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Resources

Higher Education - Articles, Reports, Research, Etc.

• Responsible Computing (NC State University)
• Summarizing Facebook Research (Fred Stutzman - 2006)
• Adopting the Facebook: A Comparative Analysis (Fred Stutzman - 2006)
• Thoughts on Facebook (Cornell University)
• Timeline of Online Social Networks (Dana Boyd - UC-Berkeley)
• 7 Things You Should Know About Facebook (EDUCAUSE - 2006)
• Facing Facebook and Other Social Networking Technologies (EDUCAUSE - 2006)
• The Freshman Facebook Zeitgeist (Ibiblio.org - Using UNC data, October 2, 2005)
• Students Respond to Senate Decision of LGBT Center (Technician, NC State University - October 25, 2006)
• Hoban and University Officials Reach Compromise (Technician, NC State University - October 10, 2006)
• Five Things To Think About When Using Facebook (Tracy Mitrano, Cornell University April, 2006)
• Various Writings on Online Social Networking (Danah Boyd)
• Spatially Bounded Online Social Networks & Social Capital: The Role of Facebook (Ellison, Steinfield & Lampe - 2006)
• Various Writings on MySpace (Larry Rosen - 2006)
• For Parents - The Facebook Phenomenon (Lake Superior State University - 2006)

Articles in the Mainstream Press

• Open Facebook (Forbes, September 11, 2006)
• For Some Online Persona Undermines a Resume (NY Times, June 11, 2006)
• In Teens' Web World, MySpace is So Last Year (Washington Post, October 29, 2006)
• Alarms Sound Over Athletes' Facebook Time (USA Today, March 8, 2006)

Links to Online Social Networks

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Friendster
• BlackPlanet
• AsianAvenue
• CyWorld
• Mixi
• MiGente
• Essembly
• Xanga
• Orkut
• LiveJournal
• Bebo
• Vox