A lengthy review of two books on the emergence of MySpace and Facebook, and social networking as such, appears in the newest online New York Review of Books [Volume 57, Number 3 • February 25, 2010] http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23651

In the World of Facebook
by Charles Petersen

# The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding
# of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius,
# and Betrayal
# by Ben Mezrich
# Doubleday, 260 pp., $25.00

# Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control
# the Most Popular Website in America
# by Julia Angwin
# Random House, 371 pp., $27.00
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