New Media Definitions

Properties of Networked Publics:
 * Persistence: Ability of asynchronous communication, posted information persist over time.
 * Searchability: User can filter relations via the search settings on the network.
 * Replicability: The "copy-paste" ability of online texts. Allows for the reproduction of texts without the original contexts.
 * Invisible audience: While we can visually detect most people who can overhear our speech in unmediated spaces, it is virtually impossible to ascertain all those who might run    across our expressions in networked publics. This is further complicated by the other three properties, since our expression may be heard at a different time and place from when and where we originally spoke. [1]

Social Network Sites: We define social network sites as web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. [2]

Disenfranchised Teens: Those without Internet access, those whose parents succeed in banning them from participation, and online teens who primarily access the Internet through school and other public venues where social network sites are banned. [1]

Conscientious objectors: These include politically minded teens who wish to protest against Murdoch’s News Corp. (the corporate owner of MySpace), obedient teens who have respected or agree with their parents’ moral or safety concerns, marginalized teens who feel that social network sites are for the cool kids, and other teens who feel as though they are too cool for these sites. [1]

1. Boyd, Danah, (2007) "Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life." MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Learning -- Youth, Identity, and Digital Media Volume (ed. David Buckingham). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

2. Boyd, Danah. "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Web. 12 Oct. 2009. &lt;http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html&gt;.