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Social Networking Sites

Definition

Social Networking Sites - Software specifically focused on the building and verifying of online social community. Users create a profile for themselves which is linked to their network of “friends”

Doing and Teaching Legal Research

Social network sites can provide an informal setting for practice groups or classes to be connected online.

Resources

Social Networks

Many of these sites not only provide ways to link to other users, but also provide hosting services for blogs, pictures, and video.

• MySpace - general
• FaceBook - schools
• Linked In - professionals
• Lawbby - lawyers
• Lawyer Link - lawyers

Articles

• “The Fourth Amendment and Privacy Issues on the ‘New’ Internet: Facebook.com and MySpace.com” SIU Law Journal, Fall 2006
• The Impact of Social Networking Tools and Guidelines to Use Them