Hi, my name is Ashleigh. I am a third year drama student at QUT. Firstly.. Virtual Cultures. I did not realise how many different cultures there are out there online. I belong to Myspace and Facebook. The internet is somewhere that people can go to share a common interest that they may not have found in the 'real world'. For example, people that are interested in dressing up as animals for sexual expression. These people may not have had this opportunity to find others like themselves if not for the use of an online community.
Social networks allows for you to keep in touch with your friends and family whilst being able to make new friends. I was not interested in social networking until I was introduced to it last year. The myspace platform was intriguing. It allows for you to choose your own background and page design. At first I was putting many pictures, toys and gimmicks but now I realise that less is more. Facebook was never something I intended on doing. A friend at University that I was in a group with was using it and asked me to join so we could converse about the assignment. Now, I am addicted. I go onto Facebook every day. There are many positive outlooks on social networking. It also allows people to upload photos, which can be useful for those that live far away from loved ones.
Overall, social networking allows people from all over the world to connect to discuss common interests, allows people to keep in touch with old friends and make new ones, and gives the opportunity for distanced people to stay up to date with people's lives.
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