Some articles about social media from the last couple of weeks:

Online relationships

Don’t Believe Facebook; You Only Have 150 Friends : NPR http://j.mp/ljMBjP

The way Facebook changes relationships by Benjamin Cohen from C4 news http://j.mp/k0T0re

Dangers of social groupthink: A case study in Enterprise 2.0, Social CRM and Social Business | CustomerThink http://j.mp/lPberE

Disconnecting

6 reasons not to have a Facebook page http://j.mp/inmuw5

Take a holiday from your networks http://gu.com/p/2pact/ip

Disconnecting in a too-connected world – BusinessWeek http://j.mp/lWT1uN

Facebook’s face recognition technology (and how to turn it off): http://bbc.in/iSSRjC

Authorship

Don’t Be a Weiner (or a Loser): Think Before You Post from Retrevo http://j.mp/mtwLZL

Digital authorship, computers and writing http://j.mp/lMdonc

Independent Author Sells 1 Million Ebooks via Amazon http://t.co/eNCyGeO

Anonymization remains strong tool for protecting privacy according to Canadian research. http://j.mp/m6Fygq

Learning

7 objections to social media in learning (and answers) from Donald Clark http://j.mp/kponiI

How social media and game mechanics can motivate students – http://on.mash.to/ieEOyQ

TED launches new platform for TEDx talks – beautiful way to discover the world’s top thinkers http://j.mp/my9gAn

Usage

Facebook Sees Big Traffic Drops in US and Canada as It Nears 700 Million Users Worldwide http://j.mp/k6LSOV

Interesting tool from RAND to use social media to collect and analyse expert opinion http://j.mp/m9JKsy

Online crime and sexual partner surveys ‘biased’ from BBC News http://j.mp/mxdIQd

Iceland’s Citizens Are Writing Its New Constitution Online from Popular Science http://j.mp/kb2MLw

So much for digital democracy: New Berkeley study finds elite viewpoints dominate online content http://j.mp/jaw6vm