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Probably the most important reading we will do in terms of "foundations" of social networks. Take your time with it and read it closely.

"Social network sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers intrigued by their affordances and reach. This special theme section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings together scholarship on these emergent phenomena. In this introductory article, we describe features of SNSs and propose a comprehensive definition. We then present one perspective on the history of such sites, discussing key changes and developments. After briefly summarizing existing scholarship concerning SNSs, we discuss the articles in this special section and conclude with considerations for future research."

Nice article on the right way to create community and integrate social marketing into a web site.

Nice basic article on Ning, viral networks and the economics of SNSs from Fast Company

article on SNS burnout

Article on the different strategies of Google v. Facebook and the different strategies of mining biographical and other user data as practiced by the two companies. From Wired.

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2004 article on how Dean used the Internet in the 2004 POTUS election.

Good short overview of social networks by Mark Glaser - complement Boyd & Ellison article for class

Inc. magazine article on Abrams and what happened at Friendster

article by danah boyd on identity, social networks, and the mixed audience of social network interactions... this page also has an .mp3 audio of danah's discussion of the piece.

2006 profile of Rocketboom. Interesting now as a "what they were thinking" piece.

Thought this was an interesting article on a different perspective of Zuckerberg...

Good guide for journalists about Wikipedia, how to use it, ways to check credibility of an article.

I think the way Vanity Fair presents this is more interesting than the content of the article itself.

"To those who Twitter, the reporter who investigates a story before offering it to the public must also seem tediously ruminant. On Twitter, the notes become the story, devoid of even five minutes of reflection on the writer's way to the computer. I can see that there are times -an airplane landing in the Hudson, a presidential election in Iran-when this type of impromptu journalism becomes a necessity, and an exciting one at that. Luckily, reporters still exist to make sense of information bytes and expand upon them for readers-but for how much longer?"

This is a long article, but well worth the read - on what might be the most important technological topic facing our society.

"Over the last several years, the problem of attention has migrated right into the center of our cultural attention. [...] Everyone still pays some form of attention all the time, of course-it's basically impossible for humans not to-but the currency in which we pay it, and the goods we get in exchange, have changed dramatically."

Manhattan is the capital of people living by themselves. But are New Yorkers lonelier? Far from it, say a new breed of loneliness researchers, who argue that urban alienation is largely a myth.

good short blogged descriptions of a great panel at ASIST2007

report of a study on use of Facebook