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danah boyd,  an expert on youth culture, identity negotiation, blogging, and social media is currently presenting in Australia through the Edna seminars.  Last month she published a fascinating article entitled Viewing American class divisions through MySpace and Facebook in which she provides a sociological insight into the use of these social networking spaces (SNS). While MySpace has always been a publicly [...]

MySpace is in the news again today as they take more measures to increase the safety of their online community. The changes have been in the development stage for sometime apparently are not a reaction to recent incidents in the US. In future, MySpace users who are 18 or over will “no longer request to [...]

MySpace first came to my attention in July 2005 with the news that it had been purchased by Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation. Promoted as a site specifically suited to 14 to 34 year olds where they could ‘create a private community … share photos, journals and interests with your growing network of mutual friends!’ [...]