I’ve been using Ping.fm for almost a month and what I noticed that the service allows me to form my thoughts without worrying about how it may fit into the structure of most of the social networking sites. However, there has been a backlash against the use of such a “megaphone” application like Ping.fm. The …
First of all, the Association of Internet Researchers held a fantastic conference this year at the IT University of Copenhagen. The building is indeed an architectural work of art and is a beautiful complement to the learning that occurs in this institution. I feel that sharing what I’ve learned during the conference is my small …
After reviewing the literature associated with this field of study, it suggested to me to look at online social networks from the online-offline dynamic. The online-offline dynamic is defined as the ability of an online social network to develop and maintain relationships and transfer those relationships to the real world environment. Therefore, it seemed that …
Facebook is an online social network created in 2004 as a method of connecting Harvard students to each other. A social networking website is defined for the purpose of this research as an online service that allows users to profile for themselves, has a method of organizing individual users into groups allow the users within …
The theory was enhanced through the work of Robin Dunbar with the Dunbar number, which defines the “cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships.” The number in humans is estimated to be around 150 (Dunbar, 1993). Dunbar’s research also deals with the significance of the size …