What is social networking sites

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Websites that serve as platforms for people to develop and maintain relationships. Learn more in: Cyberbullying: Keeping Our Children Safe in the 21st Century

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Online communities for expanding users’ business or social contacts by making connections through their mutual business or personal connections. Learn more in: E-Business Perspectives through Social Networks

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Online platforms on which users can find and add friends and contacts, send messages to friends, and update personal profiles (e.g. Facebook). Learn more in: Social Media Use and Customer Engagement

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Personalized web sites for individuals for the purpose of staying connected with other people. Learn more in: Integrating Digital Photography into Adult Education

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Social networking sites give the opportunity to create and share a personal profile in the form of text, photo, video and audio in order to connect with other users. Learn more in: Social Media and Social Entrepreneurship

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Online platforms on which users can find and add friends and contacts, send messages to friends, and update personal profiles (e.g. Facebook). A social network service includes a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Learn more in: Customer Relationship Management and Social Media Use

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Is an online platform that allows users to create a public profile and interact with other users on the website. Learn more in: Social Media and the Challenges of Curtailing the Spread of Fake News in Nigeria

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such as Linked-In and MySpace Learn more in: Blended Learning

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Social Networking Sites (SNS) are Web based social network services focused “on building online communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.” (source: Wikipedia) Learn more in: A Critical Cultural Reading of "YouTube"

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A Web site whereby individuals describe themselves in a personal profile, reveal themselves through participation in communities, and form networks of interactions by declaring one another to be ‘friends’. See also Person-oriented communities Learn more in: Explaining Participation in Online Communities

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Websites that facilitate social networking among online users in various virtual communities. Learn more in: A Comparative Analysis of Online Social Networking Sites and Their Business Models

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Platforms that allow people to manage and to expand online their social network. Learn more in: Retail and Social Media Marketing: Innovation in the Relationship between Retailers and Consumers

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On-line communication channels (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) which are used to build and maintain relationships between users. Learn more in: Information Disclosure on Social Networking Sites: An Exploratory Survey of Factors Impacting User Behaviour on Facebook

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Web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. Learn more in: Surviving the Conflict of Self-Inflicted Organizational Crises

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Websites that allow individuals to create a public/semi-public profile connecting users to each other, such as Facebook. Learn more in: Celebrity Endorsement in Social Media

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A relationship created between strangers or people who know each other that takes place online. Learn more in: The Creation of Online Communities and Social Networking Sites based on Constitutive Elements of Identity

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These sites can be described as web platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and so forth, which allow users to communicate, share knowledge about similar interests, and discuss about favorite topics. Learn more in: How to Achieve and Measure Success in Social Media Marketing

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Social networking site functions like an online community of internet users. People use social networking sites for communication personally as well as professionally to contact with others. Social networking sites like Facebook provides new venues for young LIS Professionals to express themselves and to interact with one another. Learn more in: Usage of Social Media Among LIS Students in India

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Facilitate individuals build social relationships and interests among friends and acquaintances (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus+). Learn more in: Firm's Competitive Growth in the Social Media Age

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Web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. Learn more in: Fixing the SIC: Preventing and Managing Self-Inflicted Crises

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Web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. Learn more in: Cyberbullying and Social Networking Sites