Mashable and Rotor.Blog are pretty much up to date (on social networks). So subscribing there might be a good idea.

do NOT ask your instructors for advice Start blogging, if you aren't, and get articles published on best practices 4 bizes on socnets

start blogging, you mean soley about social networking? In that case do you mean all social networking or a specific one

blogging currently on everything Plurk but I don't believe that is the way to go to get in this field. Might need to broaden horizons a bit

Ditto janechin plus sociology, communications and ditto wilbau

If getting businesses started and telling them the benifits of social networking would be a profitable business.

I could do that without amy marketing classes right.

You could solely on socnets, depends on what you want to do. Like only focus on cos using Facebook.

If you do a good job, that helps you establish your expertise in that area, and can lead to work

Like you could blog from the customers' POV on socnets, talk about which apps/methods work, which ones dont

I could do that without amy marketing classes right.

you should talk to DebInDenver She says at her profile that Public Relations is a related field.

I guess I am just overly eager. I want to do something I am good at and want to do it soon.

At www.socialmedian.com/ there are also experts on this. Me there: tinyurl.com/6g8jbu