What is Community, What is a Network?

This is a question which I have thought a lot about recently. The growth in social networking has been enormous and I often wonder from a societal point of view, what is driving it? What are we really looking for from social networking?
I had the chance to speak to a sociology lecturer, Dr Vince Miller about this area and the result was a fantastic podcast about the whole area. The Engaging Brand podcast is in two parts.
In this first part we talk about

What is social networking about? Self promotion or connection?
What is a community?
How the need to connect may be …read more