Frank Carlson Library

This title examines the remarkable lives of Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Christopher "Biz" Stone and their work building the social networking Web site Twitter. Readers will learn about each founder's background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how Twitter operates, issues the company faces, its successes, and its impact on society. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text....

Text and color illustrations explore Twitter, a social-networking service that allows users to post short messages that cannot be longer than 140 characters.

Social networking has quickly become a popular method of communication, especially among teenagers and young adults. While previous generations of teenagers relied mainly on the telephone as a way to stay in contact with their friends, today's teenagers can use cell phones, instant messaging, text messaging, and social networks online to maintain almost constant contact with their friends. But what are the positive and negative aspects of social networking,...