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Social Networking - What's It All About?
Posted by ladyartprof on September 10, 2009
Ever wondered what Facebook and Twitter are all about and how it applies to you? .
Such sites are called social networks and consist of an electronic network set up to link individuals who want to connect on-line through their work, their school, their friends, their hobbies, or their relationships.
Twitter is similar, but in a more immediate way. Twitter updates are often used to capture quick thoughts or impressions, and is not a place to really expound on deep issues. Facebook isn't either, but at least you get a bit more space to expound your ideas there.
Social networks in general are based on network theory which studies "nodes" - in our case the individual and "ties" - their relationships. If you are on any of these sites, you will see how complex the relationships can get within a very...
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