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This article is on differentlevel of anxiety when communicating with online communication and face-to-face communication. Baralt, Melissa, and Laura Gurzynski-Weiss. "Comparing learners' state anxiety during task-based interaction in computer-mediated and face-to-face communication." Language Teaching Research 15.2 (2011): 201-229. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Sept. 2011.

As more communication up and down the line at work is done electronically, face-to-face discussion can easily fall by the wayside. While the speed and volume of communication increases with e-mail, voicemail and instant messaging, some of the dialogue and personal touch can start to disappear.

Sustaining cooperation among self-interested agents is critical for the proliferation of emerging online social communities, such as online communities formed through social networking services.

Good article discussing different ways to build communities of practice with social media

Users often wish to participate in online groups anonymously, but misbehaving users may abuse this anonymity to spam or disrupt the group. We present the first general messaging protocol that offers provable anonymity with accountability for moderate-size groups, and efficiently handles unbalanced loads where few members have much data to transmit in a given round.

"Is Facebook increasing the size of people's personal networks?" This weblog article offers statistics and research to get closer to finding an answer to the above question. It discusses the size of networks, the relationships maintained, and more. It also includes statistics and insight to the work and research of the Facebook Data Team.

This study used an experiment embedded within a Web-based survey to examine the influence of contextual (i.e., face-to-face vs. online chat room discussion) and social-psychological factors on individuals' willingness to express opinions. In this experiment, respondents were asked whether they would be willing to express an opinion if they were placed in a face-to-face discussion group in one condition and in an online chat room discussion group in the other condition.

Online teaching vs face to face teaching.

In a sweeping victory for free speech rights in cyberspace, the Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act in Reno v. ACLU in June 1997. The Court granted the highest level of First Amendment protection to the Internet, and cyber-activists are still dancing in the streets.

If you are interested in Youtube or identity or communities of practice, this is a great video.

This TED talks video contradicts the current view most people hold of intimacy over the web.

This article talks about social media communication effecting the way relationships are made and continued. Kujath, Carlyne L. "Facebook and MySpace: Complement or Substitute for Face-to-Face Interaction?." CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking 14.1/2 (2011): 75-78. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 19 Sept. 2011

Top Three Reasons We Join social Networking Sites