One writer notes how popular the site has become in a short time. ... A researcher notes, "Like its relative the yearbook, the facebook is a photographic document created by a community for the purpose of visually defining community life" (Miller, 2007). ... Another writer notes, "There are social networking sites for musicians, for mountain climbers, and for particular political persuasions. ... These young people who spend so much time online networking are not networking in person. ... The Canadian Royal Bank is just one business cultivating college students on the site, so it is changi...

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"In the last fifteen years, the growth of the global computer network known as the Internet has facilitated the rapid emergence of online interactions of dispersed groups of people with shared interests. These online groups exhibit a wide range of characteristics and serve a variety of purposes, from small groups engaged in tightly focused discussions of specific topics, to complex created worlds with hundreds of simultaneous participants, to millions of users linked by an interest in markets or exchange networks for goods and information (Wilson, 2002). ... There are now rental programs...

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