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Social Software: The Other ‘Design for Social Impact’

Human-centered approaches to industrial and interaction design have long focused on studying human behavior to create informed and appropriate designs. A social interaction designer must consider not only people, environment, and existing tools, but also the unseen elements of the system such as social relationships, power dynamics, and cultural rules.
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Russia has World’s Most Engaged Social Networking Audience

On July 2, 2009, comScore released a study of the social networking category in Russia, based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service. The study found Russia to have the world’s most engaged social networking audience, with visitors spending 6.6 hours and viewing 1,307 pages per visitor per month.

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Facebook Ranks as Top Social Networking Site in the Majority of European Countries

On April 15, 2009, comScore released an analysis of Facebook’s growth in Europe during the past year. As the popular social networking site has increasingly focused its attention on global expansion and increased penetration across countries and regions, the site has catapulted to the #6 ranked Web property worldwide with 275 million visitors in February, [...]

India’s Social Networking Market Saw Global Brands Gain Prominence in 2008

On February 17, 2009, comScore released a report on the top social networking sites in India, finding that visitation to the site category increased 51 percent from the previous year to more than 19 million visitors in December 2008. The study also found that global social networking brands continued to gain prominence in India during [...]