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social network websites  

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  • Except for a brief period in their nascent stage—when was an emergent tool designed to create community offline—social networking websites have become the venues in which young people interact in cyberspace. With their ease of access and increasing cache of tools for self-expression and communication, these sites have become one of the most popular ways for youth and others to engage each other and anyone who cares to visit a profile. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Social Network Websites]

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