Contains fifteen essays that examine issues associated with social networking Web sites, discussing the potential skills students can gain through social networking, incidents of cyberbullying, whether social networking sites are addictive, and other related topics.

Social media data collection can lead to violations of privacy / Andre Oboler, Kristopher Welsh, and Lito Cruz -- People are willing to trade less privacy for access to social media / Kent Anderson -- Social media helps to fuel political reform / Serajul I. Bhuiyan -- Authoritarian regimes use social networks for repression / Joel Simon -- Social networks change government in numerous ways, for good and ill / Alexander B. Howard -- Social networking is addictive and can lead to psychological disorders / Larry D. Rosen, Nancy A. Cheever, and L. Mark Carrier -- Can Facebook help overcome shyness? / Michael S. Rosenwald -- Selfies are good for girls / Rachel Simmons -- OMG : social media may wreck your kid's writing / Ruth Campbell -- Social media helps students write better / Andrew Simmons.