Understanding Facebook and Social Networking

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In this prologue you find out what social networking is, and how Facebook works.

What Is Social Networking?

Who Uses Facebook—and Why?

How Does Facebook Work?

If you want to keep in touch with family and friends, Facebook is the place to do it. Facebook is a social network, a website that enables you to share what you’re doing with other people you know on the site.

What Is Social Networking?

A social network is a large website that hosts a community of users and makes it easy for those users to communicate with one another. Social networks enable users to share experiences and opinions with ...

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