Platforms & Services

Should I Classmate, Mixi or Orkut? A simpleton's guide to social networking.

MySpace, Facebook, OpenSocial … technology keeps pushing us to be social online. Do we even have a choice anymore?

How is Facebook planning to make money?

Recently the Pew Internet Project conducted an informal, online survey about people's "personal history of internet use." There was an amazing richness to the personal stories we received and this is a selection of what you had to say.

This is a rundown of the Pew Internet & American Life Project's most recent findings related to internet use, especially Web 2.0 activities. It also goes through the Project's new tech-user typology and the implications of the Project's findings f...

Ed Castronova offers insights into the rise of virtual identities through online games and raises questions about the future of interpersonal communication.

Pew Internet Project research on teenagers' use of social networking applications explores the reasons why these sites are so popular and how they are changing communication patterns and expectations of connectivity among young library patrons.

The impacts of high-speed connections extend beyond access to information to active participation in the online commons

According to local college students, there's clearly something creepy and weird about the influx of adults "infiltrating" what were once the collegiate walls of Facebook.

Girls, teens who post photos or profiles show an increased likelihood to be contacted by people with no connection to them or their friends. Girls are more likely to report contact that made them uncomfortable.