Total Pageviews

My photo
The most annoying phrase I hear over and over is: "Social Media is changing everything, we've got to get involved." While it may be true that social media is changing things, it seems to be unclear exactly how and what it's changing. This is an observational blog, documenting the cultural and communicational shift of millennials (15-30 year-olds) to social networks and mobile devices.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

What is Social Networking, clarity please...


I have been working on an idea for about two weeks--okay, about 4 ideas for 2 weeks. They are coming, I assure you but the more I hear the more I want to write. I'm going to throw these ideas at you and PLEASE feel free to comment: 

I.               Is a dating website (eHarmony, Plenty-of-Fish, Match.com, etc.) a Social Networking site?
         Are there still social taboo's formed around online relationships vs. 'real' ones?
II.            What is the function of AIM, Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, MSNMessenger? 
         (does anyone still use MSN?)   

Are these small communities of individuals/a 'digital community'? 
I am running into a wall with these two subjects and desperately need a massive opinion--are we considering the previously mentioned methods of communication Social Networking sites?


Please comment/e-mail me/skype me, whatever. 
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)