Everyone’s a social networker…and they may not even know it!
February 19, 2008
After conducting a focus group and surveying over 150 20-somethings across the country, I discovered that the definition of social networking is so loose, that many people don’t even realize how “in it” they are.
Social networking began with AOL instant messaging, or AIM in May of 1997. The progress since has been staggering with the rise of social networking sites, blogging, text messaging, emailing and even twittering. Eighty percent surveyed did not associate instant or text messaging with social networking. Social networking IS NOT just Myspace and Facebook!
As the social networking phenomenon continues, technological advances will continue to redefine and expand the ways we connect and what it means to network.
