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Collections Lara, S. & Naval, C. (2010). Social Network Site
Usage and Social Participation. In Proceedings of World
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Telecommunications 2010 (pp. 2438-2442). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/34980. There exist
numerous recent studies which describe the penetration of the
usage of social networks among young and not-so-young citizens.
These media are characterized as having a great potential for
fostering socialization and the sense of belonging to a
community; nevertheless, there exist contrary research results
concerning whether or not they are influencing the development
of greater civic involvement in a real way. In this paper we
analyze this question in the light of the educational challenges
that are presented by social networks as promoters of social
participation. - Users’ Attitudes and Perceptions toward Online
Social Networking Tools - Social Networks in Educ