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The present study investigates identity construction on Facebook, a newly emerged nonymous online environment. Based on content analysis of 63 Facebook accounts, we find that the identities produced in this nonymous environment differ from those constructed in the anonymous online environments previously reported. Facebook users predominantly claim their identities implicitly rather than explicitly; they "show rather than tell" and stress group and consumer identities over personally narrated ones. The characteristics of such identities are described and the implications of this finding are discussed.

Identity construction on Facebook: Digital empowerment in anchored relationships Early research on online self-presentation mostly focused on identity constructions in anonymous online environments. Such studies found that individuals tended to engage in role-play games and anti-normative behaviors in the online world.

This video tells a different perspective on befriending on Facebook. He talks about how if you just add people that you don't know it can be dangerous. There have be people who befriend a person they didn't really know and that person ended up tracking them down and breaking into their house and robbing them. The man on this video also talks about how the police are trying to befriend people posing as someone else to catch underage drinking. They are pretending to be a cute girl or guy to find drinking pictures and tracking those people down and arresting them. The main idea of the video is to make people aware that you need to be careful who you let be your friend.

In this technology-centric classroom, students are bent over laptops, some blogging or building Facebook pages from the perspective of Shakespeare's characters. One student compiles a song list from the Internet, picking a tune by the rapper Kanye West to express the emotions of Shakespeare's lovelorn Silvius.

This article gives a little synopsis on the study done on the the effect of file sharing on record sales. The full paper is http://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdf

This article is about how anonymity effects people in online video games, and video game forums. It mostly focuses on the negative effects.

Since I can't give you a link to the actual book, I'm giving you the link to a google doc with a few quotes taken from the text that have been helpful to me and my research on music!

Talks about how the virtual world is self-controlled. Some people put up things based on reactions they hope to gain from friends. Our identity on Facebook could be close or far away from the truth.

This is so great. I want a dog to do this after I was gone for a while.

Long paper on the long and short term affects of file sharing on society

While some interpret popularity to mean ''widely liked,'' or accepted by one's peer group members (Bukowski, 1989), others see it as being ''socially dominant'' (Parkhurst &Hopmeyer, 1998, p. 138). Social network researchers often leave the definition to survey respondents and simply ask: ''Who on this list is popular?'' or they ask ''Who on this list is a friend of yours?''

A quick view with some examples on societal benefits of music file sharing. The Negative effects from this student is http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02241/pros.htm

Today's snapshot of "Social Networking in Education:"...Wikipedia page on this wher you can view videos, articles, conversations/blogs and a couple presentations on the subject.

Music has many adverse effects on people. This website gives more information on exactly what music therapy is, how it has helped many, and how it can help you!

This source is not published through a newspaper, or research facility but yet by an individual man. Because of this I believe it gives valuable insight into how everyday people commonly view Facebook, and our identities.

This video shows college students giving a presentation on Facebook identity. They talk about how our identity on online social sites such as Facebook can affect our employment opportunities.

This article talks about how most people are not protected on the internet and it tells how people with accounts on the internet can protect themselves.

Talks about how to create digital identities and gives data on how often teachers update their profiles.

Chico State's Homepage

If we can't find that on our own by this point, I think we're in serious trouble.

Videos from though leaders and industry experts on the future of Facebook and where it's leading us.

This is just plain awesome. i found it on stumbleupon.

It's super geeky, but super cool at the same time. :D