The Rise of Social Networking

Over the past few years, sites like MySpace and Facebook have become wildly popular. Teens tell us why they love them.

At Morristown High School, a MySpace quarrel became a real world fight.

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Philip Rosedale, the founder of Second Life, wonders, is technology isolating us or bringi...

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Seems like everyone's social networking these days. Henry Jenkins, a leading scholar in co...

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THE RISE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

If Facebook were a country, it would be the world's fourth largest. - Facebook; CIA World Factbook, July 2009
75% of online adults ages 18 to 24 have a profile on a social network site; 83% have those profiles on multiple sites. - Pew Research Center, January 2009

posted February 2, 2010