Boyd and Ellison(2007,describes social networking as web based services that allow individuals to contruct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, second, articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and third, view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. They also added that the nature and nomenicature of these connections may vary from site to site.
Boyd and Ellison(2007),stated that when the term 'social networking site' is use to describe phneonmenon, the term 'social networking site' also appears in public discourse, and the two terms are often used interchangeably. We chose not to employ the term 'networking' for two reasons: emphasis and scope. 'Networking' emphasizes relationship initiation, often between strangers.
I agree with Boyd and Ellison in narrowing down what social networking really is. Social means casul and networking mean grouping or doing something together with several peoples. Networking is use for gathering ideas, thoughts, issue, questions or concerns on a partiuclar thing or subject.
Beer(2008), responses on how SNS sole purpose is to communicate on the web. It is use to connect people of all ethnic backgrounds together to share ideas. The way people use it proves that it is a networking site to bring strangers together, far and near. Communication usually starts just by a joke or simple post, then everybody begins to bring something to the network.
I totally agree with the definition and actions that I have enclosed in this blog entry.
ReplyDeleteboyd & Ellison's definition also encompasses a wide variety of sites, like YouTube. But do people really go to YouTube to talk with others as a *primary* activity?
ReplyDeleteI agree Will, communication starts with a joke. That's how Twitter is it's starts with a joke and everyone just answer the question. Sometimes it's really not a wrong or right answer, just fun and games.
ReplyDeleteI have never thought of YouTube as relationship network, it's hard to place the site in the same category.
ReplyDeleteI think that you grouped your thoughts well in this blog entry. Boyd and Ellison were really straight and to the point in their "broad" definition, but perhaps Beer's point was to focus on each site on a turn by turn basis.
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