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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.

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

The article discusses the use of the online social network Twitter in journalism.

This explains the turning point for social media.

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

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.

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.

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.

how twitter can be used for educational activites.

This article gives statistics and examples on how the internet changes our lives.

Explains how people get their news not just from news sources but actually from people.

"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

This article tells you about how the interent is changing our lives and how it matters.