Mobile Social Network and Its Open Research Problems

Mobile social networking is social networking where one or more individuals of similar interests or commonalities, conversing and connecting with one another using the mobile phone. With the development and proliferation of smart phone devices and social network systems such as Facebook and MySpace, research on mobile social network gains huge attention from the academic community. The migration of social networks from web-based applications onto mobile platforms not only increases the connectivity of people, but also promotes the convenience of people’s life. We will review in this article the current most active research topics on mobile social network, along with their challenges. The finding in this study shows that current researches are in an immature period as researchers are trying to “study” the network more than actually derive new research artifacts.