This article used it for both of those things.

The school said that criticism of the ban has been mainly over its absence during sporting events, according to the article.

It was banned because the school's founding belief, Anabaptism, saw the anthem as a pledge to the country over God.