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Abstract: As social network sites like MySpace and Facebook emerged, American teenagers began adopting them as spaces to mark identity and socialize with peers. Teens leveraged these sites for a wide array of everyday social practices - gossiping, flirting, joking around, sharing information, and simply hanging out. While social network sites were predominantly used by teens as a peer-based social outlet, the unchartered nature of these sites generated fear among adults. This dissertation documents my 2.5-year ethnographic study of American teens' engagement with social network sites and the ways in which their participation supported and complicated three practices - self-presentation, peer sociality, and negotiating adult society.

This paper discusses how ideas of performance can be used to conceptualize the play of identity formation on social networking sites

those of you interested in social media, social networks, information overload, and other such related concepts should really read Bernie's diss: "Networking in Everyday Life".

"Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the World of Socialnomics "

Great video - thx! I just did a lecture in my Career Development class for Toy Design seniors on social media and introduced them to linkedin. All use FB, of course, but were very interested in linkedin especially for making "professional connections" rather than friends as they do with FB. Students continue to be uninterested in Twitter.