Week 4- topic 2!

To me, in a way I would class social networking sites as communities. One I have involvement in is Facebook, and I use it for a a few different reasons. I'd say it can be seen as a community because we often use it for group emailing, threads and to communicate about academic things, much like we would use a forum. I wouldn't say I feel a sense of community using facebook, but the conventions could make it feel as if you are part of a community. For example, fan pages for films, book, tv programmes and bands could be seen as virtual communities, as everyone is part of the group for a reason, the same reason. The same applies for MySpace. Althoug it is very similar to facebook in the way it is mainly used to talk to friends and people you know in real life, MySpace is known for its mucic promotions, giving bands and singers the chance to gain an audience and a fanbase, and being part of this online fanbase, to me, could be seen as a community, as once again you are part of a group for a reason, to support the band.