Social networking services (SNS) are increasingly popular amongst Australian young people
regardless of geographical location, background and age. They include services such as
Facebook.com, MySpace.com and Bebo.com which have many millions of members each. It also
includes services, such as Elftown.com (for fans of fantasy and science fiction) and Ravelry.com
(for fans of knitting!) with small numbers of members, often connected by a specific common
interest. Furthermore, many services created for media sharing (e.g. Flickr for photo sharing,
Last.FM for music listening habits and YouTube for video sharing) have incorporated profile and
networking features and may be thought of as part of this wider conceptualisation of SNS
themselves (boyd & Ellison 2008:216). Indeed, SNS in a Web 2.0 environment have transformed
processes of communication and social interaction particularly with the increasing integration of
social media functionality to these services.
Social networking services (SNS) are increasingly popular amongst Australian young peopleregardless of geographical location, background and age. They include services such asFacebook.com, MySpace.com and Bebo.com which have many millions of members each. It alsoincludes services, such as Elftown.com (for fans of fantasy and science fiction) and Ravelry.com(for fans of knitting!) with small numbers of members, often connected by a specific commoninterest. Furthermore, many services created for media sharing (e.g. Flickr for photo sharing,Last.FM for music listening habits and YouTube for video sharing) have incorporated profile andnetworking features and may be thought of as part of this wider conceptualisation of SNSthemselves (boyd & Ellison 2008:216). Indeed, SNS in a Web 2.0 environment have transformedprocesses of communication and social interaction particularly with the increasing integration ofsocial media functionality to these services.
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