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Síntesis del articulo de Manuel Martín Serrano "Efectos de las crisis sobre las clases sociales, analizados desde un modelo marxista" en Revista Internacional de Sociología No 49, tomo XLII, 1984, pp. 101-122.

The papers in this e-book feature a number of viewpoints on the differing 'realities' of social networks and networking. The papers included cover such topics as making sense of the plethora of social tools, social networking sites, and web applications available, Value Network Analysis, social networks and work, solidarity networks, complex adaptive systems and the applicability of theories of leadership and knowledge sharing in multinationals and worldwide networks

New social media such as Facebook and Google+ are web-based communication platforms that enable socially meaningful interactions between contacts in the virtual space (Ellison et al. 2014). Studies show that new social media are particularly conducive to social capital development, as they offer its users the possibility of creating heterogeneous, extremely large electronic social networks (Hampton et al. 2011). This article presents the results of a quantitative research study on the social capital and trust of the Lithuanian population in the electronic social networks. The study used an adapted D. Williams' Internet Social Capital Scale (2006).

AbstractWhat role does social media play in social movements and political unrest? Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google have all been cited as important components in social revolutions, including those in Tunisia, Egypt, Iceland, Spain, and the global Occupy movement. This essay explores social science claims about the relationship between social networking and social movements. It examines research done on the relationship between social networking, the promotion of activism, and the offline participation in the streets. Can the technology of social networking help activists to achieve their goals? If so, is it just one of many tools they may use, or is the technology so powerful that the right use will actually tip the scales in favor of the social movement? This scholarship divides into optimistic, pessimistic, and ambivalent approaches, turning on an oft‐repeated question: will the revolution be tweeted?