DocumentCode :
1372764
Title :
It´s All About the (Social) Network
Author :
Douglis, Fred
Author_Institution :
EMC
Volume :
14
Issue :
1
fYear :
2010
Firstpage :
4
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
The paper discusses the Internet as a social network. Networking is naturally a central focus of the Internet computing space. Initially, this term referred to connecting computers together, now it refers just as often to how people are interconnected - that is, "social networks." The paper discuss information overload in the context of three social networks: Facebook, Linkedln, and Google Wave; and offers its prediction that social networks might go.
Keywords :
Internet; social networking (online); Facebook network; Google Wave network; Internet; Linkedln network; information overload; social network; Computer networks; Facebook; IP networks; Joining processes; Social network services; Facebook; Google Wave; LinkedIn; Metcalfe´s Law; Twitter; social networking;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1089-7801
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2010.13
Filename :
5370815
Link To Document :
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