MySpace #2

The “My Space” website does have its cultural context because it is a social, virtual meeting place where new and old friends can meet. School friends on the run can stop and inform one another to events of the day or week. It also offers individuals the opportunity to meet new friends.
As to the What it is, it is a platform for social communication open to every one around the world. Taking our social needs to a different level where we can stop and instantaneously have a free conversation with someone on the other side of the country. Gaps that used to arise due to geography and life-style are immediately closed through My Space. The gap is no longer out of one’s control as the person is at their finger tips. The when is rather simple, it’s always available no matter what time. Once again it suits the way our society is moving with the busy schedules we all must keep with work, school and social life. The category of where is also simple for it is located at ones finger tips, whether your house, office or school. There is no effort to travel so one can feel relaxed in the security of their private domains.
The last category of cultural context is the “Why” of the website?
This is a little more difficult to answer but more interesting as a website question. On one level it provides for our social needs to converse with others and be in contact with friends. Secondly there are bigger issues to the why when we consider the global nature behind the internet itself. It is a technology that transcends time, national, boundaries, age and culture. To know the events as they happen on the other side of the planet in a matter of minuets is to be truly informed. In the past I remember the phone messages were centered on only special events. Today with the internet the information is more detailed and part of our lives, allowing a simple “Hey wats up,” any time of the day.