Technology Communication Tools

4. A dedicated website or other application that enables users to communicate with each other by posting information, comments, messages, images, etc.
6. Social Network characteristic that provides users with emotional security and the sense that--no matter what happens--they have "friends" or "followers" within reach
7. Social Network feature describing SN's as being built and directed by the users themselves
8. These tools--made possible by the vast array of social networks--promote creativity in safe spaces related to the user's interest(s)
9. Social Network feature characterizing them as allowing users to interact with one another and with network-based applications together
10. A website in which journal entries are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order; short for web log

1. Social Network feature describing SN's as being built on the concept of community (common beliefs & hobbies, etc.)
2. A type of communications service used to create a private chat space with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet
3. The Social Network feature that establishes the user on the network; the more of these he/she has, the more central a user he/she is
5. A social network tool that allows users to work together from their different locations, and in some cases, share and edit files while individual contributions are tracked