Describes the benefits and dangers of online social networking, its effect on young people, safety issues, cyberterrorism, and the future of online social networking.

Social networking improves human relationships / Richard Banfield -- Social networking threatens human relationships / Madeleine Bunting -- Social networking boost users' self-esteem and sense of belonging / Kine Doran, Craig Bartle, and Martin Pennington -- Social Networks increase antisocial behavior / Charlotte Steinway -- Social networking can cultivate true friendships / Kate Dailey -- Online friendships are not true friendships / Eleanor Mills -- Social networking can build educational skills / Christina Clark and George Dugdale -- Facebook violates privacy / Bob Sullivan -- It is unreasonable to expect privacy when using facebook / Ben Parr -- Citizen journalists threaten the quality of journalism / Frederic Filloux -- Citizen journalists improve journalism / Jason Stverak -- Social networking can facilitate democracy and peace in other countries / Kathleen Parker -- Social networking cannot facilitate democracy and peace in other countries / Evgency Morozov -- Social networking is a temporary trend / Peter Schwartz -- Twitter will endure / David Carr.