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This chapter characterizes today’s online social networks (OSNs) and develops an interdisciplinary understanding of them. To this end, each discipline characterizes OSNs from its viewpoint, thus using different foci and laying the foundations for a common understanding. We conclude this chapter with a shared interdisciplinary view of OSNs by pointing out the similarities between the different viewpoints.
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Buchmann, J.A. (2013). The Characteristics and Benefits of Online Social Networks. In: Buchmann, J.A. (eds) Internet Privacy. acatech STUDY. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37913-0_3
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