[Air-l] Ethnicity and race in social networking sites

[henry mainsah]

Hi everyone,
I am currently doing research on the use of social networking sites by
Norwegian ethnic minority youth. My study focuses on Norwegian social
networking sites as well as other popular sites like Facebook, Myspace, and
Hi5, all of which are popular among the target group of my study. The
methods I use involve in-depth interviews and a discourse analysis of
personal profile pages. I am looking at processes of identity construction
and the potential of social networking sites as spaces of free expression.
I am at the moment trying to update my reading list on the subject, so if
anyone has any suggestions on literature related to race and ethnicity in
social networking sites, and on the internet in general, I would really
appreciate your contribution.

Henry