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Although " [|__social networking__] " is now synonymous with Facebook and Twitter, it has a much wider meaning that includes - believe it or not - that very outdated form of relating to others, using physical or real, as opposed to virtual or electronic, contact. But how are both related? One intuitive hypothesis is that "popular" people have connections both in the real as well as in the virtual world; thus the number of people one deals with in the real or physical world should be positively correlated with the number of virtual or electronic contacts one has. On the other hand, a less intuitive hypothesis may be that people who are less popular or [|__charismatic__]  in the real world may somehow "compensate" for their lack of charm by over-indulging in virtual social networking sites.Have you ever met someone with over 1,000 Facebook contacts? I have, and they seem quite different from someone who, despite not having a Facebook account or [|__advertising__]  their portfolio of friends, is socially very resourceful.Most people have impact in the imaginable world, than the real...

Βιβλιογραφία: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mr-personality/201001/the-psychology-social-networking