Facebook’s Boundaries
by
Eric Schoon and Cindy L. Cain
| May 20, 2011
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Spring 2011
Facebook was established to help students keep in touch after graduation, but now it’s being credited with major roles in everything from domestic elections to international uprisings. In its no-longer-insular world, Facebook transforms the private into the public.
Authors
Eric Schoon is in the sociology program at the University of Arizona. He studies social network analysis and culture.
Cindy L. Cain is in the sociology program at the University of Arizona. She studies emotions in the workplace, gender and sexuality, and end-of-life care workers.
