Myspace and Facebook

Critical Analysis of Myspace and Facebook

Myspace and Facebook are different websites but have the same purpose: Social Networking. Social networking is the “latest craze” these days. Teenagers have been abusing Myspace and Facebook for the past decade. Recently, adults have been using these to catch up with old friends and just to network in general.
Specifically Facebook has been increasingly popular. The website has over 400 million active users from all over the world and it was only launched in 2004.
Myspace has now turned into an advertising medium. There are many bands that dominate the site and that is why many users have switched over to Facebook.
These two social networking sites are great for communication because it is worldwide.
In Business, these website can be great tools. On Myspace, if you are an aspiring music artists, a producer could be impressed with your music and contact you through Myspace. On the flip side, there could be things on the Facebook and Myspace that are negative and if your “future employer” or admissions officer sees it, then your chances of what your goal was is gone.
Socially, these websites are phenomenal. If “Aunt Jane” lives in California, she can easily connect and efficiently communicate and see pictures of her new nephew that was just born in New York with a click of the mouse. Then again, if there are negative things that you don’t want certain people to see, these sites can hurt you.
For entertainment purposes, Myspace is a perfect example if you want to hear some new music from aspiring artists. Facebook also has many applications for games. There is no downside to the entertainment aspect of these social networking sites.
As for news, Facebook and Myspace have many applications that have news. People can be updated daily about news in whatever topic they like. These websites also include social news, between friends. There is really no negatives to this.
Similarly to social aspects, recreationally, Facebook and Myspace provide social networking for people to connect in their leisure time. There are many applications, games, music and more that allow recreational purposes.
These website are very well at connecting people to network if they are used in the right way.

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/is-myspace-good-for-society-a-freakonomics-quorum/