Assignment #1- Introduction
Hello,
My name is Susannie Watt, a junior in CALS currently majoring in Atmospheric Science and Communications. I am from New York City, specifically the Bronx from a Jamaican decent.Now my parents reside in Orlando, Florida, retiring in the sun. This is my very first blogging experience and I am pretty excited to start it.
An internet-related phenomenon that I am interested in is facebook. It intrigues me so much because of the captivity level it has for so many users including myself. Not only is it a prime means communcation between friends/strangers, but it is the place to share pictures, see keep up with what's going on with people across the world, and even start an relationship. It opens the door for so many opportunites in terms of contact but why is it so addicting and commanding presence and need in out daily lives.For most people i know, facebook has become more of an priority than texts, phone calls, and even e-mails.
This summer, throughout the whole three months of my break my Internet connection was down. I did not worry about the important e-mails from school or the possible bills I need to pay online, but I was concerned about losing contact with people of facebook. All I though about finding a library to go facebook to change my status and and put funny comments on my friends' wall about the things we did together to reminisce on good times. I could not shake the feeling off that I was missing a part of my life until I was able to checked my profile, read the mini-feed an write a couple of messages.
I think that facebook is what it is to many people because of the connections it easily makes with a click of a button. It is quick way to keep in contact with and virtually stalk whoever you want, in addition to keeping up with what people think of you. People automatically become more open when there is no direct face to face contact involved, so hence facebook is the prime means of doing this.
Facebook would categorize under the asynchronous space being that the message, wall posts, and pictures can be read now and be responded to any time in the future.Not only came the message be limited for only a specified reader but it can be a public message for all to see if posted on one's wall.
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Hi Susannie,
It's funny how you mention that Facebook has become one of the higher priorities people have these days, because I completely agree. Sometimes, I would check my Facebook before checking my email to see if anyone has sent me private messages, wrote on my wall, or add comments to my pictures. Anyhow, while I mainly agree that Facebook falls under the asynchronous category, I think it can also fall under the synchronous category as well.
I'm not sure if the addition of showing if someone is "online" is fairly new or not, but an imitation—of course, to a certain extent—of an AIM conversation can be done through either private messaging or writing on each others' walls when two people are on Facebook simultaneously. There was a time when I was browsing through her profile and realized that she was online (as it is indicated on the very top left hand corner below the person’s picture). I sent her a private message, and she would send one back to me as soon as she’s gotten it—in real time, we were exchanging messages. With that said, I believe that Facebook can fall under both asynchronous and synchronous categories.
Hey Susannie, I KNEW I saw you on the first day.
Anyhow, it’s interesting how people don’t always stay in touch with their old friends, but they can spend hours stalking on Facebook. While it’s an interesting new one to get in contact with people, we haven’t had the potential for abuse like this with cell phones, email, or instant messaging. In college, though, it IS a mainstay of life, making it easy for students to find out what their friends are doing during break or drop a line on their Wall. In the past two years, high schoolers have been flooded Facebook, and I’ve heard of plenty of professionals who link their future employers to their profile. I’m curious to see what sort of role it may play years from now, as the Facebook generation moves on. It may end up as the plaything of the immature, like Myspace, or it may become a well established network of contacts, its reach beyond just that of students.
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