Thursday, July 27, 2006

Wakefield's Spaces


A little while ago, I put together this survey, meant to help me write an article for this blog. I got two replies, only one from my target audience, WHS students. Here's the survey, hopefully there's some students/MySpacers reading this who'll help a brother out. Just answer the questions and leave comments.

Hi. In case you didn't know, I'm Ben Tan. Seeing how popular MySpace is with WHS students, I decided to write an article about the trend for my local news blog, the Wakefield Étudiant (http://wakefieldnews.blogspot.com). I also decided to get some help by surveying people. Feel free to send this survey to your friends, just make sure their answers get back to ME. My MySpace is http://myspace.com/animatron, and my e-mail address is bbt01880@yahoo.com. Answers can be as long or as short as you want.

Do you visit MySpace often? If so, how much time do you spend on the site?

Why did you sign up with MySpace?

This question is for MySpace users under 18.
Read these articles.
http://keyetv.com/topstories/local_story_207164833.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06015/638279.stm
From the post-gazette.com article:
"In September, a 37-year-old man used MySpace to exchange messages with a 16-year-old girl from Port Washington, N.Y., police told Business Week magazine, and sexually assaulted her outside her after-school job. She had listed where she worked on her MySpace profile."
After reading these articles, are you more concerned about your safety on MySpace?

Read this transcript of a recent SNL sketch about MySpace.
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/05/05rmyspace.phtml
Do you feel that this is an accurate, if comical, dramatization of how pedophiles can use MySpace?

What is the URL of your MySpace?

These answers will be used to help me write an article about MySpace for the Wakefield Étudiant (http://wakefieldnews.blogspot.com). Do you wish to remain anonymous?

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