A short, potentially uneducated answer. I've not used livejournal but would define YOUtube as more social media than it is networking. It is interesting that podcast aggregating sites like odeo and podshow use similar 'friend' dimensions but I go to them for content, rather than networking. My feeling is that this entourage approach to media will become more prevalent as media rolls out along the long tail and we explore it through the tastes of people who follow, like or are friends with the people who like, follow or are friends with. I'm still working this one through as well so I'm throwing this part-baked notion into the pot to see if it vaguely helps an what everyone else makes of it Rich Richard Berry Senior Lecturer in Radio and Community Radio Manager Admissions Tutor: Media Production (TV/Radio) and Broadcast Journalism How to contact me: The Media Centre, University of Sunderland, SR6 0DD. Call: +44 (0)191 515 2239 Text: "studyradio" to 83252 (costs 25p) Web: http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/radio + Please visit: http://www.radiostudiesnetwork.org.uk radhika gajjala wrote:
why not ask, right?
Is livejournal a "social networking system"? why or why not? What about You tube?
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