1. I have never done a project like this and I thought it was very interesting to combine schoolwork and social media. It was cool to integrate Facebook into a school project because that never happens! It made it easier for the whole class to know what was going on because we all had a centralized place to put our ideas that was accessible to everyone. I think this project would have been a lot harder if we did not have the Facebook page for it, this made it possible for people to work on it away from school and for everyone to still know what was going on. Although it was difficult for the whole class to be involved in everything, I think it turned out well and everyone had a part in all the aspects of the project. I really liked this project because it was a class effort but everyone still got to put in their own input and I think it will all come together really well. This project was an interesting experience, it really showed the immense incorporation of social media in the real world and how it is possible to use it for anything.
2. Social media (Facebook, twitter, MySpace, chatroulette, etc.) is taking over the world! Middle school and High school students’ lives are almost entirely based around social networking sites. Most of my friends and myself included get home from school and go on Facebook for the rest of the time we spend at home. From the time I get home around 3:30 pm to when I go to sleep generally around 11 pm I always have Facebook open. Facebook is slowly taking over my own life and it is hard to stop it. It is a great way to keep in touch with people and talk with friends but I really only talk to about ten people on it and the rest are people I never talk to. Social networking sites have become all forms of communication between teenagers. Many people will have their serious conversations over these sites instead of in person or at least on the phone. I think that these sites are kind of an escape from reality. It is easy to get away with a lot of things that you wouldn’t normally say or do in person.
Chatroulette could be a cool idea if the creepy people did not abuse it. It is an interesting way to get to know people around the world and it is completely anonymous. But, people who use it for inappropriate reasons ruin the idea. I do not think that we are heading towards a chatroulette hell because most people do not even know what chatroulette is and a lot of people refuse to use it. I have experienced chatroulette because I did not know what it was so my friend and I went on it and we just thought it was hilarious. I would never use it seriously because it has become such a joke, due to the fact that no one really uses it for it’s true purpose.
Separation of professional/ school life and social life (one’s life on Facebook) is difficult, I think, for teenagers these days. Too much stuff happens on Facebook daily that when people come to school, it is talked about often. Most conversations among teenagers happen through Facebook and it then becomes an integral part of social life for high school students. I personally use Facebook constantly and it has almost become a habit to always want to check my Facebook. Every opportunity I get to check my Facebook, I take it. So much of my social life is focused around Facebook and it is actually sort of gross. Although there are definitely still a lot of social happenings that occur in “reality”, everything has become so technology based. I personally think people need to begin interacting without Facebook but it has already become a primary source of communication that there is no way people will stop using it. So, our reality is quickly drifting towards its technology caused death.
I do not think there is very much privacy in our world these days, so much information is put on Facebook for everyone to see and that is then continued into our so-called “reality”. Although we may think we have privacy from people, anything and everything you put on Facebook is forever kept in the abyss of the Internet. Even people without Facebook are still mixed up in this alternate world through other people’s photos, videos, etc. Just because you don’t have a Facebook does not mean you aren’t on Facebook. We cannot get away from this leading power of social media and it will simply continue to capture our real lives into its evil grip.
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