INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF AUTOMOTIVE

DIPLOMA
IN
AUTOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

NAME : NORKAMILAH AKMAL BT MOHD SALLEH

COURSE : DIPLOMA IN AUTOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
SEMESTER : 01
MODULE: COM
TITLE : SOCIAL NETWORK HISTORY (VAMPIREFREAKS)
LECTURER : MRS.ELLYZIANA BT ABU BAKAR
MARKS : _____________________
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VAMPIREFREAKS.COM
 INTRODUCTION&HISTORY
VampireFreaks.com is an online community for the Gothic–industrial
subcultures. It was created by site owner Jethro Berelson (Jet) in 1999. It
began with a small number of forums dedicated to Gothic–industrial
music but has gained high popularity in recent years in the alternative
community circle as a whole and the site eventually grew.

VampireFreaks hosts a wide number of events and Gothic parties.

Information of these events can be found on its website. It also has a
clothing store, named after the site, located in New York City. It helps
uphold and connect people of Gothic–industrial subcultures. Its main
topic of focus aside from socializing is its music, and it hosts its very own
digital music store. Jet regularly updates the site with information
concerning not only bands, but various Gothic events. Many people have
found love on the site, and this has been focused on during Valentine's
Day.Couples that met through the site submitted stories of how they met
their matches.
However in recent years, Vampirefreaks began
promoting outside of the Gothic rock genre to
fund not only the website but their own events.
Such promoted non goth bands include
Mudvayne, Lamb of God, Evanescence,
Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Cradle of Filth,
Phil Anselmo, and more recently, Ozzy
Osbourne
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 REFERENCE
•^ Teen met killers on vampire site, court told from ABC News (Australia)
•^ "History Of". Vampirefreaks.com. 2008-10-25. http://vampirefreaks.com/history_of_vf.php. Retrieved
2010-10-13.
•^ "Gothic Industrial Culture". VampireFreaks.com.
http://vampirefreaks.com/forum/comment.php?entry=535835. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
•^ Hate-Filled VampireFreaks website linked to several crimes, from The Vancouver Sun
•^ VampireFreaks.com users say site breeds love from CTV.ca
•^ "Hate-Filled VampireFreaks website linked to several crimes". .canada.com. 2006-09-15.
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=765b7ad8-e00a-49a1-9d72-d3d35e5c2627.
Retrieved 2010-10-13.
•^ Police: Vampire freaks site leads to sexual assault from Texas Cable News
•^ "Man found guilty of murdering Carly Ryan - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".
Abc.net.au. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/21/2798264.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
•^ R. Scott Moxley (2010-03-04).
"When Is It Not a Crime for an Adult to Hook Up With a Seventh-Grader? - Page 2 - News - Orange Cou
nty"
. OC Weekly. http://www.ocweekly.com/2010-03-04/news/moxley-confidential-john-stuart-moses/2.
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