[Air-l] myspace and race

[danah boyd]

I know of none but would be very interested in this.  I am paying  
attention to the (lack of) diversity in youth networks on these  
sites.  For example, even in schools that are racially mixed, the  
profiles people connect to on MySpace are very homogeneous.

On Mar 24, 2006, at 7:36 PM, Greg Wise wrote:

> Hi folks,
> Just following up on the myspace thread that bounced around here  
> last month: anyone know of any work regarding myspace and race? In  
> particular representation, self-presentation, etc. of race on  
> myspace (or similar sites). The article in the NYT a few weeks ago  
> on online self-portraits got me thinking about identity performance  
> and negotiation on such sites.
>
> cheers,
>
> Greg Wise
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