K-Praxis - Topic: Social Networks - Social Networking Software Series-Print

Social Networking Software Series
July 6, 2004

Social Networking Software has been in focus, and has been much debated for quite some time. In June 2004, K-Praxis had run a series of articles on SNSs. We are now making this series available as a free download for those who are interested. All the articles in the series are availble in a single PDF format file.

The six articles in the series discuss SNSs from some salient perpectives.

Here is the Table of Contents:

1. Social Networking Software I: Background
1.1 What does social networking software do?
1.2 One Issue in ‘Networking’
1.3 Dating, Blogs, IM, Email, Cell phones

2. Social Networking Software II: Being Social?
2.1 Being Social the SNS Way
2.2 SNS: Medium or Message? Ways of Being Social May Not Change
2.3 Reconnection: Meeting Strangers and Keeping Them, Losing Them
2.4 Whither SNS Then?

3. Social Networking Software III: The Internet as a Medium for SN
3.1 The Internet as a Medium Vs Cyber-space
3.2 Communication
3.3 Social (?) Networking
3.4 SNS Competitors

4. Social Networking Software IV: Conclusions
4.1 Privacy/Identity/ Profiles: Open or Closed?
4.2 The Internet and Traditional Media
4.3 Conclusions

5. Investing in the Internet again?
5.1 The Two Phases of Internet Investments
5.2 Early Predictions and Investments
5.3 Monopolizing Sectors
5.4 Speculation, Policy Changes and the Media Bubble
5.5 A Reality Check

6. Sustaining the SNSs?
6.1 Network effects
6.2 Sustaining the client base
6.3 Viral marketing
6.4 Manageability of the Client Base
6.5 Updating the network base
6.6 An Interactive Information Base?

	Making sense of online textual information and information management technologies

	Social Networking Software Series July 6, 2004 Social Networking Software has been in focus, and has been much debated for quite some time. In June 2004, K-Praxis had run a series of articles on SNSs. We are now making this series available as a free download for those who are interested. All the articles in the series are availble in a single PDF format file. The six articles in the series discuss SNSs from some salient perpectives. Here is the Table of Contents: 1. Social Networking Software I: Background 1.1 What does social networking software do? 1.2 One Issue in ‘Networking’ 1.3 Dating, Blogs, IM, Email, Cell phones 2. Social Networking Software II: Being Social? 2.1 Being Social the SNS Way 2.2 SNS: Medium or Message? Ways of Being Social May Not Change 2.3 Reconnection: Meeting Strangers and Keeping Them, Losing Them 2.4 Whither SNS Then? 3. Social Networking Software III: The Internet as a Medium for SN 3.1 The Internet as a Medium Vs Cyber-space 3.2 Communication 3.3 Social (?) Networking 3.4 SNS Competitors 4. Social Networking Software IV: Conclusions 4.1 Privacy/Identity/ Profiles: Open or Closed? 4.2 The Internet and Traditional Media 4.3 Conclusions 5. Investing in the Internet again? 5.1 The Two Phases of Internet Investments 5.2 Early Predictions and Investments 5.3 Monopolizing Sectors 5.4 Speculation, Policy Changes and the Media Bubble 5.5 A Reality Check 6. Sustaining the SNSs? 6.1 Network effects 6.2 Sustaining the client base 6.3 Viral marketing 6.4 Manageability of the Client Base 6.5 Updating the network base 6.6 An Interactive Information Base?