Knowledge Creation Through Mobile Social Network

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1. Background

Information nowadays is now centred to the availability of the network connection. Based on the logical thinking, the larger the network connection, the easier for someone or an organization in developing information. In considering of knowledge creation, the easier and the larger the information system, the more chances for the organizations or individuals to gain and develop a structure of knowledge.

On the other hand, the condition of mobile network has been increasing through the decades. The technology is now driven by the influence of the driven economic logic.

The system of the knowledge creation also now become one the most profitable industry in the world, but its development in Indonesia is somehow still not recognized as a knowledge centre or creation, but rather more into a social media devices to gather around socially based on similarity in interests.

The increased amount of users of technology gadgets and databases shows that the importance of information distribution through technology and network is increasing among the society. Public are more open to the innovation of technology and social networks through the years since year 2000.

The progress in Indonesia was firstly because of Friendster website. It was recognized to be the first social network that gained the most of public attention in the year of 2002. Most of the users were teenagers.

The years after Friendster users were already spread though Indonesia, there are some more social networks available in the internet, until the biggest social network was found in 2004, Facebook, it boomed so fast throughout the world, Indonesia was one of the countries who has the most users in this social network.

Facebook users throughout Indonesia kept increasing until the current year, although the there are some users who are not using or being active again in Facebook, the...