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A social network is a theoretical concept in the social sciences, particularly sociology and anthropology, referring to a social structure made up of individuals or organizations.
Social network may also refer to:
Business
- Business networking, an activity in which groups of like-minded businesspeople recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities
- Enterprise social networking, focuses on the use of online social networks or social relations among people who share business interests and/or activities
- Professional network service, a type of social network service that is focused solely on interactions and relationships of a business nature
Internet
- Distributed social network, an Internet social networking service that is decentralized and distributed across different providers
- List of social networking websites, major active social networking websites (excluding dating websites)
- Social media, a new medium for social interaction, based on social networking service
- Social media marketing, the use of social media platforms and websites to promote a product or service
- Social network aggregation, the process of collecting content from multiple social networking services
- Social network automation, tools that are used to semi/automate the process of posting content to social networking and social bookmarking websites
- Social networking service, services which act as online sites to connect people with similar interests
- Social-network game, online games where many people can play at once
Other uses
- The Social Network, a 2010 biographical drama film
- The Social Network (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film