Chapter 2. What Is Facebook?

So what is this Facebook thing all about anyway? In Chapter 1, we talked about what social media means at a high level and how consumers are changing behavior to share life's details online. In this chapter, we'll break down the different social networks and talk about how the individual parts of Facebook come together for a user.

Chapter Contents

Social Networking and Social Media Defined

Social Network Landscape

Seven Truths of Social Networks

What You Want: Viral Marketing

Other Opportunities in Social Networking

Campaign Ideas

Facebook Basics

Friending

The News Feed

Social Networking and Social Media Defined

Before we discuss the other websites that I want to call to your attention, it is important that you understand some ...

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