The Construction of the Virtual Self on MySpace by Goldie Salimkhan, Adriana M. Manago, Patricia M. Greenfield

“…This qualitative study examines communication processes of identity construction within social interactions among emerging adults using MySpace. One-on-one interviews in front of a computer monitor were conducted with five female and five male college students who were active users of MySpace. …”
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Look at me! Look at me! Self-representation and self-exposure through online networks by Kerry Mallan

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A systematic examination of the use of Online social networking sites for sexual health promotion by Hellard Margaret E, Sacks-Davis Rachel, Pedrana Alisa E, Gold Judy, Chang Shanton, Howard Steve, Keogh Louise, Hocking Jane S, Stoove Mark A

“…Facebook was the most commonly used SNS (used by 71% of all health promotion activities identified), followed by MySpace and Twitter. Seventy nine percent of activities on MySpace were considered inactive as there had been no online posts within the past month, compared to 22% of activities using Facebook and 14% of activities using Twitter. …”
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Language and Love by Brian P. Jenssen, Nicola J. Gray, Kevin Harvey, Ralph J. DiClemente, Jonathan D. Klein

“…The 346 participants viewed approximately 28,000 MySpace pages, yielding a 1,147,432-word text corpus. …”
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The Digital Exhibition and Keyimage Ontology / Dijital Sergiler ve Anahtar Resim Ontolojisi by Mícheál Mac an Airchinnigh, Kalina Sotirova

“…In our times the explosive expansion of Web 2.0 Social Space, typified by the phenomena of De.licio.us, Flickr, MySpace, YouTube…, and the concomitant emergence of folksonomy, present interesting challenges in the management of this information. …”
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Concept and implementation of integration templating for uPortal environment / Mohd Firdaous Mohd Yousof by Mohd Yousof, Mohd Firdaous

“…Some of the commercial portal published and attracted the most users are portals such as Myspace.com and Friendster.com. Enhancement of the old existing portal so it can be used in universities and academic institutions are being promoted by JA-SiG through the development of uPortal.…”
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Social Media Content And Concept Of Mixtainment by Fahad Anis, Fahad Anis

“…The social media services like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and many others proved a landmark in the world of communication, turning the whole globe into a global village. …”
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Affective Resistance: Objects Of Korean Popular Music by Gitzen, Timothy

“…In September 2009, the leader of the South Korean boy band 2PM, Park Jaebeom (a Korean American from Seattle), ceremoniously "left" Korea after the discovery of a controversial posting on his Myspace account from before he debuted as a singer. …”
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Exploring the use of online social networking among employees in Malaysian organizations: looking potential threats to information security by Abdul Molok , Nurul Nuha

“…The proliferation of online social networking (OSN) sites such as facebook Linkedln, myspace and twitter by employees has posed threats to organizational information security. …”
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Playful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications by Valentina Rao

“…Are Facebook Applications and its clones in other networks like Bebo or MySpace a form of casual games, are they “just for fun”, how do they participate in the general cultural trend that incorporates play elements in non-play environments? …”
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Construction of knowledge on facebook by Hayati Idris, Rozina Abdul Ghani

“…These social sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Myspace have become such an intriguing social media that there is a growing need among educationalists to explore their impact in the field of teaching and learning. …”
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Web 2.0 Socail Network Sites And Facebook Marketing by Andreas Chang

“…In fact, one of the fastest-growing arenas of the World Wide Web is the space of so-called social networking sites. Face book, Tweeter, MySpace and other Social Network Sites have huge population of users. …”
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A Study on the Purpose of Using Social Networking Sites Among UiTM Kedah Students / Ainur Fathiah Hamsan and Nor Syafawati Ab Wahab by Hamsan, Ainur Fathiah, Ab Wahab, Nor Syafawati

“…Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace currently become a part of the social lifestyle activities for the means of online communication in this modern era. …”
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The Digital Exhibition and Keyimage Ontology by Mícheál Mac an Airchinnigh, Kalina Sotirova

“…In our times the explosive expansion of Web 2.0 Social Space, typified by the phenomena of De.licio.us, Flickr, MySpace, YouTube…, and the concomitant emergence of folksonomy, present interesting challenges in the management of this information. …”
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A study on impact of social media on student's academic performance in UiTM Merbok, Kedah / Amani Hanina Abd Rahman And Anis Nur Atiqa Jana by Abd Rahman, Amani Hanina, Atiqa Jana, Anis Nur

“…Currently, there are dozens of social networking websites available online,each with its own special something to offer its members (Hudson Horizons, 2011 ), but Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Linkedln have become the most visited social networking sites in the world (Haridakis and Hanson, 2009). …”
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Social life connects the world: Malaysian youth’s usage behaviour of social network sites by Wong, F.M., Lean, M.L., Fernandez, P.R.

“…SNS such as Facebook, Friendster, MySpace and Twitter are popular among millions of users around the globe. …”
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A Study On Employed Job Seekers' Acceptance Of Social Networking Sites As A Job Search Tool by Michelle, Kow Pei Ming

“…The social networking sites such as Facebook, Friendster and MySpace are widely used by users to connect with friends and relatives as well as new friends, whereas Linkedln is a business oriented social networking sites where users connect with business contacts in hope of gaining new career opportunities or new business ventures and etc. …”
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Study on social network tools for corporate business by Y.Mohmed, Mohmed

“…It is also analyses how webbased networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, MySpace, YouTube and LinkedIn allow the personal business network online and gives access to people, jobs and opportunities like never before. …”
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The Impact of New Technologies on Leisure in Developed and Emerging Economies by Lynne Ciochetto

“…There has been a major shift in the way people communicate particularly the exponential increase in the use of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Skype and Baibu. Sites such as iTunes and YouTube have changed the way music and video are accessed, listened to and used. …”
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Using the new media to enhance the learning process for adult learners by Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham

“…This can be achieved by bringing forward various kinds of new media such as audio visual technology in the forms of coursewares and podcasts, and also using the internet, especially the latest development of Web 2.0 technology which includes Skype, blogs, YouTube, Wikis, Facebook and MySpace. These technologies have contributed towards providing lifelong learning to the learners.…”
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