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19 Oct 09

Does your social class determine your online social network? - CNN.com

""MySpace has one population, Facebook has another," said the 26-year-old, who works for an affordable-housing nonprofit in San Francisco, California. "Blue-collar, part-time workers might like the appeal of MySpace more -- it definitely depends on who you meet and what they use; that's what motivates people to join and stay interested."

Is there a class divide online? Research suggests yes. A recent study by market research firm Nielsen Claritas found that people in more affluent demographics are 25 percent more likely to be found friending on Facebook, while the less affluent are 37 percent more likely to connect on MySpace. "

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10 May 09

boyd: Taking the Pulse of Social Networks - Microsoft Research

These are frequently discussed as social networking sites, as though the primary activity of these sites is to meet new people and interact with strangers. In fact, young people are using this to socialize with the people they already know, their pre-existing social network. They’re communicating with their friends, people they know from church, from summer camp, from baseball. We have this belief that kids are just addicted to social network sites. If anything, they’re addicted to their friends.

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  • These are frequently discussed as social networking sites, as though the primary activity of these sites is to meet new people and interact with strangers. In fact, young people are using this to socialize with the people they already know, their pre-existing social network. They’re communicating with their friends, people they know from church, from summer camp, from baseball. We have this belief that kids are just addicted to social network sites. If anything, they’re addicted to their friends.
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22 Aug 08

MySpace mess: Assembly at Windsor High School causes controversy on first day of school | MyWindsorNow.com

“You could imagine her sitting there and hearing that,” Nordic said. “He asked everybody there, ‘Is Shaylah Nordic here?’ So she raised her hand and then he went on to post the pictures and talk about it. He said she was likely to be raped and murdered be

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02 Apr 08

Could MySpace Be Your Kid's Social Key?

  • Parents have a total misconception about what their kids are doing online.



    They don't know how much time they're spending. They don't have the breadth of what's happening to the kids online. They think the kids are being attacked by predators all the time. They are way over-concerned about the technology that the kids are using.

18 Jan 08

Social, work lives collide on networking websites - USATODAY.com

But as a growing number of adults are learning, giving too much information online isn't just a problem for teenagers. On MySpace, Facebook and other social networks, a user can join another member's "friends" list simply by asking. Many people allow new

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24 Dec 06

Reuters gets it

  • Media historians will see the acquisition of MySpace by News Corp as a “turning point…. Sites like Myspace are rebuilding our world” because they provide a means for anyone who has anything to share to do so. “What we are seeing today is an almost - willrich on 2006-12-24

MySpace and Marketers

  • Article on how myspace is accepting marketers as buddy profiles - willrich on 2006-12-24
06 Aug 06

Reuters gets it

  • Media historians will see the acquisition of MySpace by News Corp as a “turning point…. Sites like Myspace are rebuilding our world” because they provide a means for anyone who has anything to share to do so. “What we are seeing today is an almost - willrich on 2006-08-06

WCAV | My Space... Or Is It?

  • Interesting article on what some schools are doing about MySpace. - willrich on 2006-08-06
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