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Everything about Myspace
American social networking service
Myspace is an American social networking service. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music. It also played a critical role in the early growth of companies like YouTube and created a developer platform that launched companies such as Zynga and RockYou among others, to success. From 2005 to 2009, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MyspaceA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: MySpace: Nineveh as Contested Space in NahumInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Myspace for Moms and DadsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: MySpace and Facebook: Applying the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Exploring Friend-Networking SitesCited 1,036 times
- Go sideways: Criticism of MyspaceA closely related topic
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📖 Definitions
Noun One's profile on the MySpace website.
Verb To contact someone using the social networking site MySpace.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
MySpace and Facebook: Applying the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Exploring Friend-Networking Sites
Self-presentation and gender on MySpace
Age differences in online social networking – A study of user profiles and the social capital divide among teenagers and older users in MySpace
GROOMING, GOSSIP, FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE
Social networks, gender, and friending: An analysis of MySpace member profiles
Data mining emotion in social network communication: Gender differences in MySpace
Personal information of adolescents on the Internet: A quantitative content analysis of MySpace
Voters, MySpace, and YouTube
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Myspace for Moms and DadsConnie Neal · 2007
MySpace for dummiesRyan Hupfer, Mitch Maxson · 2007
Stealing MySpaceJulia Angwin · 2009
Should My Space and Other Social Networking Websites Be Banned? (At Issue)Roman Espejo · 2008
The MySpace.com handbook : the complete guide for members and parentsT. Brian Chatfield · 2007
MySpace unraveledLawrence J. Magid, Larry Magid · 2006
Generation MySpaceCandice M. Kelsey · 2007
MySpace MarketingSean Percival · 2008
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