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Is MySpace good for us?

Is MySpace good for us?

By Tim Finin on Saturday, February 16th, 2008 at 2:52 pm.

The Freakonomics blog asked six experts — — Martin Baily, Danah Boyd, Steve Chazin, Judith Donath, Nicole Ellison, and William Reader — to consider the question Is MySpace Good for Society? or, more precisely:

“Has social networking technology (blog-friendly phones, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) made us better or worse off as a society, either from an economic, psychological, or sociological perspective?”

Their replies are mostly in the affirmative.

Related posts: • Sploggers compromising MySpace;  • Myspace.com most visited Internet domain;  • Bloggers to MSM: outta mySpace;  

 

 

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