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Most popular social networks are designed to support what media critic Thomas de Zengotita has called the “flattered self,” constantly craving attention. The main purpose of these networks is to make a profit for large corporations.
Largest ever organizational network analysis shows how social networks drive performance - Trends in the Living Networks
Largest ever organizational network analysis shows how social networks drive performance
YouTube - A documentary on networks, social and otherwise_Part 1 (of five)
This looks at network dynamics. The objective is to understand the common themes that different networks have both in the physical and social world. Some of the big hitters like Duncan Watts and Barabasi are featured here. Popular ideas like six degrees o
Evolver social community
Most popular social networks are designed to support the "flattered self" and to make a profit for large corporations. Evolver.net is an independent network designed to engage people in transforming their own consciousness and their local communities.
MIT Sloan Faculty - Damon Centola - Networks
Network science is a growing field of interest ranging from sociology to physics. A primary goal of this field is to understand how the connectedness of a population (the topological structure of social ties) affects whether, and how fast, information, di
For teens, a friend online is usually a friend offline, too - USATODAY.com
Ongoing studies show that being on a social networking site doesn't create risk for sexual victimization, says David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire-Durham. On Tuesday, the center relea
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Relationship Symmetry in Social Networks: Why Facebook will go Fully Asymmetric - Bokardo
In general, there are two ways to model human relationships in software. An “asymmetric” model is how Twitter currently works. You can “follow” someone else without them following you back. It’s a one-way relationship that may or may not be mutual.
BBC NEWS | Politics | Social network sites 'monitored'
"The Cabinet Office already monitors popular social network sites such as Facebook, Netmums, Fixmystreet and Mumsnet to see what users are saying about public services. "
Directory of Social Networks for Learning Professionals
This list was set up in response to requests for help in finding social networks aimed at learning professionals, that are FREE to join. The list contains a mix of networks for both educators and workplace learning professionals
The size of social networks | Primates on Facebook | The Economist
A new study from Facebook: "The average [male Facebook user]—one with 120 "friends"—generally responds to the postings of only 7 of those friends by leaving comments on the posting individual’s photos, status messages or 'wall'. An average woman [Facebook
Facebook Privacy Changes Hint at a Brave New, Twitter-Like, World ...
Facebook is developing a serious case of Twitter envy. It’s not hard to see how the popularity of Twitter is influencing Facebook’s attempts to remold itself and adapt to the web’s changing social network landscape.
How to Delete Accounts from Any Website - Features by PC Magazine
Deleting accounts you've created on Facebook, MySpace, AOL, and elsewhere on the Web isn't always easy. Here are the details on leaving 23 services behind.
Watching YouTube » Mediating and Analyzing Social Data.
This paper takes major social tagging systems as examples, namely delicious, flickr and youtube, to analyze the social phenomena in the Social Web in order to identify the way of mediating and linking social data. A simple Upper Tag Ontology (UTO) is prop
Open source facebook | Culturing
An ongoing discussion about cloning some of the desirable functions of face book
Metrics for Social networks: What does really happen? : crisscrossed blog
If the social web and social media can make such a difference, then their impact should be measurable. Certainly, the question is: How much can or shall be measured? A gut feeling alone might not be enough, particularly when one needs to convince others t
Nielsen: Social Nets Overtake E-mail
Social networking, defined as "member communities," has an active reach of 67% as compared to 65% for e-mail, per a Nielsen study. The audience for social nets and blogs also is rising at twice the pace of portals, e-mail, search and other key sources of
Don't fight Twitter, disaster expert says - UPI.com
Disaster management specialists at the University of Colorado say managers should embrace rather than shun the online Twitter and Facebook sites' capabilities. Jeannette Sutton, research coordinator at the university's Natural Hazards Center in Boulder, C
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