By Serene Luo

SOCIAL media tools such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter have spread from the playground of the tech-savvy to the university curriculum here.

And this is not just because they are the 'in' thing, especially among the young. These tools are increasingly adopted by corporations, which expect their employees to use them in their work.

All the three main local universities - as well as the open university, UniSIM - now offer courses or classes on how to use these new networking tools and their impact on society.

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