Monday, June 20, 2011

Assignment 2c, Social software and Web 2.00 – Study a Social Network


2c. Post study reflection

Watch a couple of presentations published in the forum and make a concluding post in your blog and address:
  • Similarities and differences between networks
  • In what way has your view upon social changed?
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Similarities and differences between networks 

Base on what I saw at forum linked to assignment 2, As yet just 4 of my classmates have done this assignment so I’m going to read their assignments and make a concluding about similarities, differences and changes social networks have experienced since first day.
My classmates have worked on three different social networks as facebook.com, goodreads.com and academia.edu. The nature and nomenclature of these websites may vary from site to site but they have the same concept which is Social networking. All of these networks try to provide a good environment to:

  1. Construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system.
  2. Articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection.
  3. View and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system.

A discussion with your view upon how social networks has grown and changed

Given the rapid growth and popularity of social networks in the coming years, it doesn't appear that the concept is going to go away. The evolution of the Internet is now forming itself around the characteristics of social networks. Bloggers and website developers are using tools like RSS feeds, Digg or Technorati to communicate and interact with other bloggers. Through blog comments and tagging, websites and blogs are also integrating into what experts now call Web 2.0. The entire Internet itself is fast becoming a giant, interactive and powerful social network (Mason and Rennie, 2008).

Over the course of the last 3 years, Stelzner has seen social media move from an uncertain strategy (2009 report) to a permanent fixture (2010 report) to a primary tool (2011 report) in the savvy marketer’s toolkit.


References

MASON, R. & RENNIE, F. 2008. E-learning and social networking handbook: resources for higher education, Psychology Press.

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