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This page provides a bibliography of articles concerning social network sites. For
an overview of this space, including a definition of "social network sites," a history
of SNSs, and a literature review, see boyd & Ellison's 2007 introduction to the
JCMC Special Issue on Social Network Sites, Social Network Sites: Definition,
History, and Scholarship. Example social network sites addressed include:
Friendster, MySpace, Facebook, Orkut, Cyworld, Mixi, Black Planet, Dodgeball,
and LiveJournal.