MEDIA POST -- Apr 2006 -- What makes the small world phenomenon meaningful is that certain types of individuals can be as influential as mass media under the right conditions. Connectivity is speeding up and morphing with the proliferation of e-mail and blogging. FULL ARTICLE @ MEDIA POST

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