Blogs on Social Networking and Public Policy

SN outreach by governments

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/03/22/va-defends-against-accusations-of-doing-a-crappy-job-on-social-media-outreach-to-vets.aspx  

http://smexchange.ogilvypr.com/2011/08/minorities-favor-government-using-social-media/

http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/want-to-sweeten-your-citizen-outreach-head-to-the-fair

http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/social_networks.shtml

http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/report-traditional-outreach-still-preferred-social-media-hill/2011-07-28

http://opengovernmentdirections.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/8_Principles_of_Public_Outreach.pdf     (2010)

http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/55578-state-department-focuses-on-social-media-outreach

http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/10/studies-social-networks-exploding-could-outmode-government.ars

http://www.hci.org/files/field_content_file/SNGovt_SummaryFINAL.pdf    (2010)

http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2010/01/27/The-top-6-government-social-networks.aspx

http://ourborder.ning.com/

http://govcentral.monster.com/community

http://connect.state.gov/

http://www.military.com/

SN and commerce

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/02/features/social-networks-drive-commerce?page=all

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/48989.html?wlc=1316645868

http://socialmediatoday.com/achintya-gupta/348719/how-are-social-networks-powering-mobile-commerce

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6268.html  (Harvard Business School)

http://www.jeffbullas.com/2010/04/05/12-key-findings-on-social-media%E2%80%99s-impact-on-business-and-decision-making-by-ceos-and-managers/

http://www.orgnet.com/

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/video?id=2782622    (2007)

http://www.web20blog.org/2009/03/24/exploring-the-economic-impact-of-social-media/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703518704576259252907505330.html

http://www.focus.com/fyi/50-social-sites-every-business-needs-presence/

SN and productivity

http://www.sociosite.net/

http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/netgroup.htm

http://www.stayonsearch.com/21-key-benefits-of-blogging

http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/benefits-of-blogging-a-practitioners-perspective/

http://www.statepress.com/2010/03/24/the-benefits-of-blogging/

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/amy/2010/01/26/the-benefits-of-blogging-explained/

http://www.labspaces.net/blog/1277/The_Benefits_of_Blogging___

http://many.corante.com/archives/2004/02/09/the_political_effects_of_blogging_call_for_indicators.php

http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/27/can-blogs-affect-politics-and-society/

http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2006/04/27/proving-that-blogs-affect-society/

Downsides of SN

http://www.shoutmeloud.com/how-much-has-social-media-changed-society.html

http://www.helium.com/knowledge/120389-the-negative-side-of-blogging

http://hyperactiveinefficiency.wordpress.com/tag/blogging/

http://socialdegree.com/2007/01/22/an-inefficiency-of-professional-social-networking/

http://socialnetworking.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001614

http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Negative-Impact-of-Social-Networking-Websites-at-Work

http://baruchnewmedia.com/wiki/Social_Networking:_Benefits_and_disadvantages_for_our_society

http://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com/Negative_Impact_of_Social_Networking_Sites

http://networkconference.netstudies.org/2011/04/social-networking-sites-more-harm-than-good/

http://www.wizardjournal.com/social-networking/five-most-deadly-side-effects-of-facebook.html

Academic studies on SN

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/student-papers/fall07-papers/social-networks.pdf (2007)

http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC48650.pdf   (2008)

http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=1884   (2008)

http://www.linkscenter.org/publications.htm

http://www.linkscenter.org/papers/brassoxford.pdf    (2011)

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5916/892.full?ijkey=UI5HJUxfOqIKc&keytype=ref&siteid=sci      (2009)

http://www.steveborgatti.com/papers/2modeconcepts.pdf     (2009)

http://www.linkscenter.org/papers/job.pdf           (2008)

http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/nettext/

http://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume12/Lusher/     (2011)

http://www.cmu.edu/joss/

http://stat.gamma.rug.nl/socnet.htm

http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~bowlin/pdf/overstock-wosn08.pdf    (undated)