social networking

Teenagers' Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:44:21 -0800

One-Way Media Lost the Election as Cable, Interactive Dominated

Stevie Converse — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:18:06 -0800

Al Gore and the Purpose-Driven Web

Stevie Converse — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:56:05 -0800

Politics and Social Networks: Voters Make the Connection

Stevie Converse — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:23:30 -0800

Young People Use Facebook to Make Change

Bliss Requa-Trautz — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:20:51 -0700

In 2006, Andrew Edwards and Jess Fontas were elected to the New Hampshire state legislature at the age of 21 – becoming the two youngest legislators in the country.

Seeking Broader Reach for Social Web Sites

Stevie Converse — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:38:06 -0700

How Many Web Services Can One Person Use?

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:11:34 -0700

LinkedIn Launches Advertising Network

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:06:49 -0700

Fox News Joins a Social Network, but Not Its Parent's Site

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:56:47 -0700

Social Networking Sites Attract Friends, But Also Enemies

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:58:31 -0700

New York Times Links Up with LinkedIn

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:18:08 -0700

Hey, Friend, Do I Know You?

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:16:55 -0700

Rupert Murdoch Says Facebook Is Just 'Flavor of the Month'

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:22:53 -0700

With new Internet usage figures showing that social networking phenomenon Facebook has finally overhauled News Corp-owned rival MySpace, media titan Rupert Murdoch has opted to publicly dismiss Facebook’s meteoric rise as little more than an example of flash-in-the-pan popularity.

Teens Learn from Advertising on Social Sites

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:50:09 -0700

A new study has found that teens age 13-17 are spending an average of 11.5 hours online, doing everything from instant messaging and visiting social networking sites to shopping and listening to music, but dispels myths that this group wants to do everything online.

Sudden Disconnect over Social Networking Deal

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:53:40 -0700

Google's announcement of a service to "make the Web more social" was decidedly casual, or staged to seem that way.

Standing beside a campfire, lawn chairs and toasted marshmallows, engineering director David Glazer explained how, through an agreement with Facebook and similar sites, Google's effort would serve a primal human need.

New Sites Make It Easier to Spy on Your Friends

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:28:42 -0700

If you are still relying on Google to snoop on your friends, you are behind the curve. Armed with new and established Web sites, people are uncovering surprising details about colleagues, lovers and strangers that often don't turn up in a simple Internet search. Though none of these sites can reveal anything that isn't already available publicly, they can make it much easier to find. And most of them are free.

New Google Service Makes Web Pages Social

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:28:23 -0700

To socialize these days, hundreds of millions of people every month turn to social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook. But what if the Web itself worked as a social network?

Online Chat, as Inspired by Real Chat

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:50:41 -0700

Compared with other forms of human interaction, online social networking is really not all that social. People visit each other’s MySpace pages and Facebook profiles at various hours of the day, posting messages and sending e-mail back and forth across the digital void. It’s like an endless party where everybody shows up at a different time and slaps a yellow Post-it note on the refrigerator.