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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "myspace"

;) Are Emoticons and Other Image-Based Communications Changing the Way Our Brains Work?

Blanca Mendez, AlterNet. June 2, 2011.

Memes, twitpics, emoticons, photojamming and glitter text may be altering the way we process communication.

The FBI Could Be Watching You on Facebook

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. March 18, 2010.

Social-networking sites have driven a seemingly insatiable need to share all sorts of information about ourselves in a very public way -- and law enforcement has caught on.

Facebook and MySpace Users Are Clearly Divided Along Class Lines

danah boyd, AlterNet. September 3, 2009.

The inequalities and divisions in society have emerged online in social networks despite the belief that everyone is connected by the Internet.

Facebook Claims 250 Million Users

Agence France Presse July 15, 2009.

Is Your Newest Facebook Friend a Sleazeball Debt Collector?

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 10, 2009.

Exposing the latest and slimiest ways the "financial services" industry is raking it in from cash-crunched Americans.

What's the Matter with Teen Sexting?

Judith Levine, The American Prospect. February 7, 2009.

Sex and predatory adults are not the biggest dangers teenagers face online. Their main risk is garden-variety kid-on-kid meanness.

Stars Come Out: Celebrity-Packed Pledge for Obama

Staff, Huffington Post. January 19, 2009.

Hollywood heavyweights make their pledges to Barack Obama.

The Internet Won't Destroy Kids After All

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. January 13, 2009.

A new report might make it a harder for conservatives and savvy politicians to profit by needlessly stoking parental fears about online predators.

How Do We Fight Corporate Control of the Internet?

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. May 22, 2008.

We need to organize and actively make things uncomfortable for the companies trying to regulate our use of online technologies.

Three Reasons to Hate Facebook

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. February 12, 2008.

I hate Facebook and I'm not afraid to say why.

Access Denied: Mapping Global Censorship

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 22, 2007.

A new internet tool lets you see countries cracking down on user-generated content like YouTube and MySpace. But it could also be a tool to help us see our country's own suppression.

What Are Facebook Friends for?

Christine Rosen, Christian Science Monitor. November 1, 2007.

The Pharaohs built statues. Caesar put his visage on coins. We use Facebook and MySpace.

What the World Might Look Like When the Millennials Run It

Tom Tresser, Conscious Choice. August 2, 2007.

Young, wired and living life on the digital edge -- meet the Millennials and see a snapshot of what political changes could happen when they're in charge.

Is Technology Bad for Relationships?

Samantha Edwards, Sirens Magazine. June 27, 2007.

What happened to handwriting? What happened to privacy on a date? What happened to friends-of-friends? What happened to it not being so easy to pretend to be something we’re not?

MySpace to enter news business

Heather Gehlert, April 20, 2007.

Heather Gehlert: A Google-Digg hybrid ...

What Adults Should Know About Kids' Online Networking

Kate Sheppard, WireTap. January 24, 2007.

Think you've read everything about Myspace? Think again. Social network expert danah boyd breaks it down.