Comments on: Social Network research and no mention of Facebook, Twitter et al? http://medicaleducator.co.uk/social-network-research-and-no-mention-of-facebook-twitter-et-al.html Medical students - get help passing and revise for your medical student exams with our multi choice questions (MCQs/EMQs), videos, podcasts and downloads. Free resources give it a trial! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: James http://medicaleducator.co.uk/social-network-research-and-no-mention-of-facebook-twitter-et-al.html/comment-page-1#comment-521 James Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:57:46 +0000 http://medicaleducator.co.uk/?p=240#comment-521 Absolutely Anne, I couldn't agree more. It was a bit of a tongue in cheek jest fro the benefit of the online community! Hijacked by the web community. But... I don't know if you saw the BMJ cover. Very trendy. Its essentially a plain yellow page with a smiley face on it. As first I thought they were reporting on LSD.... Absolutely Anne, I couldn’t agree more. It was a bit of a tongue in cheek jest fro the benefit of the online community! Hijacked by the web community.

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I don’t know if you saw the BMJ cover. Very trendy. Its essentially a plain yellow page with a smiley face on it. As first I thought they were reporting on LSD….

]]> By: Anne Marie Cunningham http://medicaleducator.co.uk/social-network-research-and-no-mention-of-facebook-twitter-et-al.html/comment-page-1#comment-520 Anne Marie Cunningham Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:12:30 +0000 http://medicaleducator.co.uk/?p=240#comment-520 So what term do you think the authors should have used? Journal articles are and should be written using established terminology and this is the correct use of soical network. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network So what term do you think the authors should have used? Journal articles are and should be written using established terminology and this is the correct use of soical network.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network

]]> By: James http://medicaleducator.co.uk/social-network-research-and-no-mention-of-facebook-twitter-et-al.html/comment-page-1#comment-519 James Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:48:39 +0000 http://medicaleducator.co.uk/?p=240#comment-519 I couldn't agree more, and I think that its now a pretty general use of the term... I couldn’t agree more, and I think that its now a pretty general use of the term…

]]> By: Jason Bhan http://medicaleducator.co.uk/social-network-research-and-no-mention-of-facebook-twitter-et-al.html/comment-page-1#comment-518 Jason Bhan Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:33:07 +0000 http://medicaleducator.co.uk/?p=240#comment-518 It is a bit misleading. While the study focuses on a traditional 'Social Network' of real, live, people and their relationships over time, 'Social Network' in today's world has a very different meaning. Or maybe we have been using Social Network improperly, I think the digital inclined have shortened 'Online Social Networks' or 'Virtual Social Networks' to just 'Social Network' which has a much broader scope. It is a bit misleading. While the study focuses on a traditional ‘Social Network’ of real, live, people and their relationships over time, ‘Social Network’ in today’s world has a very different meaning.

Or maybe we have been using Social Network improperly, I think the digital inclined have shortened ‘Online Social Networks’ or ‘Virtual Social Networks’ to just ‘Social Network’ which has a much broader scope.

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