Script Rough Draft

     Sorry for the late post. Swamped with other homework and an exam.

     So, I plan to do most of my shooting next week. I plan on interviewing a few people I personally know, and also a few people on campus. I plan to ask them about their views on argument, ask them to reflect on their methods of argument, and what they notice about other people's methods of argument. I'm also going to probably have a conversation with a few friends that I only know over Facebook. I'm not sure if that would affect anything, but you never know. I'd like to see if what I think about how people view argument is true, about people having a negative view about it, and if Facebook really affects the way people argue in a negative way.

Proposal

     I've decided to do my documentary about the ways in which Facebook affects the way we argue with people. After hearing about the Ted talks involving the Facebook "Filtration" effect, which is something that Facebook does to make the only posts you see are from your friends who you share beliefs with, I decided to make this my topic. Sure this seems like a wonderful idea, but I feel that it has an underlying effect, that it is destroying our ability to properly communicate with people who disagree with us. I personally believe that argument is a good thing, and is the best way to solve issues. How a person argues also deeply affects how well an argument will go. What I mainly see now-a-days are very immature arguments and arguments with no reason behind them.  I think this is an issue that needs to have attention brought to it and this is why I've chosen it.
     I believe that social internet sites as a whole cause a problem with how we view argument and how we partake, but I'm focusing around Facebook because it's something I use and am familiar with, as well as being one of the most popular social sites. My target audience will be students at UK, and will be the main people I interview about the subject. I've chosen this group because as a whole, they're different that normal people of their age (college seems to change people) and because they'll be the easiest to get a hold of. I plan on asking people if they ever argue or see people argue on facebook, and how those arguments usually play out. I'm also going to ask how they view argument as a whole to see if what I think is true, that most people see argument as a bad thing.
     

Overview of Speech

Wii:

I. Reliable
          a. No serious crashes
          b. Doesn't overheat
          c. Sturdy
II. Fun
          a. Games focuses around fun, rather than competition
          b. Old games from previous Nintendo consoles
          c. Motion Controls
III. Efficient
          a. Batteries in controllers last a long time
          b. Very low wattage required
          c. Small and lightweight

Didn't Think It'd Be This Much...

     So, I realized with my last post, and the beginning of this one, that my posts haven't really been an... Accurate depiction of my character, and seeing as how this is going to be about my identity and relationship with social media sites, I figured it was time to start acting right. Now, on to the actual post

     Ah... Facebook. Truly a wonder among the internet, and that's not sarcasm either, nor is it a biased opinion. You may think, "Well what about Myspace, or this site or that site," and I would have to agree that they're similar yes, but, Facebook has definitely reached a much higher status than many sites could ever dream to achieve. Mark Zuckerberg launched the site, originally called "thefacebook.com," February 4th, 2004 as a Harvard sophomore. A week later, he was accused of stealing the idea from 3 other students, which soon escalated into a full lawsuit between a company that the 3 students had created and Zuckerberg (1). It was eventually dismissed on a technicality in March 2007 but without a ruling (2).

     

     Anyhow, Facebook has had great success, even to the point that Yahoo and Google both expressed interest in a buyout. Facebook has made an extremely large amount of revenue for a social networking site, generating $4.27 Billion in 2011 (3). Facebook is a true success, starting from a dorm room in Harvard, and reaching where it is now in only 8 years, crazy stuff.

     

     Now then, to the good stuff. First off, I'd like to say that I personally love Facebook. It's an amazing way to keep in touch with my friends. How anyone could not enjoy being able to have such easy access to what your friends want to tell you is beyond me. It's essentially like a commons area in a building that all your friends live in. And although it may not be the only social media site I use on a regular basis, the way that the site is, giving me the ability to share things from other sites, it becomes this sort of, central hub of my browsing. I think that's the biggest thing I love though. That sort of, central hub feel is great. It's easily the best way to have people see what you've been doing on the internet, which helps show my interests and whatnot to my friends.

     Although I love Facebook now, it hasn't always been that way. My personal history with Facebook is a simple one. Most of the people I knew used Myspace as the go-to site to keep in touch, and so I did too. At one point, my girlfriend at the time said that I should make a Facebook profile because she has one, and I thought, "Why the hell not?" I still mainly used Myspace because everyone was on it, and I only used Facebook to play games with my girlfriend. Eventually, everyone else started bleeding over from Myspace, leaving it a ghost town, and so I figured that Facebook was obviously the better choice to frequent now. Yeah, that might make me look like a follower, but it was pretty much at the point where I couldn't talk to anyone on Myspace anymore. Even if I had wanted to stay on Myspace, there wouldn't have been a point because there was no one to interact with. I never posted much, or talked much on Facebook when the exodus happened, as I didn't have easy access to the internet. My mom was really strict about the internet, and wouldn't let me use it unless it was important, and neither of us really saw Facebook as important. I had a profile just because you could say. Once I did get the ability to use Facebook on a normal basis, I started to actually post things sometimes, I talked to people quite often, but generally my profile wasn't very active. I had to use my Nintendo DS to use our wireless, and so I couldn't do much on the internet.

     I didn't really become an active forgoer of the internet until high school. I convinced my mom to buy me a wireless adapter for my computer so I could use our wi-fi on it. As I like to word it, I frequently lurk the interwebs. What came with this, was that now I could actually share things on Facebook. I could post pictures, and links, and all sorts of things. That's the main reason I picked Facebook as my essay topic. I believe that there's no better way to see my relationship with social media than to look at my facebook profile page. Which you can do right now.  

  

     

     Yes, I know that you can't get more than one or two depictions of my interests from this picture, but you can see how I use Facebook to portray myself. This is really only my profile picture and my timeline cover, but you can clearly tell I like ponies. It's truly why I love Facebook so much. While not as customizable as a Myspace profile, they give enough that you can still show people how you are with just a few pictures. And of course you can always fill out the "About me" section for anyone who cares to look deeper into your mind.

     I believe Facebook has also helped shape my social identity, because every single one of my friends can share things as well, which can lead to me finding new things that I enjoy or don't like at all. With Facebook being the way that it is, it's great for everyone to show themselves, and other people can influence a person's personality just as much as the media can.

Didn't Think It'd Be This Much... (Draft)

     So, I realized with my last post, and the beginning of this one, that my posts haven't really been an... Accurate depiction of my character, and seeing as how this is going to be about my identity and relationship with social media sites, I figured it was time to start acting right. Now, on to the actual post

     Ah... Facebook. Truly a wonder among the internet, and that's not sarcasm either, nor is it a biased opinion. You may think, "Well what about Myspace, or this site or that site," and I would have to agree that they're similar yes, but, Facebook has definitely reached a much higher status than many sites could ever dream to achieve. Mark Zuckerberg launched the site, originally called "thefacebook.com," February 4th, 2004 as a Harvard sophomore. A week later, he was accused of stealing the idea from 3 other students, which soon escalated into a full lawsuit between a company that the 3 students had created and Zuckerberg (1). It was eventually dismissed on a technicality in March 2007 but without a ruling (2).

     

     Anyhow, Facebook has had great success, even to the point that Yahoo and Google both expressed interest in a buyout. Facebook has made an extremely large amount of revenue for a social networking site, generating $4.27 Billion in 2011 (3). Facebook is a true success, starting from a dorm room in Harvard, and reaching where it is now in only 8 years, crazy stuff.

     

     Now then, to the good stuff. First off, I'd like to say that I personally love Facebook. It's an amazing way to keep in touch with my friends. How anyone could not enjoy being able to have such easy access to what your friends want to tell you is beyond me. It's essentially like a commons area in a building that all your friends live in. And although it may not be the only social media site I use on a regular basis, the way that the site is, giving me the ability to share things from other sites, it becomes this sort of, central hub of my browsing.

     My personal history with Facebook is a simple one. Most of the people I knew used Myspace as the go-to site to keep in touch, and so I did too. At one point, my girlfriend at the time said that I should make a Facebook profile because she has one, and I thought, "Why the hell not?" Eventually, everyone else started bleeding over from Myspace, leaving it a ghost town, and so I figured that Facebook was obviously the better choice to frequent now. Back then, I never posted much, or talked much on Facebook as I didn't have easy access to the internet. I had a profile just because you could say. Once I did get the ability to use Facebook on a normal basis, I started to actually post things sometimes, I talked to people quite often, but generally my profile wasn't very active.

     I didn't really become an active forgoer of the internet until high school. As I like to word it, I frequently lurk the interwebs. I also believe that there's no better way to see my relationship with social media than to look at my facebook profile page. Which you can do right now.  

  

     

     Yes, I know that you can't get more than one or two depictions of my interests from this picture, but you can see how I use Facebook to portray myself. It's truly why I love Facebook so much. While not as customizable as a Myspace profile, they give enough that you can still show people how you are with a few pictures. And of course you can always fill out the "About me" section for anyone who cares to look deeper into your mind.

     I believe Facebook has also helped shape my social identity, because every single one of my friends can share things as well, which can lead to me finding new things that I enjoy or don't like at all. With Facebook being the way that it is, it's great for everyone to show themselves, and other people can influence a person's personality just as much as the media can.

Can Fandom Change Society?

-sigh- Insomnia kills me. Anyways, here's a neat video I found.

IS Google Making Us Stupid?

     Well, I don't really know where to go with this article. I'm having mixed feelings about it, because on one hand, it makes sense that the internet could affect us in a manner that would change how we expect to read things. However, I've played video games since I was two, and I love to spend a lot of my time on the internet, but I can still easily find myself in that "Deep reading," state that Carr references. When I read a book, I normally get so absorbed in the book that I lose all track of time. I think it may also be true based on what we talked about today, what with people being more interested in the VMAs than the DNC. If they wanted info about the Democratic Party and Obama, they'd probably just read a quick snippet of it on the internet, rather than watch a whole showing. The internet is very helpful for gathering info, but I can see why he would be worried that it would lead to people not reaching their "Deep thinking," states.

     And when I read the title, I had thought that maybe he'd say something about how using google search is what's dumbing us down, so to speak. But what he really meant were the people behind the search engine, who believe that an artificial AI that didn't have multiple ways of doing things, and only had the one, most efficient way would be best. Obviously, doing something the most efficient way is best in most cases, but sometimes the most efficient way is no longer an option, and if that was taken away from an AI who only knows how to do that one thing, it wouldn't work at all. The only way for it to work in that situation would mean that it would need to be able to think of another action, something that Google believes is less productive, according to Carr.