Category Archives: Related academic works

Shared interests on social networks

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Amir AryaArjmand

As we proposed earlier, sharing interests is the core part of our social network. Users express their interests in order to find others with the same tastes. There are researches available on the topic of interest-based social networking that we … Continue reading →

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Making conversations, not just connections!

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Amir AryaArjmand

Watch Sherry’s “Connected, but alone?” TEDTalk here: http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together.html Sherry Turkle studies how technology is shaping our modern relationships – our relationships with others, ourselves, and with technology itself. In this talk, “Connected, but alone?”, she states that “technology is so … Continue reading →

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Similarity breeds connection

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Amir AryaArjmand

In the 1950s, sociologists introduced the homophily principle, explaining the tendency of individuals to associate and bond with similar others. Marriage, friendship, work, advice, support, information transfer, exchange, co-membership, and other types of relationship structures network ties of every type. … Continue reading →

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Related News Items

Posted on March 21, 2012 by hq1g08

Harry and Andy have been trawling the WWW, and in our first ‘background research’ post, we share with you some recent news items relating to our project. We are currently analysing existing similar tools to our project idea, and we will … Continue reading →

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