Who's Online?

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Internet Culture & The Online World Jennifer Arnott February 18, 2008

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Lunch and Learn presentation: Who's online? What do they do? Why is it engaging? How do you get started?

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Internet Culture & The Online World

Jennifer ArnottFebruary 18, 2008

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Who. What. Why. How.

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71% of US adults.

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In the beginning.

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Few create. Many read.

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Email

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Search engines

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Getting directions

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Finding health information

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Daily life tasks.Research and learning.

Shared hobbies.Web pages.

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Instant messages

Online discussions(email, web, Usenet)

Text messages

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Many to many.

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Web 2.0

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Share opinions

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Support

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Shared interests

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Ego-boo (praise & status)

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A "social network site" is a category of websites with profiles, semi-persistent public commentary on the profile, and a traversable publicly articulated social network displayed in relation to the profile.

danah boyd : November 10, 2006 : her blog

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A "social network site" is a category of websites with profiles, semi-persistent public commentary on the profile, and a traversable publicly articulated social network displayed in relation to the profile.

danah boyd : November 10, 2006 : her blog

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Social Networking Sites

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Immersion.Integration.

Finding the best.

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Self in community

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Everyone’s busy

(chat when you have time)

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Many interests.

(we’re complex people)

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You know great people

(I like talking to them.)

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Feedback and insight.

(status through sharing)

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Start simple.

(pick one site)

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Get comfy.

(spend time reading and exploring.)

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Find a mentor.

(friends, family, online)

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Explore interests.

(share your passions)

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Clear but casual.

(chatting with a friend)

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Oops. That was public?

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That’s so junior high.

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Did you hear?

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You’re so ugly.

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Everyone smart knows…

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I’m who I say I am.

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@#$^@#$!

(Oh, and I have your account.)

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I know where you live.

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Common sense.

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Sleep on it.

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Many resources.

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Questions?

http://[email protected]

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Sources

• Pew Internet Studies: http://www.pewinternet.org/

• danah boyd:http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/11/10/social_network_1.html