Overview

An ethnography is an observation of a culture and community. I decided to observe the online culture and community that is Facebook.
Facebook is such a huge part of our lives today. We use Facebook to talk to friends, family, co-workers, teachers; just about anyone can communicate with someone else on Facebook.
My ethnography is essentially going to discuss the differences between a real community and Facebook, an online one. I want to focus on how people communicate with each other, especially how people communicate so casually on the internet. I want to figure out why people are more comfortable talking online than they are talking face-to-face with certain people. The internet is such a fascinating thing, and people think that when they are hiding behind their computer screen that they can act like a different person. I want to know why!
I plan on figuring that out as well as figuring out why people choose to use the social networking site, as well as many other things that I know I will discover along the way.
In the meantime, I'm going to be hanging out with Mark discussing what we can do to make Facebook better for all of my friends.

I Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Facebook

I spend far too much time on Facebook, which is why it was easy for me (with the help of Mark Zuckerberg) to pick out these images that are important on Facebook.


This first image here is of the home screen of Facebook.com. This page is now well known to everyone who uses the social networking site because it's where they begin creating relationships online. If you don't have a Facebook, this is where you can create one.


The next photo is of my profile. Everyone on Facebook has a personalized profile where they can communicate with friends, share information about themselves, and post statues. This is what most people check for activity in their personal Facebook account.


This is the Facebook inbox. THIS IS VITAL IN EVERY TEENAGER'S YOUNGER YEARS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THEM TO FLIRT WITH OTHER FACEBOOK USERS BUT KEEP IT PRIVATE! It's true. Everyone flirts on Facebook. Facebook inbox messaging is just like email, but you can only send messages to other Facebook users.


This final image is what I personally have 'liked' in the music category of my interests. This lets other people know what kind of music I like to listen to. Other categories of interests include books, television shows, movies, games, and sports.

Thanks, Intern

This is actually pretty fascinating.
An intern working at Facebook mapped this web of connections based on the 500+ million users on the social networking site. It isn't entirely accurate (China and most of Asia are not represented) but it gives a good idea of the connections made on the website based off of user's current city location. The areas with the most friendship connections are North America and parts of Europe.

I Just Got Off The Phone With Mark Zuckerberg

He told me not to turn my blog into 'another 'Social Network'' and that I can't make him seem like too much of a douche.
He is a good friend, so I'll try my best.

In my ethnography about Facebook, I'm going to discuss why people spend so much time on Facebook, how they create a false internet relationships and identities, and all the fun things I do with my friend, The Zuckerbro.

Here are some good photo ~*~memories~*~ I have of my friend.



This is a photo of my pal with Jesse Eisenberg and Andy Samberg. I was so proud of Mark for finally reaching this 'celebrity status'.


Here is The Zuck meeting Katy Perry. Finally, his 'teenage dream' came true.