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"A report from the front lines of the dating world-Stacy Kravetz goes undercover in search of the soul of love. With the abundance of dating strategies, technologies, and services available on the market today, is it any easier to find love?" Stacey Kravetz

"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.

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.

"No less than a decade ago, the majority of mainstream music was funneled through a handful of media conglomerates. But now more individuals are listening to more music from a greater variety of sources than at any time in history." Greg Kot

what social media is doing and has done.

So what does this have to do with the psychology of cyberspace? There are two basic ways the internet tends to create division in one's life and identity. First, people tend to separate their online lives from their offline lives. You may have online companions, groups, and activities that are quite distinct from those you have in the face-to-face world.

Three hours outside Bucharest, Romanian National Road 7 begins a gentle ascent into the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps. Meadowlands give way to crumbling houses with chickens in the front yard, laundry flapping on clotheslines. But you know you've arrived in the town of Râmnicu Vâlcea when you see the Mercedes-Benz dealership.

A little info on how illegal internet dowloading decreases the sale of cd's.

Facebook is developing features that will make the sharing of users' favorite music, television shows and other media as much a part of its site as playing games or posting vacation photos.

Explains the major changes social networking such as Facebook has taken, including the increase in popularity and the way we use it.

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

The "Ready to Share" project is all about reducing copyright laws, sharing ideas and increasing the creativity and success creative industries, especially fashion. It compares success of industries and has various videos and articles on the topic. Also, watch the TED talk on the site, I found it to be most informative and useful.

Online Gaming Addiction: The Role of Sensation Seeking, Self-Control, Neuroticism, Aggression, State Anxiety, and Trait Anxiety.

A ton of Boyd's different articles on social media.

Article about son's addiction, father says "He displayed the characteristics of a heroin addict"

This site has a lot of facts about social media along with how social media relates to identity.

Our self-identities, that is, how we define and see ourselves as unique individuals, play a vital role in who we are and the direction that our lives take. The self-identity encompasses the totality of knowledge and understanding that we gain about ourselves as we develop including our personalities, aptitudes and capabilities, intellectual and physical attributes, interests, and relationships.

the pros and cons of social networking

Facebook, the popular networking site, has 350 million members worldwide who, collectively, spend 10 billion minutes there every day, checking in with friends, writing on people's electronic walls, clicking through photos and generally keeping pace with the drift of their social world. Make that 9.9 billion and change.