Comments on: Audio of chat with teens about social networking http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/teens-social-networking-chat/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: New Media Initiatives Blog » Social Networking: Class lines and burnout http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/teens-social-networking-chat/#comment-373 New Media Initiatives Blog » Social Networking: Class lines and burnout Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:42:00 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/audio-of-chat-with-teens-about-social-networking/#comment-373 [...] lines right up with what I found when I talked to some of the WACTAC teens a few months ago. I’m still contemplating what this means for a museum, or any institution [...] [...] lines right up with what I found when I talked to some of the WACTAC teens a few months ago. I’m still contemplating what this means for a museum, or any institution [...]

]]> By: Jim Richardson http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/teens-social-networking-chat/#comment-371 Jim Richardson Fri, 25 May 2007 21:04:49 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/audio-of-chat-with-teens-about-social-networking/#comment-371 Going back to MySpace, I've been looking at pages created by arts venues around the world, and so many are really terrible ( http://www.myspace.com/centrepompidou for example ) but in order to create a good up to date MySpace page is like a full time job. My guess is that lots of arts organisation with limited budget and staff, create a page then don't have the time or the money to make it work for them, which then probably alienates the young people it is meant to attract. Going back to MySpace, I’ve been looking at pages created by arts venues around the world, and so many are really terrible ( http://www.myspace.com/centrepompidou for example ) but in order to create a good up to date MySpace page is like a full time job.

My guess is that lots of arts organisation with limited budget and staff, create a page then don’t have the time or the money to make it work for them, which then probably alienates the young people it is meant to attract.

]]> By: Justin Heideman http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/teens-social-networking-chat/#comment-370 Justin Heideman Thu, 24 May 2007 16:59:06 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/audio-of-chat-with-teens-about-social-networking/#comment-370 We are still looking into how to most effectively use MySpace and facebook. We do know that it takes a lot of work, and it is just one more place that we don't have time to always manage correctly. Neither myspace or facebook provides any easy way to input events. How about an iCal import? In terms of interface, I rather like Facebook compared to MySpace, and I think the kids agreed. Myspace allows us to be a person, which is nice, but I think that a group set up properly in Facebook is probably going to hit more people that are really interested. We are still looking into how to most effectively use MySpace and facebook. We do know that it takes a lot of work, and it is just one more place that we don’t have time to always manage correctly. Neither myspace or facebook provides any easy way to input events. How about an iCal import?

In terms of interface, I rather like Facebook compared to MySpace, and I think the kids agreed. Myspace allows us to be a person, which is nice, but I think that a group set up properly in Facebook is probably going to hit more people that are really interested.

]]> By: Jim Richardson http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/teens-social-networking-chat/#comment-372 Jim Richardson Mon, 21 May 2007 21:27:50 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/04/24/audio-of-chat-with-teens-about-social-networking/#comment-372 Facebook may be more popular with the kids, but it doesn't seem to suit the purpose of an organisation like yours as much as MySpace, which seems to have a nicer interface. What do you think? Facebook may be more popular with the kids, but it doesn’t seem to suit the purpose of an organisation like yours as much as MySpace, which seems to have a nicer interface.

What do you think?

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