what-when-how
In Depth Tutorials and Information
sites different from CSCL environments to establish the global dimension of our
network characteristics.
16.6 Conclusion
he perceptions of network analysis and communally semitransparent systems are
significant for the formation of real practical knowledge, wealth, and online soci-
eties. he stones of modernism are lying everywhere around us, from Google's
Backward Links to AOL's Buddy Lists to Amazon's Purchase Circles to the inces-
tuous source links of Blogdex. Social networks offer an influential generalization
of the arrangement and dynamics of assorted types of group or group-to-technol-
ogy interaction. Web 2.0 has facilitated Web-based societies and social networks
(such as Facebook, MySpace, and Hi5) facilitate collaboration among different
communities.
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