Why Are Social Networking Sites Like Facebook and MySpace So

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Multiple Choice

Why are social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace so exciting to sociologists who study social networks?

• A) For the first time, social networking sites offer sociologists a data set rich enough to test ideas that until now have only been theorized.
• B) For the first time, sociologists have realized just how much the Internet has changed social networks.
• C) For the first time, sociologists don't have to spend the time and money to go talk to people and can do all their work from a computer.
• D) For the first time, sociologists can find out what young people's social networks look like.
• E) For the first time, sociologists can track the spread of urban legends.

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Definitions:

Bilaterally Symmetric

A form of symmetry where an organism can be divided into two equal halves on a single plane, showing mirror-image right and left sides.

Coelom

A fluid-filled body cavity in many animals, located between the intestinal canal and body wall, lined by tissue derived from mesoderm.

Ectoderm

The outermost layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development, giving rise to the nervous system and skin.

Coelom

A fluid-filled body cavity found in most multicellular animals, located between the intestinal canal and the body wall, and surrounded by mesoderm tissue.