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![]() ![]() However, it is also true that personal networks not only shape, but also are shaped by technological means for communication, since these entail the re-constituting of social ties and the re-drawing of social boundaries.We use material from empirical studies carried out over the last 3 years to develop our hypothesis of the way forms of relationship change with technology. Given that networks generate the possibility of interpersonal communication, data on technology use can provide important information on sociability. The following figure was developed in 2007 by Laurens van Lieshout, outlines the theory of six degrees of separation, which was designed software that allowed the operation and expansion of social networks on the Internet.Ĭommunication mediated by various technologies (from ordinary mail to today’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)) provides important evidence for the study of social networks. This theory postulates that the number of acquaintances grows exponentially with the number of links in the chain, and only a small number of connections are necessary for the body of knowledge becomes the entire human population. The origin of social networks: the theory of six degrees of separation The idea of social networks on the Internet has its germ in the theory of six degrees of separation, initially established in 1929 by the hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in his work Chains. ![]() In this regard, we address the study is part of a series of work being done FONTA group at the Complutense University of Madrid, to discuss the development of new information technologies and communication, among which Internet is the more diffuse interstitial and greater impact on society and the economy, whose rapid development is causing profound changes in interpersonal relations and cultural environments globally. These virtual encounters human flourishing in the cyberspace, have succeeded in transforming the relationship between content producers, to the symmetrical appearance of these sites in a complementary relationship. This paper conducts a thorough analysis of the effects of power created through personal interactions generated through social networks online. ![]()
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