The current study provides an innovative examination of how and why religious networking organizations work for social justice in their local community. Similar to a coalition or community coordinating council, religious networking organizations are formal organizations comprised of individuals from multiple religious congregations who consistently meet to organize around a common goal. Based o...

The emerging social networking technology demonstrates as a promising technology that fosters user interaction and information communication. This research attempts to investigate how product attitude forms on online review sites with social networks. The implementation of social networking technology on online review sites can challenge our prior understanding about the weak tie assumption of ...

The present research examined how narcissism is manifested on a social networking Web site (i.e., Facebook.com). Narcissistic personality self-reports were collected from social networking Web page owners. Then their Web pages were coded for both objective and subjective content features. Finally, strangers viewed the Web pages and rated their impression of the owner on agentic traits, communal...

Social networking has become popular and raised a controversial question on its profitability and future influences. This paper is to provide a general snapshot of social networking and discuss its pros and cons. A useful method judging whether or not a company should apply the technology is presented. It is suggested in this paper that social networking is not necessarily useless or a panacea,...

Despite the many potential benefits to its users, social networking appears to provide a rich setting for criminal activities and other misdeeds. In this paper we consider whether the risks of social networking are unique and novel to this context. Having considered the nature and range of applications to which social networks may be applied, we conclude that there are no exploits or fundamenta...

On today’s date 4 out of 5 people use the social networking sites for their social relationship buildings and be connected with their loved ones and friend circle. They use the social sites for sharing their updates. The social networking sites may provide the user’s own space to share the contents and in company with that the privacy policies also. But there is a trouble of privacy and securit...

Over the past several years, we have seen the emergence of new paradigm in the Internet, online social media networking, which provide Internet users to communicate and collaborate with family, friends, social groups, and other community by using social media tools (i.e., Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and Youtube). The use of social media for communication is becoming more prevalent worldwide, wi...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a major health care burden in the Middle East region. Social networking tools can contribute to the management of diabetes with improved educational and care outcomes using these popular tools in the region. OBJECTIVE The objective of this review was to evaluate the impact of social networking interventions on the improvement of diabetes management and health outcomes i...

BACKGROUND Social networking sites can be beneficial for senior citizens to promote social participation and to enhance intergenerational communication. Particularly for older adults with impaired mobility, social networking sites can help them to connect with family members and other active social networking users. The aim of this systematic review is to give an overview of existing scientific...