CampusNetwork
Encyclopedia
CampusNetwork, an internet social network
first launched in the summer of 2003 as SEASCommunity.com, was the first student-run online community dedicated to connecting users on college campuses.
, was created by two Columbia University
sophomores, Adam Goldberg (who was student body president of the university's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)) and Wayne Ting (who was the class president of its liberal arts school, Columbia College). The site launched as SEASCommunity in August, 2003. The site offered its original users a unique forum to exchange ideas, to showcase artistic expression, and to connect with other students. It eventually expanded to the entire university, and was renamed CUCommunity, and quickly became an important source of social-interaction for its members eventually connecting over 75% of the Columbia undergraduate population.
It became the place for the campus community which allowed greater individual control, communities compromise social arrangements where individuals learn by participating. SEAS was arranged for students to interact and participate together. All of online communities lack physical presence which influences and changes norm behavior.
In Fall 2004, facing growing pressure from Facebook at Columbia, but sensing its superior product might still win out if it were able to expand as rapidly, CUCommunity relaunched as a national social working site, CampusNetwork.
and photos. While it never took off as well as its main competitor, Facebook, as of 2005, it had the second largest number of registered users among college networking sites. CampusNetwork allowed users to create publicly accessible homepages.
Today Facebook is a social leading network site similar as SEAS it allows people to share ideas and is driven by a small group. This is one of the popular sites, the one with the most visitors every day, it has heavy usage among the young adults about 65% between ages 19–21 visit the site daily.
Undergraduate students suggest a strong association between use of Facebook with strongest relationships. It provides greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem. The site can be related towards work context, romantic relationship, and connecting with those with shared ideas. It serves a big community (the campus), it is a tool for individuals who have difficulties maintaining a strong relationship. Young adults leaving to college leave friends behind and need to create new networks at college, they tend to add to Facebook since it does not exclude particular groups instead it accumulates which identifies why people adapted to Facebook leaving behind SEAS.
SEAS was created as a place to centralize events for members of the class 2006, users could upload favorite photos and discuss issues. It was relaunched in 2004 as CUCommunity and later relaunched again as a social network site called CampusNetwork in fall 2004 but it failed again to gain attraction.
Social network
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first launched in the summer of 2003 as SEASCommunity.com, was the first student-run online community dedicated to connecting users on college campuses.
History
CampusNetwork, a predecessor of FacebookFacebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
, was created by two Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
sophomores, Adam Goldberg (who was student body president of the university's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)) and Wayne Ting (who was the class president of its liberal arts school, Columbia College). The site launched as SEASCommunity in August, 2003. The site offered its original users a unique forum to exchange ideas, to showcase artistic expression, and to connect with other students. It eventually expanded to the entire university, and was renamed CUCommunity, and quickly became an important source of social-interaction for its members eventually connecting over 75% of the Columbia undergraduate population.
It became the place for the campus community which allowed greater individual control, communities compromise social arrangements where individuals learn by participating. SEAS was arranged for students to interact and participate together. All of online communities lack physical presence which influences and changes norm behavior.
In Fall 2004, facing growing pressure from Facebook at Columbia, but sensing its superior product might still win out if it were able to expand as rapidly, CUCommunity relaunched as a national social working site, CampusNetwork.
Site Features
Users could create personal homepages (eg. user.school.campusnetwork.com), post journalsBlog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
and photos. While it never took off as well as its main competitor, Facebook, as of 2005, it had the second largest number of registered users among college networking sites. CampusNetwork allowed users to create publicly accessible homepages.
Today Facebook is a social leading network site similar as SEAS it allows people to share ideas and is driven by a small group. This is one of the popular sites, the one with the most visitors every day, it has heavy usage among the young adults about 65% between ages 19–21 visit the site daily.
Undergraduate students suggest a strong association between use of Facebook with strongest relationships. It provides greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem. The site can be related towards work context, romantic relationship, and connecting with those with shared ideas. It serves a big community (the campus), it is a tool for individuals who have difficulties maintaining a strong relationship. Young adults leaving to college leave friends behind and need to create new networks at college, they tend to add to Facebook since it does not exclude particular groups instead it accumulates which identifies why people adapted to Facebook leaving behind SEAS.
SEAS was created as a place to centralize events for members of the class 2006, users could upload favorite photos and discuss issues. It was relaunched in 2004 as CUCommunity and later relaunched again as a social network site called CampusNetwork in fall 2004 but it failed again to gain attraction.
Site Termination
With a peak of 240,000 users, the site was closed in February 2006. There is much speculation as to why the site was shut down; however, none of it conclusive.External links
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, December 13, 2004. Retrieved March 15, 2010. - http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_Spin.cfm?fnl=041008
- http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/01/29/4018cb2de1dc6?in_archive=1 Columbia Daily Spectator, January 29, 2004 (broken link, to be fixed)
- http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/node/43413 Pollack, Beth "Columbia CampusNetwork site comes to Penn," The Daily PennsylvanianThe Daily PennsylvanianThe Daily Pennsylvanian is the independent daily student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania.It is published every weekday when the university is in session by a staff of more than 250 students. During the summer months, a smaller staff produces a weekly version called The Summer...
, October 12, 2004. Retrieved March 15, 2010. - http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2004/10/05/campusnetwork-broadens-social-web/ Pacia, Raymond "CampusNetwork broadens social web. Yale Daily NewsYale Daily NewsThe Yale Daily News is an independent student newspaper published by Yale University students in New Haven, Connecticut since January 28, 1878...
, October 5, 2004. Retrieved March 15, 2010. - http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-100992952.html Schirard, Jackie "Texas Tech first non-Ivy eschool to join CampusNetwork." University Daily, Texas TechTexas Tech UniversityTexas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
, Lubbock Texas, (University Wire). Via HighBeam Research archive (subsrcription). October 18, 2004. Retrieved March 15, 2010. - http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-101103801.html Crowley, Paul "CampusNetwork hopes to ensnare Duke students." The Chronicle (Duke University)The Chronicle (Duke University)The Chronicle is a daily student newspaper at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The Chronicle was first published as The Trinity Chronicle on December 19, 1905. The paper's name was changed to The Chronicle when Trinity College was renamed Duke University following a donation by James...
, October 19, 2004. (University Wire). HighBeam Research Archive (subscription). Retrieved March 15, 2010. - http://www.dailycal.org/article/16843/new_online_group_hopes_to_net_uc_berkeley_students Resnik, Nick "New online group hopes to net UC Berkeley students." The Daily CalifornianThe Daily CalifornianThe Daily Californian is an independent, student-run newspaper that serves the University of California, Berkeley campus and its surrounding community. It is published Monday through Friday during the academic year, and twice a week during the summer...
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- http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=584 Moghe, Sonia "Texas A&M U.: Big 12 admitted on Ivy League network." The America's Intelligence Wire. Financial Times Ltd. 2004. AccessMyLibrary. 14 Mar. 2010.
- http://www.pe.com/lifestyles/stories/PE_Fea_Local_D_facebook1003.8b80154.html Blatter, Helene "College life goes digital." The Press-Enterprise, October 2, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2005/03/03/UWireDcBureau/Facebook.Faces.Lawsuits.Competition-884310.shtml Nedeau, Jeanne "Facebook faces lawsuits, competition." The GW Hatchet, March 3, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-110398621.html Vawters, Tristan "U. Texas-Arlington student arrested, charged with assault." "The Shorthorn," Arlington, Texas, June 23, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- Chris BeamChris BeamChristopher Beam is an American journalist and a reporter for Slate. He currently writes the online magazine's "Crime" column. In his prior capacity as a political writer he was a frequent Air America guest and has appeared on the Colbert Report.Beam graduated from The Roxbury Latin School in...
, The Other Social Network: How CUCommunity lost out to Facebook, Slate.com, 29 September 2010.