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social networking en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The interactions among a group of people who share a common interest (a social network); (sometimes specifically) The use of social contacts to network (pursue career advancement, sales, marketing, electioneering, etc).
  2. (Internet, uncountable) The interactions among a group of people who share a common interest (a social network); (sometimes specifically) The use of social contacts to network (pursue career advancement, sales, marketing, electioneering, etc). ▸ Interaction with other people via a social network (app or website), involving internet communities.
    • As much as possible, avoid the following: • Installing unfamiliar software from shady sources, such as websites you've never heard of or applications posted to forums. • Installing social networking plug-ins. 2011, Hart-Davis, iMac Portable Genius, →ISBN:
    • These Social Web Applications can be public, such as Delicious, Facebook, Flickr, SWiK, Twitter, and YouTube, or private, such as a locally-installed social networking engine Elgg. 2015, George Leal Jamil, Handbook of Research on Information Architecture and Management in Modern Organizations, →ISBN:
    • Should you spend too much time purchasing and installing social networking software and only have 20 percent of your alumni registered, you are wasting your time and money. 2008, Don Philabaum, Alumni Online Engagement, →ISBN, page 127:
    • The Internet provides an abundant amount of software to access Twitter broadcasts and many mobile phones contain pre-installed social networking applications on the device; however, in this study, students mainly used the Internet to view tweets. 2012, Catheryn Cheal, Transformation in Teaching: Social Media Strategies in Higher Education, →ISBN:
  3. (Internet, uncountable) The interactions among a group of people who share a common interest (a social network); (sometimes specifically) The use of social contacts to network (pursue career advancement, sales, marketing, electioneering, etc). ▸ Interaction with other people via a social network (app or website), involving internet communities. ▸ Such activity to network and communicate using shared interests, related skills, or geographical location between consumers and businesses.

Translations (4)

fi verkottuminen (interaction between a group of people) · fi verkottuminen (use of Internet communities) · el κοινωνική δικτύωση (use of Internet communities) · fi verkottuminen (use of social contacts to network)