Old Jaanix Posts

Social networking is something relatively new to the general population but surprisingly we have been living in social networks our entire lives; from our family members, to our friends, to the way in which our airline flights are routed to their destinations. Wikipedia classifies a social network as “a social structure made of nodes which are generally individuals or organizations that are tied by one or more specific types of relations.” People have been living in social networks for generations, and recently we have begun to try and recognize and understand them. Through an examination of our social behaviors we will begin to see the social network of our youth and how it has developed throughout the last 40 years. Aided by technology people have been able to communicate in different ways, every time a new technology is released or developed we see a thrust into a new social network, that at first, is not understood by all groups but is soon adopted and accepted.