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Student Lab

In a special collaboration, Columbia School of Journalism students are contributing short video reports to Digital Nation.

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Relationships in the Digital Age

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How do you find real love in an increasingly virtual world? Three friends tell Misha Lakhani and Pracheta Sharma how texting, Skype and the Internet fit into their relationships.

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Being Facebook's Baby

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Students embraced Facebook first, but now its fastest-growing age group is 55-65. Kirk Carapezza looks at how baby boomers are fitting in with digital natives.

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Twestival

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Charities no longer rely on pamphlets and cold calls asking for donations. Hannah Yi and Kelly Senyei report how a 140-character Tweet can help people in need.

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Gaming for Recovery

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Of the 174 million gamers in the United States, 5.2 million of them play an average of 45 hours per week. Jeesoo Park & Devin Dwyer sat down with a self-confessed Internet addict.

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