Crime in Myspace

In class, one of the questions was about the legal and economic issues of produsage. A main legal issue that comes to my mind is the story of Megan Meier, who killed herself after a myspace hoax. This brings up the issue of legality in the social networking world. We can never really know if people are real or not because people constantly portray others and it is a difficult medium to control for age limits. This is one of the sad results of what the negative sides of social networking can do.

Here is a link to an article about the case: http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/11/19/teen-kills-herself-over-fake-myspace-boyfriend-created-by-adults.aspx

Dance Forever

I am not an avid blogger or youtube watcher, so this is all a bit new to me. My friend sent me this video from Australia, and I thought it would be a fun one to begin with.

The JK Wedding Entrance dance video is an example of the youtube culture. I am sure most of you have seen video because it exploded once it was uploaded. The video exemplifies convergence & collective culture. Julie and Kevin's wedding entrance became the talk of youtube and already has 25,041,507 views and 106,365 comments. The couple recorded their walk down the isle in the not so traditional way while dancing a choreographed dance to "Dance Forever." Soon after the video was posted, they became an Internet sensation.

The video was reenacted by many other users who uploaded videos to youtube and it even made its way to Australia on the television show "Dancing with the Stars Australia." They also re-enacted it on the Today Show. Enjoy :)I