Social Networking: Recent Trends, Emerging Issues and Future Outlook

Social networking focuses on social relationships (e.g., friendships) diagrammed as nodes (points) and links (ties or edges between points). Social network analysis (SNA) examines features of such relationships within a social networking system, including how such social interactions change over time. SNA can measure and map "connectedness" or "flow" (e.g., information, resources, etc.) within and across individuals, groups, and organizations. SNA can examine these ties in virtual- or geo-t...