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Social impact
Do social networking sites isolate people and truncate their relationships? Or are there benefits associated with being connected to others in this way? In November 2010, we examined SNS in a survey that explored people’s overall social networks and how use of these technologies is related to trust, tolerance, social support, community, and political engagement, and found:
Social networking sites are increasingly used to keep up with close social ties
The average user of a social networking site has more close ties and is half as likely to be socially isolated as the average American
Facebook users are more trusting than others
Facebook users have more close relationships
Internet users get more support from their social ties and Facebook users get the most support
Facebook users are much more politically engaged than most people
Facebook revives “dormant” relationships
MySpace users are more likely to be open to opposing points of view"
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1 comment:
Some very interesting facts and I believe they must be true. It is amazing that people even buy facebook fans these days to increase the popularity of a page and promote a product or a talent.
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