Module II- 500 word post

Article V- Gender Differences in “Social Portraits” Reflected in Social Profiles

MySpace is a very popular website for both younger and older people. It is a website used for communication, as well as friend-networking. It is very easy to meet new people and socialize with them on a daily basis. MySpace has sections that help other people know who they are. For example, there is an “About Me” section where people can write personal information about themselves. According to Article V Gender Differences in “Social Portraits” Reflected in Social Profiles, analysis of MySpace profiles provides a unique means of studying gender differences in identity, wherein men were much more likely than women to fail to mention their significant other even once in the “About Me” section of their profiles or in their “Interests” section. This article is trying to prove that males and females provide different information in “About Me” sections and “Interest” section.

There are many things a person can write about in their “About Me” section of their MySpace. The topic that is explained in Article V is about which gender will most likely mention their significant other on their MySpace. For males, 43% mentioned their significant other 0 times, 43% mentioned their significant other once, and 14% mentioned her between 2 and 10 times. For females, 16% had no mention of their significant other, while 47% mentioned him once, and 37% mentioned him between 2 and 10 times. These results were achieved in the spring of 2007. Also, there were results for information provided in the “Interest” section.”

In the “Interests” section, 67% of males did not mention their significant other at all, and 33% mentioned her between 1 and 5 times. Nearly half of females did not bring up their significant other in the “Interests” section, which is 47%. The remaining 53% mentioned him between 1 and 5 times. These differences are pretty accurate according to the article. They experimented on 100 people with MySpace accounts and achieved these results.

Moreover, this article’s main points were showing the differences of the gender roles in a MySpace account. Both males and females provide information in their profiles. However, they each provide different information. According to the article, the results may vary over the years because there are new accounts being made every day. The different information between males and females can change over time. New experiments can be performed which will have different results. Researchers are focusing on this subject more and more. Maybe one day the information that males and females provide will equal each other.