Not necessarily related to this week's topic, but I thought I'd pass along this article:
Note to Everyone: MySpace Is Not the Web. Get Ready to Move On
The headline's meant to be a little provocative -- MySpace isn't going away anytime too soon. But it's a good reminder about how quickly the media we all use to communicate can change incredibly quickly in this computer-mediated age. If Myspace dwindles as a communication medium, its initial replacements will be similar I'm sure (Facebook and other social networks). These "institutions" can change so quickly -- how does affect our study of the field?
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This is a very illustrative article about how the dynamics among business profit, open access, independence a nd self-regulation on spaces like MySpace converge.
If it turns out that Fox decides to limit the level of personalization of MySpace pages, I think is going to heavily affect social networking.
Very interesting article
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