I am teaching a Geography of Media class this semester and want to include a discussion of MySpace - can anyone recommend any foundational readings that I might use - the readings do not have to be of a geographical nature - I just need something that discusses MySpace as a social and cultural construct - I'm hoping that there might be a few articles that are just basic required reading for any class discussing MySpace - many thanks James Craine Department of Geography California State University, Northridge APCG Yearbook Editor
Hello James, Geert Lovink, media theorist and one of our teachers/ researchers at the University of Amsterdam, has written an article about MySpace: Geert Lovink. Escaping the Control Loops. Understanding MySpace. http://www.nomad-tv.net/kontrol/lovink.htm In this article Geert has the following references: Danah Boyd. Friend, Friendsters, Top 8: Writing Community into being on social network sites. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_12/boyd/index.html Anne Galloway. Myspace, Control and Users. http://www.spaceandculture.org/2006/05/myspace-control-and-users.php Fred Scharmen. Myspace and Control. http://www.sevensixfive.net/myspace/myspacetwopointoh.html Hopefully this is what you where looking for? kind regards, Heleen van der Klink http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl 2007/1/15, James W Craine <james.w.craine@csun.edu>:
I am teaching a Geography of Media class this semester and want to include a discussion of MySpace - can anyone recommend any foundational readings that I might use - the readings do not have to be of a geographical nature - I just need something that discusses MySpace as a social and cultural construct - I'm hoping that there might be a few articles that are just basic required reading for any class discussing MySpace - many thanks
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If you're looking for a more pop-ish article on MySpace and socio- cultural life, i published my (paper) speech at AAAS last year entitled "Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace": http://www.danah.org/papers/AAAS2006.html I also have a new (not-yet-published) article that builds off of this speech, situating my arguments presented here in theories of public life and identity. This is currently working its way through the publication process (it has a home, just not a publication date or a final edit). This article addresses the role that social network sites (primarily MySpace) play in American teen social life with a focus on the significance of participating in public life, both mediated and unmediated. I'm happy to share it off-list with scholars and profs for research and teaching purposes. My only request is that you don't forward it without my permission and you don't post it online. The article published in _First Monday_ is much more about the practice of "friending" in a variety of different social sites. It's useful for understanding why a MySpace "Friend" is not the same as a personal "friend." In case it's of use, i have also collected all of the peer reviewed articles on social network sites that i know of on my blog: http:// www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/08/19/research_on_soc.html -- i update this when i hear of new articles. (If you know of some, please let me know!) danah On Jan 15, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Heleen van der Klink wrote:
Hello James,
Geert Lovink, media theorist and one of our teachers/ researchers at the University of Amsterdam, has written an article about MySpace:
Geert Lovink. Escaping the Control Loops. Understanding MySpace. http://www.nomad-tv.net/kontrol/lovink.htm
In this article Geert has the following references:
Danah Boyd. Friend, Friendsters, Top 8: Writing Community into being on social network sites. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_12/boyd/index.html Anne Galloway. Myspace, Control and Users. http://www.spaceandculture.org/2006/05/myspace-control-and-users.php Fred Scharmen. Myspace and Control. http://www.sevensixfive.net/myspace/myspacetwopointoh.html
Hopefully this is what you where looking for?
kind regards,
Heleen van der Klink
http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl
2007/1/15, James W Craine <james.w.craine@csun.edu>:
I am teaching a Geography of Media class this semester and want to include a discussion of MySpace - can anyone recommend any foundational readings that I might use - the readings do not have to be of a geographical nature - I just need something that discusses MySpace as a social and cultural construct - I'm hoping that there might be a few articles that are just basic required reading for any class discussing MySpace - many thanks
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