“I’m on the computer and I can’t feed my zoo.”
Patricia Gould
Fort Walton Beach Public Library
Fort Walton Beach, FL
In just six years, Facebook has propelled social networking from being an online network of U.S. college students into an everyday habit for 500 million people of all generations around the world. The company says members spend 700 billion minutes each month on the site and that more than 1 million external websites are tied into its platform.
Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg outlined a vision for how Facebook can benefit from a new generation of companies that make social networking part of their DNA.
Learn more about the evolution of Facebook and the pros and cons of social networking in learning environments in Opposing Viewpoints in Context.
