The Internet and e-mail help to expand and strengthen the social ties that people maintain in the offline world, according to a new report released today by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Acquaintances are likely to be more vital to your online job search than close friends or family, according to a new study. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard, ...

Social media connectivity boosts networking performance while significantly reducing content learning and recall accuracy.

Networking over knowledge: Online connections shift attention from learning content to tracking relationships, particularly ...

Forming social connections online and via social media reduces how much people engage with and learn from the content posted ...

Most male and female physicians say they use social media for professional networking, but the latter group is less likely to report that their time online yielded tangible professional benefits such ...

New research indicates the internet doesn't make people act like jerks, but it sure gives the jerks a big megaphone. Reading time 3 minutes The internet doesn’t turn people into assholes so much as it ...