From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Online segregation
Online segregation
Online segregation refers to the unintentional segrega- friend people of the same race, thereby mimicking the
tion of people on the Internet, which is often believed self-segregation that also exists in real life. [2]
to be a democratizing tool used to bring equality among
people. For example, popular social network services
such as MySpace and Facebook have been argued to mag-
References
nify social, political, and class divides that already exist [1] ^ Reagan, Gillian (2009-06-29). "In the Battle
in the real world.[1] Between Facebook and MySpace, A Digital ’White
Danah Boyd, who wrote a paper on segregation Flight’". New York Observer.
among social networks, stated, "MySpace has become the http://www.observer.com/2009/media/battle-
ghetto of the digital landscape," and that users were leav- between-facebook-and-myspace-digital-white-
ing MySpace for Facebook, akin to the white flight that flight. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
took place during the 1950s and 1960s in the United [2] Olopade, Dayo (2009-09-16). "MySpace to Facebook
States.[1] During her research, Boyd also found that the = White Flight?". The Root.
people she surveyed often noted that MySpace was seen http://www.theroot.com/views/myspace-
as "black" and Facebook as "white". In addition, she also facebook-white-flight. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
observed that people of a certain race would typically be-
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