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boyd and Ellison 2007

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Boyd, D. M., & Ellison, N. B. (2007). Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), 210-230.

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Review: This essay builds a framework for the analysis of Social Network Sites (SNS). It seeks to define and sort the multiple keywords used among the literature of SNS. They make differentiation between the terms: Social Network Sites and Social Networking Sites. Arguing that the later does not apply because the users usually has some type of relationship with the person the be-friend even if it is very distant. On that note, it also makes the distinction between the traditional "friends" and the SNS's Friends. By stating that these Friends "provide context by offering users an imagined audience [or community] to guide behavioral norms". (p.220) The authors work an excellent and very needed historical background regarding SNS.

Timeline of the launch date of many major SNSs and date when community sites re-launched with SNS features. [Image] (boyd & Ellison, 2007. p.212)