An increasing number of academic commentators are becoming interested in studying Facebook and other social networking tools. Social science researchers have begun to investigate what the impact of this might be on society. Typical articles have investigated issues such as Identity[20], Privacy[21], E-learning [22], Social capital[23] and Teenage use.[24]
A special issue of the Journal for Computer-Mediated Communications was dedicated to studies of social network sites. Included in this issue is an introduction to social network sites.[25]
A 2008 book published by Forrester Research, Inc. titled Groundswell[26] builds on a 2006 Forrester Report about social computing and used the term "groundswell" to refer to "a spontaneous movement of people using online tools to connect, take charge of their own experience, and get what they need--information, support, ideas, products, and bargaining power--from each other."
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