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Date Posted: 09:31:37 09/03/09 Thu
Author: Howie
Author Host/IP: 24.128.31.199
Subject: Read and discuss: Facebook and MySpace Users Are Clearly Divided Along Class Lines

I just read this transcript of a recent talk that is as interesting as it is long, about race and class and technology.

"For decades, we've assumed that inequality in relation to technology has everything to do with 'access' and that if we fix the access problem, all will be fine. This is the grand narrative of concepts like the 'digital divide'."

"Yet, increasingly, we're seeing people with similar levels of access engage in fundamentally different ways. And we're seeing a social media landscape where participation 'choice' leads to a digital reproduction of social divisions. This is most salient in the States, which is intentionally the focus of my talk here today."

http://www.alternet.org/story/142356/facebook_and_myspace_users_are_clearly_divided_along_class_lines?page=entire

So, do you think that the internet in general, or "social media" in particular are helping all of us find common ground and moving towards a greater equality, or are they just replicating or even intensifying the divisions that exist today, or C: none of the above?

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