Five types of interactions you’ve had with people on a social networking site
– reconnecting with old friends and with family
– sharing photos/pictures
– hosting blog posts
– discussing how crazy last night was
– picture tagging
– meeting friends
– video responses
– political arguments
– private messaging
– taking quizzes
– petitions
– promoting your band — allowing bands to speak directly to their fans
– sharing music
– seeking out bands/new music
– taking polls
– invitations to events, parties
– planning get-togethers
– updating profile
– updating status
– publishing creative writing
– discussing/complaining about homework problems
– sharing work
– drawing with graffiti application
– browsing friends lists
– suggesting friends
3. Five intense or interesting experiences you’ve had on a social networking site
– being stalked
– got in touch with an old friend
– looking at photos and being amazed at what happened that night – especially when six hundred people discuss that photo
– became best friends with someone didn’t know previously
– met a relative through photo comments
– saw newborn niece for the first time
– identity performance — pretending to be someone else online — social networking pranks
– friend leaves computer unattended — or public computer — play pranks — posting things to profiles
– video exchanges/conversations
4. Five keywords you’d use to describe your use of social networking sites
– entertainment
–addictive
– interactive
– time-consuming
– resourceful
– helpful
– connecting
– distracting
– insightful
– annoying
– open
– deceiving
– absurd
– fun
– stressful
– mediated
5. Name any social networking sites that you have used
Xanga, MySpace, Facebook, Sconex, MSN, Oovoo, Imeem, Ning, (Skype), Fotka, Naczalase, Twitter, MiGente, YouTube, Flickr, Hi5, Photobucket
danah boyd, why youth (heart) social network sites
– s.n. sites provide a way for normally shy teenagers to interact with others more openly
– many kids consider s.n. sites to be the cool thing
– cuts across class boundaries but used for different reasons
– methodology — ethnography — interviews, surveys, participant observation
Demographics
– two types of non-participants — objectors and people who don’t have access
3 popular features central to social networking sites:
– Profiles
– Public testimonials/comments
– Public lists of friends
boyd claims that music is “cultural glue” for teenagers (4).
Blog assignment: tell us a story about social networking
Authority figures monitoring usage
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