Social media is a hot topic with me. I am very interested in reading articles that dissect the audiences of social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace. In this article from Penn State, I found it interesting how student populations are leaning towards one or the other, not due to age, but rather their social status. The author compares it to email, saying how it doesn’t really matter which email service you use, but it’s a big deal to be on the social network that your peers are on. I was under the impression that older people were on Facebook and younger people were on MySpace. Hmm…little did I know.
http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/PennState2009.html
Ning is a different type of social network than sites such as MySpace and Facebook. Unlike just joining the site, you can join ning groups that you have common interests with. In fact, anyone can easily start their own ning group. Best of all, it’s free.
I am very involved in Second Life and I found several ning sites relating to this online game. I have included two of them here. There is also an article that tells more about the ning site and how fast it is growing.
http://secondlifeliving.ning.com/
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-media/ninety-new-ning-network-applications-nice-005507.php
Most social network sites allow you to update your status on your cellphone, including sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. I came across this article about a new social networking site that is strictly for cellphone use. I’m not sure if I like the idea of just connecting via cellphone. It takes away from the “social” part, in my opinion.
The last site I included in this blog also discusses the next generation social networking via the cellphone. What drew me to this article is the staggering numbers – both of online users to social networking sites and the money investors spend, in hopes of hitting the mark. “It’s a crap shot” pretty much sums it up.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1463
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