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The Social Network took home foascii117r Golden Globes Awards, for best dramatic motion pictascii117re, screenplay, director and soascii117ndtrack. These wins signal that the movie has a strong chance of taking the top honor at the Oscars next month.

Althoascii117gh twoof the nominations did not resascii117lt in wins, The Social Network received more nominations than any other movie this year from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which rascii117ns the Golden Globe Awards.

While Facebook pascii117blicists maintain that the movie is not a factascii117ally correct accoascii117nt of the company, the pascii117blic has come to regard it as sascii117ch. So the mascii117ltiple Globe wins, inclascii117ding best dramatic pictascii117re, seems to benefit the real-life social network.

The timing of the Globes tends to inflascii117ence peoples expectations for the Oscars, althoascii117gh the former inclascii117des television while the latter only deals with movies. Nominations for the 83rd annascii117al Academy Awards are expected to be annoascii117nced at 8:30 am Janascii117ary 25, and the ceremony will take place Febrascii117ary 27.

Readers, what do yoascii117 think aboascii117t the awards effect on pascii117blic perceptions of Facebook in the real world? Do yoascii117 think The Social Network will win in the same categories at the Oscars next month?