Ya'an Earthquake Highlights Strength of Social Networking Websites Including Qzone
SHENZHEN, China, April 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Social networking websites are playing an increasingly important role in dealing with major disasters. According to data from China's leading social networking website Qzone, there have been more

Social networks changing civic engagement
An American making more than $150,000 annually has a 68-percent likelihood of participating in a civic event, activity or group during the past year — while that same figure is below 50 percent for anybody making less than $75,000. PROVO

12 hours of Kevin Bacon: finding anyone in a social network
(gigaom.com) -- Crowdsourcing as a method of locating important people or information has become a familiar accompaniment to the aftermath of disasters. But are people really effective at locating a target, or do they just throw out blanket

Report: Social networking sites play more prominent role in politics
A new report by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project found an explosive growth in political activity on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter from 2008 to 2012. In 2008, 26 percent of American adults used

The Color Of Rants And Raves On Knotch Opinion Network
Crowd-generated opinions are out there and already in abundance on various social networks. But most of the networks are general purpose and not designed for easy consolidation and organization of opinions. Enter the Knotch opinion network.

Business Networking With Social Media -- Add Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to Your Networking Tool Chest
What I am about to say may shock you - probably depending on what generation you were born in - but trust me, it's all true. You might want to brace yourself. There was a point in time, surprisingly not that long ago, that people memorized each other's

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