Tutorial 3 - Task 2

Old internet community / medium that has faded from popularity – Myspace




Myspace is a social networking site that was founded in 2003 and became most popular from 2006 - 2008 when Facebook took over as the number one social networking site (Young Academic, 2011). It allows members to connect and share photos and music with their friends. It has had a typically young user base but is now being used by many people as more of a media sharing site.  The site provides the ability to share entertainment and connect people to various forms of media through a multitude of platforms, including online, mobile devices, and offline events. Myspace Music is one of the sites main features which offers stream-able audio and video content to users and provides major, independent, and unsigned artists with tools to reach audiences (MySpace.com, 2011).

MySpace traffic in the US has more than halved since the 75.9m unique user peak in December 2008 with 34.8m unique visitors recorded in May 2011 (Jaroslavskaja, 2011).




Jaroslavskaja, M 2011, Specific Media Acquires MySpace for $35m, viewed on Saturday 3 September, <http://www.isuppli.com/media-research/marketwatch/pages/specific-media-acquires-myspace-for-$35m.aspx>

Jaroslavskaja, M 2011, Specific Media Acquires MySpace for $35m, viewed on Saturday 3 September, <http://www.isuppli.com/media-research/marketwatch/pages/specific-media-acquires-myspace-for-$35m.aspx> 


MySpace.com 2011, About Us, MySpace.com, viewed on Friday 2 September 2011




Young Academic 2011, The Death of MySpace|Young Academic Columns, Young Academic, viewed on Saturday 3 September 2011, <http://www.youngacademic.co.uk/features/the-death-of-myspace-young-academic-columns-953>