Uses and Gratifications

Hey,
I do agree that Myspace and Facebook do get used for people to play an active role in socialization. Sometimes people may even prefer to socialize online rather then face to face. Sometimes people have a hard time expressing their true feelings or emotions face to face and find online a place to easily express their emotions. I also agree that people construct their own identities on these online social networks. People can put anything they want up and display more then they could in a small conversation with someone. I think though that people can also create a false identity. It is very easy to put up things that do not pertain to you but people will believe anyways. I believe it is harder to fake your identity in person than it is to fake it online. People can not read your emotions online nor can they experience how you truly act. Online social networks can be helpful and can also be deceiving. I  found myself as a young kid on facebook putting up anything I thought was cool. I was so worried about what people would think of my page and if people would like my song or not. Sometimes my favorite song would never be on my myspace pae because I thought people would laugh and my identity would be ruined. So yes Facebook and myspace are a strong way for people to create their identity and make it available to a large mass of people.

-SOUTHPAW