Lesson 1: Introduction to Social Networks

Lesson 1: Introduction to Social Networks

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Name: Keita Tanaka

Think

I have an account for Facebook and some of my friends use Flicker and Brogger. In my opinion, a social software is a tool that allows us to show our lives to other people who are far from us, whom we can hardly be in touch in the real world. Blog would be one of the social software. Social software is social because people use it expecting others to see his or her blog or some other page he or her made.

Social Networks are the communication through the Social softwares. It is not one-way movement of information but it is both ways of communication through social softwares.
People leave comments and they can find what others are thinking and doing through that network. In addition people can bring some information they have gotten at the social networks to the real world and real man-to-man communication.

Explore
Video 2: The keywords are "connection" and "visible". In the real world,
connections between people is hidden and it is not easy to track that
connections to the end (I mean the "purpose") but in the Social network world the connections are visible and open to everyone so people can extend their connection wider than real world.

Do
Never had I thought deeply about these social softwares and networks, although I have used some of them for a long time.
However, through the first week of this class, I have started to think that these skills on the social software are very useful not only for learning but also for other occasions such as internships and circle activities.