1. A Closer Look at Social Media
These electronic gadgets make the use of social network close to our hand and very simple. ... Boyd also says "Networked publics are both in the spatial sense and in the sense of an imagined community. ... As spaces, the networked publics that exist because of social media allow people to gather and connect, hang out, and joke around. Networked publics like the mall of the park did for previous generations of teenagers. ... She says "They nurture friendships on social-networking sites and then wonder if they are among friends. ...
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