Narcissism on the Internet Isn't Risk-Free
Filed in archive MySpace by Mark Brooks on March 20, 2007
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-- Mar 19 -- MySpace encourages attention-seeking, as does YouTube, whose slogan is 'Broadcast Yourself.' "People our age really want to explore themselves and see how they compare to other people by posting up Web site profiles," says Patrick Fishbach, a student at Loyola University Chicago. This generation is rapidly undergoing a bumpy transformation from being merely watchers of content to creators of content. "If you told someone, 'Call your 30 best friends today,' they wouldn't do it," says Friendster President Kent Lindstrom. "But they will use social networking to check in with 30 friends." FULL ARTICLE @ MIAMI HERALD
Mark Brooks: Air transportation made the world a smaller place. Social network sites are making it even smaller.
-- Mar 19 -- MySpace encourages attention-seeking, as does YouTube, whose slogan is 'Broadcast Yourself.' "People our age really want to explore themselves and see how they compare to other people by posting up Web site profiles," says Patrick Fishbach, a student at Loyola University Chicago. This generation is rapidly undergoing a bumpy transformation from being merely watchers of content to creators of content. "If you told someone, 'Call your 30 best friends today,' they wouldn't do it," says Friendster President Kent Lindstrom. "But they will use social networking to check in with 30 friends." FULL ARTICLE @ MIAMI HERALDMark Brooks: Air transportation made the world a smaller place. Social network sites are making it even smaller.
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