Now when it comes going from online to offline, the idea of Social Capital is referenced by Ellison, Steinfield, and Lampe from (Adler & Know, 2002) to explain the cause of the development of these relationships; Relationships and the resources that are accumulated because of the means in which they are formed, in this case we are looking at the virtual resource. I feel as we evolve, humanity, we do find ways to communicate and make new friends, acquaintances, I think it's part of our DNA.
Although, Facebook has over 21 million registered members per (Needham & Company, 2007), BlaclPlanet.com has a loyal following for race-specific information. Now, I'm not sure how this research was captured, Detlefsen,(2004) concludes that African American participation increases when sites are interactive and multimedia features that feature other African Americans. I didn't quite get interactive multimedia part? I think how relavent is the information is really what I am interested in, also, I do enjoy reading about other African Americans historically or famous ones? The reality is, to me, being interactive and having multimedia is a part of mostly all SNS, so that would mean not just African American enjoy the options but everyone else who accesses a SNS. Didn't mean to harp on that...
All in all, relationships, information whatever a persons purpose for accessing, loggin into a SNS, keeping up with friends or making new ones, it doesn't go unnoticed.
I always keep up with my friends by not through SNS maybe when I see them hang out in town.I guess this is why I really don't have many freinds. It's ok with me because I like to keep my camp small anyway. :)When it comes to SNS Tonya your right nothing goes unnoticed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your first argument there, "I think the existing relationships are usually the connection for developing new relationships." This makes complete sense. Why else would user's friend lists multiply? Sometimes I think my page adds friends for me.
ReplyDelete"African American participation increases when sites are interactive and multimedia features that feature other African Americans"
ReplyDeleteProbably so, but that would also pertain to any group of people be it Latino, Italian, etc. That's why they broadcast tv programs with different ethnicities, to attract those ethnicities to the programming.
SNS is most definitely popular for its well known connection nation well with ALL cultures.
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