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Social Network Sites (SNSs) such as Facebook have been gaining momentum and attracting a large number of users. Boyd and Ellison (2007, p. 211) define them as “web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection [regularly referred to as SNS-friends], and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system”.

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Ernst, CP. (2015). Introduction. In: Factors Driving Social Network Site Usage. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09918-3_1

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