Facebook is more like the suburbs and MySpace the inner city, according to a Salon.com blogger’s interpretation of social media researcher danah boyd’s latest, fairly controversial paper on social networking. I think it’s controversial because, as an essay, it’s broad-brushed and uses teens’ own terms for their social groups, and because it’s based on danah’s qualitative research, not the … [Read more...] about Social Web’s class divide
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Sibling found in MySpace
Hours after finding their 17-year-old sister on MySpace, from whom they’d been separated for 12 years, Josh (22), Jake (20), and their sister were reunited, ABC News reports. After all three had grown up in foster homes in Texas, the two brothers also found that their sister – who had been adopted by a different family - was now in Florida, as they were, and just 45 minutes away. The way they … [Read more...] about Sibling found in MySpace
96% social networking
That’s 96% of US teens and tweens, participating in a social-networking site at least once a week, according to a study by teen market researcher Alloy Media & Marketing. “Youngsters are now spending nearly as much time online as they are watching television, and many multitask,” Alloy found. “However, they’re four times more likely to be concentrating on what they’re doing online than on what’s … [Read more...] about 96% social networking
TX arrests 7 social-networking sex offenders
With identity info provided by MySpace, Texas police have arrested seven sex offenders, the state’s attorney general announced Thursday. CNET reported that “the seven, whose profiles on MySpace had already been removed under an internal program to weed out sex offenders prowling the News Corp.-owned site, were arrested for breaking parole or probation rules.” Six were picked up because they had … [Read more...] about TX arrests 7 social-networking sex offenders
Employers searching social sites
Just another bit of evidence that job recruiters are “stalking” too (see my feature this week) – using social sites to find out more about job candidates. Though it may take employers a little more work, they probably prefer free “background checks” to costly services. According to AllHeadlineNews.com, “Rob McGovern, CEO and chairman of online job site Jobfox, claims that recruiters are … [Read more...] about Employers searching social sites