As Americans embrace the extroverted world of Facebook and blogs, churches are trying to keep up. Indeed, holy places are becoming centers for social life, for group therapy, for sharing. But in losing our privacy, are we losing our religion, too?
The online social networking site MySpace has received more hits and more media
coverage than any of its social networking counterparts, including Facebook and
Friendster, and is in fact, one of the most visited sites on the Web because it allows its
users to create media and construct identity easily while sharing their interests with other
users and the world.
This article is about police officers using social network sites to investigate about criminals while criminals are also using social network sites to identify undercover police officers.
Research examining friend networking sites has greatly increased in the past
several months exploring topics related to general use, psychological well being, and content
analysis of profiles to name a few. The current study sought to identify dimensions of uses and
gratifications for users of friend networking sites. Results identified the following three
dimensions: the Information Dimension, the Friendship Dimension, and the Connection
Dimension. Sex differences also existed with regards to use of friend networking sites