We're going to back up and discuss the reading from Convergence Culture you were assigned to read last week. Here are some questions to consider.
Ch 4
1. What is the difference between interactivity and participation?
2. Is the mixing of folk and commercial culture a new thing? What are some historic and contemporary examples?
3. What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?
4.Why is the Web important to digital filmmakers?
Ch 6
1. What is the key to viral marketing, according to Garrett LoPorto?
2. What does it mean to say that the transformation taking place is from "culture jamming to blogging.
3. What is the the cultural significance of The Daily Show?
4. What are monitorial citizens and how does The Daily Show cater to them?
5. Why are online communities that are created around popular culture important politically?
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Facebook Assignment
Friend #1: This friend is relativity active on facebook. Judging from the past few weeks, he will update his status 1 or 2 times per week. He has a school radio show, so a lot of his post and updates are messages concerning that topic. He has just about 500 friends in total, and I believe he pretty much knows all of them in some way or another. He has over 10 photo albums, which are usually comprised of very random pictures and just goofy in general. His profile pictures are usually not very serious/normal, if he is in the picture he is usually doing a funny face. About half the time, he is not even in his profile picture. The groups he is in are mostly related to music and school.
Friends #2: This friend is more active on facebook than friend #1. She usually updates her status 3 to 4 times a week. A lot of her wall post are from the same group of friends. They normally are small one liners that seem like inside jokes. She sees this group of friends usually everyday, but keeps in touch with them on facebook constantly as well. She is very involved with albums and photos in general. She has over 700 photos tagged of her. She also has over 700 friends as well. A lot of her groups are relate to very random things in general, with a lot of "i lost my cell phone and need numbers" groups. Her profile pictures usually involve her with other people in them (close friends).
Friend #3: This friend is highly active on facebook as well. She has mobile access to facebook, and will update her status daily. She has a lot of wall post daily as well. She looks like she keeps in touch with a range of different people. I don't believe she really knows ALL of her friends (she has over 1000). He face book pictures are usually just of her, but all look like they were taking at a party or bar. She is very outgoing and it really shows on facebook as well. She is a part of many different group types, and it looks like she just joins whatever comes to her. I know she also has a lot of photos usually tagged of her, but it look like they are currently taken down. Her status updates are usually concerning her mood or something funny that had happened. She also seems very interested in horoscopes and has pages, quizzes, and posts related to that.
Friends #2: This friend is more active on facebook than friend #1. She usually updates her status 3 to 4 times a week. A lot of her wall post are from the same group of friends. They normally are small one liners that seem like inside jokes. She sees this group of friends usually everyday, but keeps in touch with them on facebook constantly as well. She is very involved with albums and photos in general. She has over 700 photos tagged of her. She also has over 700 friends as well. A lot of her groups are relate to very random things in general, with a lot of "i lost my cell phone and need numbers" groups. Her profile pictures usually involve her with other people in them (close friends).
Friend #3: This friend is highly active on facebook as well. She has mobile access to facebook, and will update her status daily. She has a lot of wall post daily as well. She looks like she keeps in touch with a range of different people. I don't believe she really knows ALL of her friends (she has over 1000). He face book pictures are usually just of her, but all look like they were taking at a party or bar. She is very outgoing and it really shows on facebook as well. She is a part of many different group types, and it looks like she just joins whatever comes to her. I know she also has a lot of photos usually tagged of her, but it look like they are currently taken down. Her status updates are usually concerning her mood or something funny that had happened. She also seems very interested in horoscopes and has pages, quizzes, and posts related to that.
Friend #1
This friend updates his status daily both from his iphone and from a computer, kindly sharing some words of wisdom or quoting a movie. He has a normal size number of friends which probably means he knows all of them and they are either family or friends. Although he updates his facebook often there really isnt much else to his information and he isn't in a lot of albums. The groups he belongs to look like they are all related to his hobbies or Maine, which is where he's from.
Friend #2
The first thing that pops out to me is the information this friend provides for other people. It looks like he spent a lot of time filling out his hobbies and quotes so as to come off as intelligent or smart. His friend list include what appear to mostly be friends or family and there are not too many to think he just adds people for the hell of it. Although the amount of groups he belongs to it is hard to imagine he actually keeps up with all of them or even some of them for that matter.
Friend #3
I decided to pick some one who was way more facebook active in all senses. This friend is in over a handful of albums and has almost 10 albums of his own. He updates his status maybe 3 or 4 times a week and generally has at least one comment on each update. The majority of the groups he is in are related to skiing which would make sense because he works really hard at this sport. Although he has 800 + friends I believe that he knows every single one of them through some connection or another. His information is pretty completely filled out showing that he cares what others think of him, but he does not go into extensive detail which means he probably has a life too.
This friend updates his status daily both from his iphone and from a computer, kindly sharing some words of wisdom or quoting a movie. He has a normal size number of friends which probably means he knows all of them and they are either family or friends. Although he updates his facebook often there really isnt much else to his information and he isn't in a lot of albums. The groups he belongs to look like they are all related to his hobbies or Maine, which is where he's from.
Friend #2
The first thing that pops out to me is the information this friend provides for other people. It looks like he spent a lot of time filling out his hobbies and quotes so as to come off as intelligent or smart. His friend list include what appear to mostly be friends or family and there are not too many to think he just adds people for the hell of it. Although the amount of groups he belongs to it is hard to imagine he actually keeps up with all of them or even some of them for that matter.
Friend #3
I decided to pick some one who was way more facebook active in all senses. This friend is in over a handful of albums and has almost 10 albums of his own. He updates his status maybe 3 or 4 times a week and generally has at least one comment on each update. The majority of the groups he is in are related to skiing which would make sense because he works really hard at this sport. Although he has 800 + friends I believe that he knows every single one of them through some connection or another. His information is pretty completely filled out showing that he cares what others think of him, but he does not go into extensive detail which means he probably has a life too.
FaceBook Assignment
So looking at my friend would appear to be very boring. The first one would be a relative I never communicate with. We live 2000 miles apart and we dont talk on the phone, we dont email or write letters and with the help of Facebook they only manage to send me app. invites which by the way annoy me to no end. When you look at their page it is filled with useless apps. and not much else. I blip here and there about how her day is going and nothing substantial.
The next person is no doubt one of my daughters friends. I have now somehow been roped into accepting all of her friends as my friends because I feel guilty not accepting them when they send the invites. Looking at their page just makes me feel old. It also makes me wonder how they could have the time to update thier profile so often. They seem to have new comments every hour on the hour. It boggles my mind. It is very much young teenage talk. Right now all the buzz appears to be the Twilight movie coming out on Nov 19 @ midnight (yes I know this because we have had the tickets since sept! OMG!!!) They also appear to be completley obsessed with Edward from the movie and how incredibly cute he is?
The person I selected was my Moms page. It is rather entertaining really. As far behind as I feel she must feel like a fish out of water. Her poor page has almost nothing it. No apps. 12 friends (all family) and 1 comment saying Hi! How are you? from one of said relatives. I am proud of her getting this far. She likes facebook because it allows her to see pictures and updates from family she cant see very often.
It seems as though everyone who is on facebook certainly has a reason. Whether its to keep up with friends or family, or just to socialize and keep up with the daily gossip everyone has their reasons and their must be ALOT of reasond because facebook is Hugh and it appears that the entire United States and many World have a facebook account. It really is amazing if you think about it.
The next person is no doubt one of my daughters friends. I have now somehow been roped into accepting all of her friends as my friends because I feel guilty not accepting them when they send the invites. Looking at their page just makes me feel old. It also makes me wonder how they could have the time to update thier profile so often. They seem to have new comments every hour on the hour. It boggles my mind. It is very much young teenage talk. Right now all the buzz appears to be the Twilight movie coming out on Nov 19 @ midnight (yes I know this because we have had the tickets since sept! OMG!!!) They also appear to be completley obsessed with Edward from the movie and how incredibly cute he is?
The person I selected was my Moms page. It is rather entertaining really. As far behind as I feel she must feel like a fish out of water. Her poor page has almost nothing it. No apps. 12 friends (all family) and 1 comment saying Hi! How are you? from one of said relatives. I am proud of her getting this far. She likes facebook because it allows her to see pictures and updates from family she cant see very often.
It seems as though everyone who is on facebook certainly has a reason. Whether its to keep up with friends or family, or just to socialize and keep up with the daily gossip everyone has their reasons and their must be ALOT of reasond because facebook is Hugh and it appears that the entire United States and many World have a facebook account. It really is amazing if you think about it.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Facebook Analysis
Person #1
Updates her status at least once a day, hardly saying anything. Updates such as “Happy Wednesday!” or others bragging about where she went to dinner with her husband. “Xxx and Yyy just had another fabulous dinner in L.A...we have been spoiling ourselves all week. I love it when our business travel is to the same city!” Some are about how she is sitting in traffic or what she is doing at work. All of the updates were through her cell phone.
She doesn’t have a ridiculous number of friends and they are all people that I’m guessing she knows, and she also is not a member of any groups.
All of her pictures are of her in her wedding dress, but none of her with her husband. She doesn’t play any games or take quizzes, so I think the sole purpose is to update everyone with her life, although she doesn’t have a lot of responses and hardly anyone writes on her wall.
Person #2
He updates his status all the time, but there are several interactions on each post. The updates don’t really say much, complaints about the new facebook, things sports related or about class assignments.
He has a fair amount of friends, and a lot of interactions on his wall, which makes me think he is most likely really friends with his facebook friends.
He is in a ton of groups, all very random and a fan of over a dozen pages, from celebrities to restaurants to newspapers.
All of his pictures portray what he’s like in real life, but maybe a little more dramatic. He doesn’t play any facebook games but he does the quizzes, and often. All are pretty random. I think it’s mostly to play around when bored.
Person #3
Her status updates are daily and almost always about her kids. All of her friends are other moms with pictures of their kids or friends that are married with wedding pictures. They are from all around the country, so most likely friends from college.
She is in a lot of groups, mostly political but that’s all that is on her page, hardly anything else is filled out.
Of her 78 profile photos uploaded in the last year, not one of them is of her by herself and only two have her in them. They are all of her children.
She’s taken a few quizzes, which match her personality, and has only played games a few times.
Updates her status at least once a day, hardly saying anything. Updates such as “Happy Wednesday!” or others bragging about where she went to dinner with her husband. “Xxx and Yyy just had another fabulous dinner in L.A...we have been spoiling ourselves all week. I love it when our business travel is to the same city!” Some are about how she is sitting in traffic or what she is doing at work. All of the updates were through her cell phone.
She doesn’t have a ridiculous number of friends and they are all people that I’m guessing she knows, and she also is not a member of any groups.
All of her pictures are of her in her wedding dress, but none of her with her husband. She doesn’t play any games or take quizzes, so I think the sole purpose is to update everyone with her life, although she doesn’t have a lot of responses and hardly anyone writes on her wall.
Person #2
He updates his status all the time, but there are several interactions on each post. The updates don’t really say much, complaints about the new facebook, things sports related or about class assignments.
He has a fair amount of friends, and a lot of interactions on his wall, which makes me think he is most likely really friends with his facebook friends.
He is in a ton of groups, all very random and a fan of over a dozen pages, from celebrities to restaurants to newspapers.
All of his pictures portray what he’s like in real life, but maybe a little more dramatic. He doesn’t play any facebook games but he does the quizzes, and often. All are pretty random. I think it’s mostly to play around when bored.
Person #3
Her status updates are daily and almost always about her kids. All of her friends are other moms with pictures of their kids or friends that are married with wedding pictures. They are from all around the country, so most likely friends from college.
She is in a lot of groups, mostly political but that’s all that is on her page, hardly anything else is filled out.
Of her 78 profile photos uploaded in the last year, not one of them is of her by herself and only two have her in them. They are all of her children.
She’s taken a few quizzes, which match her personality, and has only played games a few times.
Facebook Friends
The first person I decided to stalk on facebook was one of my best friends. I found it reasonable to first point out that she has less than fifty friends on facebook. I think this can attest to her actually being friends with the people she adds rather than others who add friends for the heck of it. Her status updates are every couple days and her wall is not necessarily that full with wall posts. Partly due to not having a ton of friends but she has a life outside of the internet and facebook. In her information box, there are some key pieces of information such as name, school, etc but she does not include facts about herself or other random information that most people care not to look at anyway.
The second friend I looked at was another one of my good friends. They are quite the opposite of the first facebook I stalked. His facebook updates happen rather quickly everyday and I can expect about 10 updates throughout the day. These updates I have noticed are not his own words but lyrics from songs that he has listened to that may or may not apply to his life at the time. His friend count is astronomical and posts on his wall happen on a daily if not hourly basis. I tend to think he creates this popularity by drawing attention to himself through his baby girl that has just turned 2. I think a baby is a very good way of drawing attention to yourself if you are wanting it.
Lastly I decided to look at a friend that I have not talked to in a while and wanted to see what was up with his life. I first looked at his friend count, pretty much like the second facebook profile, and this allowed me to conclude that he is fairly popular, at least on facebook. A little different from the two other people, his updates happen once a week maybe twice. He uses his IPhone as a means of facebook rather the computer which I thought was more interesting than any other information I found out on him. I found his profile to be more of a work place rather than a friend tool. His status' display how he finished work or his work, his wall posts are friends from work rather than friends that aren't from work. I think this was interesting to see a business facebook rather than a social networking friendship page.
Facebook Analysis Pt. II
So based on my previous post about the tools to create an online identity, here are 3 examples from my pool of friends (and whatever the choose to let me view on their profiles).
Profile #1 -
Friends - 846 and counting. Groups - 38+ (mainly student organizations or community involved groups and student politics). Photos of this person, that is not theirs but they have been tagged in by others - 1179 and counting with 74 photo albums. Fan pages show their interests and where their support is - Happyslip, Beau Sia (youtube entertainment), Obama (political interest), Starbucks (for fun?). Without going into further nit-picking detail, this friend of mine does not update their status update that often, but other parts of their profile show that they are a very social/outgoing person with a large network of friends and/or connections. This person is opening themselves to a very large audience. Their information page is also filled out sufficiently to show their general interests and their wall show a steady flow of comments.
Profile #2
Friends - 39. Groups - 1 (Denver Job Board). There are only a handful of their photos with their significant other, their information page gives very little information and the birth year is obviously and ridiculously older than what their real age seems to be. The majority of activity are photos and some FB game. This person does not seem very concerned with using FB so much for anything but one of many means to stay in contact with close friends, but especially their significant other.
Profile #3
Friend - 505. Groups - 27 (wide variety of interests). Information page is sufficiently filled out. There are a moderate number of pictures for a typical FB profile (tagged in 174 photos and 10 photo albums). This friend has a tab for "Causes" where they participate in a handful of causes, and their status is updated routinely (at least once a day) where there will always be threads on comments on each. This friend is very active in the community and is politically engaged, and their profile shows this, as well as other aspects of their identity.
Facebook Assignment: A glance at 3 of my friends
1. This friend posts a status update almost twice daily. Sometimes the posts are about is going on in life for that friend or just random blurbs….very random. Because this person is from a foreign country, this friend’s friends are mostly from this friend’s native country. This friend is very much into activist groups so many of the groups this friend participates in are activist groups. This friend rarely uses actual self pictures for their profile picture. Mostly this friend uses current favorite images or favorite characters in shows.
Ultimately, I noticed that this friend tends to use cultural images/phrases/etc. to express their feelings, moods, attitudes, etc.
2. This friend updates their status about 2 or 3 times a week. Mostly, the posts are about what activities this friend did or plans to do. This friend’s friends range from every location and every occupation. This friend is not really in to any groups currently. Because this friend loves to take pictures, the profile pictures of this friend tend to be around events or places visited.
In the end, I noticed that this friend loved to travel, make friends all around the world, and all the while take pictures of the entire trip’s adventure.
3. This friend rarely updates their status – typically 2 to 3 times a month. Mostly the posts are about things this friend did or other internet related things of interest, sometimes video clips. This friend is very outdoorsy and tends to befriend people of similar interests. Mostly the groups this friend is into are nature or environmentalist groups. This friend’s profile pictures typically reflect environmental interests such as hiking, biking, wildlife, etc.
Over all, I noticed this friend likes to show off interesting environmentally based things such as pictures, videos, articles, or phrases because that is the friend’s primary interest.
Ultimately, I noticed that this friend tends to use cultural images/phrases/etc. to express their feelings, moods, attitudes, etc.
2. This friend updates their status about 2 or 3 times a week. Mostly, the posts are about what activities this friend did or plans to do. This friend’s friends range from every location and every occupation. This friend is not really in to any groups currently. Because this friend loves to take pictures, the profile pictures of this friend tend to be around events or places visited.
In the end, I noticed that this friend loved to travel, make friends all around the world, and all the while take pictures of the entire trip’s adventure.
3. This friend rarely updates their status – typically 2 to 3 times a month. Mostly the posts are about things this friend did or other internet related things of interest, sometimes video clips. This friend is very outdoorsy and tends to befriend people of similar interests. Mostly the groups this friend is into are nature or environmentalist groups. This friend’s profile pictures typically reflect environmental interests such as hiking, biking, wildlife, etc.
Over all, I noticed this friend likes to show off interesting environmentally based things such as pictures, videos, articles, or phrases because that is the friend’s primary interest.
~ Tisha
Facebook Stalking as Homework
Facebook Stalk #1
The person that I chose first is a friend who absolutely lives on facebook, he updates his statuses mulitple times of day and they are usually within the realm of emo expression or attacks against other people. He uses his facebook as malicious tool to directly and indirectly attack people or champion for causes. It is riddled with petty drama as well as self-inflating images. There are also a lot of links and "applications" that are pop-culture oriented, mostly tv shows. All in all, this person's facebook is a more flamboyant expression of the actual person; my guess is that this person is afraid to be truly them self in public so the internet is a way to express these suppressed aspects. This user is our age.
Facebook Stalk #2
This next person is a recently married and her facebook makes that very evident. Whether its the profile picture, status updates, or wedding book applications, this facebook scream marriage. Her facebook is also used as a promotional tool for her new upstart design business; she has contact information, business description, and details in her info section. Lastly, it appears that she uses facebook as a tool for keeping in touch with people, especially her family, as most of the wall posts are "how are you", "haven't talked to you in a while", etc. She also has a few quizzes like "what celebrity but are you". This user is two years out of college.
Facebook Stalk #3
My last facebook stalk is of a friend who has just entered college at a art institute. She has lots of "artsty" pictures of her tagged as well as has several albums showcasing her work. It is a very expressionistic facebook, but it seems to be a bit more positive compared to Facebook stalk #1. This girl is all about promoting her art and making an artistic statement whether that is through links or "artsy/poetic/coded" status updates. She is also a political activist as she is friends with a lot of politicians and political movements; she also is a fan of these politicians as well.
The person that I chose first is a friend who absolutely lives on facebook, he updates his statuses mulitple times of day and they are usually within the realm of emo expression or attacks against other people. He uses his facebook as malicious tool to directly and indirectly attack people or champion for causes. It is riddled with petty drama as well as self-inflating images. There are also a lot of links and "applications" that are pop-culture oriented, mostly tv shows. All in all, this person's facebook is a more flamboyant expression of the actual person; my guess is that this person is afraid to be truly them self in public so the internet is a way to express these suppressed aspects. This user is our age.
Facebook Stalk #2
This next person is a recently married and her facebook makes that very evident. Whether its the profile picture, status updates, or wedding book applications, this facebook scream marriage. Her facebook is also used as a promotional tool for her new upstart design business; she has contact information, business description, and details in her info section. Lastly, it appears that she uses facebook as a tool for keeping in touch with people, especially her family, as most of the wall posts are "how are you", "haven't talked to you in a while", etc. She also has a few quizzes like "what celebrity but are you". This user is two years out of college.
Facebook Stalk #3
My last facebook stalk is of a friend who has just entered college at a art institute. She has lots of "artsty" pictures of her tagged as well as has several albums showcasing her work. It is a very expressionistic facebook, but it seems to be a bit more positive compared to Facebook stalk #1. This girl is all about promoting her art and making an artistic statement whether that is through links or "artsy/poetic/coded" status updates. She is also a political activist as she is friends with a lot of politicians and political movements; she also is a fan of these politicians as well.
Victory for Net Nuetrality
There has been some major steps forward in net neutrality recently. CNN has this video briefly describing it. Basically, net nuetrality is in the books now which prevent the phone and cable companies from skewing access to the internet.
And don't worry, I will post my facebook findings in a bit.
And don't worry, I will post my facebook findings in a bit.
GLOBAL FACEBOOK
My boyfriend is Australian, and lives in Perth, Western Australia. So when starting this assignment, I thought it would be interesting to look at how people in different countries use Facebook versus in the United States. From what I observed, on a majority of my friends facebook accounts from Australia, they use facebook very differently than in the US. Their pages are filled with quizzes of every kind. It is basically what all of them do on the social network. They rarely write on each others walls. It is mainly a page full of quizzes and applications with status updates every once in awhile. None of them have very many pictures tagged of them. I found this very interesting compared to people in the United States. This leads me to the second person I looked at. This girl was from Croatia. Again, like the Australians, she used facebook as an area to take many quizzes, but she also had albums after albums of only pictures of herself and no one else. I also notice, even though she is from Croatia, she wrote in English in many of her statuses and picture comments. I then checked my friends page who is from Switzerland and I noticed the same thing, that many of his updates were in English. Lastly, I looked at a girl who I lived with in Barcelona, Spain for a month when I was in high school. Compared to the other 2 from Australia and Croatia, I saw hers as pretty typical from what mine or other citizens of the United States facebook looks like. She had tons of pictures from her at her University tagged as well as on vacations. She did not update her status frequently, but when people wrote on her wall or she had a status it was in Spanish or Catalun. From looking at 3 people from 3 different countries, I found it a cultural thing as to how you act on facebook and what you do.
Now lastly, Here is a funny video about facebook teasing it with Eharmony.com.
Facebook blog-stalking
Friend #1
She is a female who updates her status at least three times a day. She usually post either about how she is feeling that day or what music she is listening too. Her profile pictures change often but always with her and a person she loves, if it is a good friend or her boyfriend. She posts pictures of every event she has a camera and always tags herself (as well as all her friends) in every photo. The top three groups she is in consist of music, hometown, and supporting good efforts around the world. She doesn't take a lot of quizzes or play very many games, but she does post update/video on current news that she thinks her friends might be interested in, like the announcement of a groups tour.
Friend #2
This girl keeps her life semi-classified. She only posts on her status about once a week and limits the amount people can see on her wall, most of the time you can only see what has been posted the last week and everything else is closed off. However, all her pictures are posted and usually her profile picture is of her and something to do with her sorority. In fact, most of the pictures she is tagged in are her at sorority functions. She does not belong to a lot of groups and the majority of the ones she belongs to have to deal with Greek life. She is "friends" with some celebrities like Paris Hilton, but she does not do quizzes or play games that it looks like.
Friend#3
This guy will update his post almost five times a day. Usually the posts are somehow related to work, how he is bored at work, about the temperature at work, and even about the office furniture. He defiantly comments more on his own post then anyone else does. He is 'friends' with a good amount of bands but also stores. His groups range vastly from one another from music, to politics, and then on to random groups. His profile picture is a photo of Rodney Dangerfield from Caddyshack. Most of his profile pictures are either funny photos of him or of famous actors. He doesn't play a lot of games but his friends vote him in a lot of quizzes they take.
Facebook Friends
Friend 1:
He updates his status at least 4 to 5 times a day, as well as posting interesting, silly or political things one to two times a day. He has 148 friends, and is friends only with people he knows, mostly people from his college and isn’t friends with any bands, famous people or things. All of his profile pictures are photos taken of him by others usually out on trips or at restaurants, they are usually photos of just him, or cropped to show just him, with a few with other people. It doesn’t look like he ever participates in any quizzes, games or groups. He portrays himself as a funny, open, clever person that is cool enough to have a Facebook, but doesn’t fully participate within it.
Friend 2:
She updates her status 2 to 6 times a week usually commenting on something she thought about or did that day. She has 325 friends, and most of them look like they are from her home or college. She is part of groups about French politics, College spirit groups and a few humor, possible inside joke groups. Almost all of the photos are of his by her or with one of two other girls they are usually taken by her holding the camera up, and a few taken by other people; she usually has the same pouty expression in all of her photos. It doesn’t look like she ever participates in games or quizzes, but posts photos fairly frequently at least once a week. It makes her seem mildly involved with herself, but fairly open and friendly and she gets many comments on he profile every day.
Friend 3:
He updates his status a few times a month, usually when he has something clever to say about his present situation. He has 278 friends from all over the country a majority from his home or college however. The groups that he is a part of are usually something that pertains to politics or college organizations with a few or something pertaining to beer. Most of the photos are of him by himself, and about half are some sort of humorous photo that actually mocks him or shows him in an unflattering light. It looks like the few quizzes that he participates in usually have to do with funny movies and the character you might be in the movie.
He updates his status at least 4 to 5 times a day, as well as posting interesting, silly or political things one to two times a day. He has 148 friends, and is friends only with people he knows, mostly people from his college and isn’t friends with any bands, famous people or things. All of his profile pictures are photos taken of him by others usually out on trips or at restaurants, they are usually photos of just him, or cropped to show just him, with a few with other people. It doesn’t look like he ever participates in any quizzes, games or groups. He portrays himself as a funny, open, clever person that is cool enough to have a Facebook, but doesn’t fully participate within it.
Friend 2:
She updates her status 2 to 6 times a week usually commenting on something she thought about or did that day. She has 325 friends, and most of them look like they are from her home or college. She is part of groups about French politics, College spirit groups and a few humor, possible inside joke groups. Almost all of the photos are of his by her or with one of two other girls they are usually taken by her holding the camera up, and a few taken by other people; she usually has the same pouty expression in all of her photos. It doesn’t look like she ever participates in games or quizzes, but posts photos fairly frequently at least once a week. It makes her seem mildly involved with herself, but fairly open and friendly and she gets many comments on he profile every day.
Friend 3:
He updates his status a few times a month, usually when he has something clever to say about his present situation. He has 278 friends from all over the country a majority from his home or college however. The groups that he is a part of are usually something that pertains to politics or college organizations with a few or something pertaining to beer. Most of the photos are of him by himself, and about half are some sort of humorous photo that actually mocks him or shows him in an unflattering light. It looks like the few quizzes that he participates in usually have to do with funny movies and the character you might be in the movie.
Facebook Profiles
Friend I:
To begin with she has over 500 photos of herself that either she put up or was tagged in along with over 115 albums has been tagged according to where, when and for the most part who is in the photos. Her profile picture is just a general profile picture. Also she has over 800 friends none being celebrities or people that are in the limelight one way or the other. Passed the multitude of friends and photos though she isn't very active with updates or posts. She doesn't belong too many groups or fan pages although the ones she is in are school related. It would seem that she uses the amount of friends and photos as a form of communicating with people if she has to.
Friend II
Is very very into updating his "wall" when it comes to posting links to videos/articles that he finds online that usually are more intellectually based (science daily, ted talks, ect). He also has a fair amount of posts about either his art or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu whether its fan pages, video posts, status updates, and photos. When he does status updates that don't have a link they are usually witty in nature. His profile picture is of Hank Hill from King of the Hill and has had other pictures of other animated characters. This friend of mine uses his facebook as a blog to share little morsels of wisdom he finds on the internet to showcase his interests.
Friend III
Seems to just have a facebook to have it. Isn't active really at all on it, has only 20 friends and 5 pictures of himself. His profile is pretty barren which can make me wonder if he is very selective when it comes to using it or whether he has an account to have a sense of belonging by just having one.
To begin with she has over 500 photos of herself that either she put up or was tagged in along with over 115 albums has been tagged according to where, when and for the most part who is in the photos. Her profile picture is just a general profile picture. Also she has over 800 friends none being celebrities or people that are in the limelight one way or the other. Passed the multitude of friends and photos though she isn't very active with updates or posts. She doesn't belong too many groups or fan pages although the ones she is in are school related. It would seem that she uses the amount of friends and photos as a form of communicating with people if she has to.
Friend II
Is very very into updating his "wall" when it comes to posting links to videos/articles that he finds online that usually are more intellectually based (science daily, ted talks, ect). He also has a fair amount of posts about either his art or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu whether its fan pages, video posts, status updates, and photos. When he does status updates that don't have a link they are usually witty in nature. His profile picture is of Hank Hill from King of the Hill and has had other pictures of other animated characters. This friend of mine uses his facebook as a blog to share little morsels of wisdom he finds on the internet to showcase his interests.
Friend III
Seems to just have a facebook to have it. Isn't active really at all on it, has only 20 friends and 5 pictures of himself. His profile is pretty barren which can make me wonder if he is very selective when it comes to using it or whether he has an account to have a sense of belonging by just having one.
Facebook friends
1:
She does not outwardly write about herself or share information that way, but instead she chooses to join 45 groups and be friends with all sorts of different athletes (Michael Phelps), bands (Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Marley), and tv shows (Hey Arnold). Although the one section she did fill out to great extent under her "info" page is the jobs section. Her profile pictures are of her and friends, basically normal although in some she does come across as slightly...odd. Just a little out there, in a good way. I get the feeling she would rather not write about herself but let people base their impressions of her off her work experience and "fans". This is a safe way to tell about yourself without outwardly writing about yourself.
2:
He updates his status very very frequently. He chooses not to include any information about himself but he does have 112 "fan pages" he is apart of including various bands, actors, locations, films, and businesses. I also found it interesting that he choose to make his friends his various "family members" filling up all the sections of married to...siblings...and children with friends. He is obviously very active with facebook and likes the communication aspect of it (talking/exchanging with friends)
3:
Filled out a lot of information about herself, but the info is shallow. under activities it includes "blasting loud music. dancing in the passengers seat." Both activities she may feel makes her seem "cool" or fun. She is also friends with Barack Obama and Robert Pattinson. I just feel she is trying too hard to be seen as cool by her peers and she is just forming to the likes of everyone.