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Social Network = Social Class?

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Anna Owens says "MySpace has one population, Facebook has another." A study by market research firm Nielsen Claritas found that people in more affluent demographics are 25 percent more likely to be found friending on Facebook , while the less affluent are 37 percent more likely to connect on MySpace.

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Google Goes Gaming?

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Here are some recent highlights; Google purchased a company called Slide , an app developer that works with popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to create community-driven entertainment applications. The deal is worth a reported $182 million.

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Change Our Traditional Approach to Education

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Friends are made over digital networks and kids who have met one time keep in contact for years via updates to Facebook, MySpace or other social networking pages. Playing a video game is no longer done alone or with one or two friends in the room; games are played across the world with hundreds players who never physically meet one another.

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Second Life Take Over Rumors.

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found after their acquisition of MySpace. The inside scoop is that the new viewer and new user experience had to be rolled out quickly as a condition of any deal, as the potential new owners want to be sure that SL will not suffer from stagnant members, as News Corp. But please be careful with rumors.

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Shout Out: Abbey Stahl--All the Rage

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However, one article caught my eye "MySpace, IM--why so addictive?" Here is some of the article: Yes, these terms --Instant Messanger and Myspace--may seem foreign to your parents, but to us teenagers they're essential to keep up with the lastest ins and outs. About Teens! But who wants to mail a letter and wait a week for the reply?

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Tonight.I will be Appearing On Local News Station

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Are online social networking websites like Myspace actually harmful to hormone-crazed teens? We will explore the following types of questions: Is technology corrupting our morals? Are realistic and violent video games desensitizing our youth? We'll tackle these topics and more starting at 7 pm.

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Presentation to Research Working Group on Multigenerational Knowledge Transfer

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Examples of Different Types of E-Learning Aggregator (here is an example of an RSS Aggregator) Training Blogs Three-Dimensional Worlds Second Life ProtoSphere Active Worlds There Social Networking LinkedIn MySpace Facebook Social Bookmarking del.icio.us