The SNU Department of Public Relations and Communications has initiated the promotion of SNU through social network services such as Facebook and Twitter.
In June, the SNU Dept. of Public Relations and Communications opened a Twitter account in its own name to enable efficient communication with the outside world while the SNU Administration Building was occupied by a number of students. In July, the promotion service was extended to include an English Twitter account and Facebook account for foreigners. Recently, a Facebook account in Korean was added to the list.
The Korean Twitter account of SNU Dept. of Public Relations and Communications (http://twitter.com/#!/snupr) updates news regarding SNU on a daily basis. Currently, 200 people are registered as followers.
The newly opened English Twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/snunow) is intended to promote SNU abroad, and thus seeks to follow and be followed by prestigious foreign universities. As of date, SNU is being followed by Peking Unive sity, and Sheffield University in the UK among others. This Twitter account also runs a daily update of SNU related news.
On the English Facebook account"Seoul National University Life" are mostly pictures of SNU. Pictures of the SNU Museum of Art and the ‘I Love SNU Party’ have been especially well received.
Written by LEE HEE Un, SNU English Editor, heeun21@hanmail.net ?
Proofread by Brett Johnson, SNU English Editor, morningcalm2@gmail.com