Social networking applications such as blogs, instant messaging, podcasts, social
networking websites (eg, Renren in China, Vkontakte in Russia, Facebook), professional …

Over the last decade, online social networks have evolved into a global mainstream medium
with increasing social, organizational, and economic impact. This paper provides a …

Abstract Although Online Social Networks (OSNs) such as MySpace, Facebook, and
Youtube are still under development; they have attracted millions of users, many of whom …

The explosion of online social networks (OSN) has created an interactive and
communicative global phenomenon that has enabled billions of users to connect to other …

The rapid proliferation of Online Social Network (OSN) sites has made a profound impact on
the WWW, which tends to reshape its structure, design, and utility. Industry experts believe …

Online social networks became a global phenomenon with enormous social as well as
economic impact within a few years. Alone, the most popular online social network …

The widespread use of online social networks (OSN) among young people has been
accompanied by an increase of publications about them and their effects on the …

Online social networking (OSN) sites such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are among
the most popular sites around the World. In the case of Mexico, these sites are considered to …

This special issue of Computer Communications is devoted to Online Social Networks
(OSN). OSN are one of the most disruptive communication platforms of the last 15 years …

Online Social Networks (OSNs) provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study how a
combination of technological, economical, and social forces have been conspiring to …