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.