Social networks challenges and new opportunities

Kanna Al Falahi, Yacine Atif, Said Elnaffar

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Abstract

Social networks are playing an important role in personal as well as corporate environments. However, perceived issues and evolving challenges may hinder further expansion of social networks to meet new opportunities. In this paper, we review inherent concepts and properties of social networks and highlight major analytical evaluation criteria, which are used to identify key findings that reveal degrees of benefits and shortcomings of social networks. We also discuss some proposed solutions related to decentralized social networks in the context of business implications as well as their effects on privacy, identity and trust issues. Future perspectives of social networks are also envisioned in this paper.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2010, 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2010
Pages804-808
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2010, 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2010 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: Dec 18 2010Dec 20 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2010, 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2010

Other

Other2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2010, 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period12/18/1012/20/10

Keywords

  • Business models
  • Decentralization
  • Privacy
  • Social networks
  • Trust

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Theoretical Computer Science

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