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By: Elizabeth Kohler and Stephanie Smith. Description. This site, the subject of a multi-million dollar movie, ‘’ Social Network” was launched by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. He started working on this stolen project idea at Harvard University.
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By: Elizabeth Kohler and Stephanie Smith
Description • This site, the subject of a multi-million dollar movie, ‘’ Social Network” was launched by Mark Zuckerbergin February 2004. • He started working on this stolen project idea at Harvard University. • It actively has more than 600,000,000 users. • Over 85% of students use Facebook today. • Users create a profile and can interact with friends worldwide over posts, comments, and messages.
Impact on Society • Over 100 million users access the site each day • More than 3.5 billion minutes are spent on Facebook daily • 1 billion pieces of content are shared weekly • People become addicted to Facebook. • Some people feel the need to update their Facebook and check for new posts every few minutes.
Benefits • You can message your friends • You can talk to people you might not normally be in contact with, i.e. Relatives living far away. • Helps you find old friends, without charging you. • You can join groups based on common interests and meet new people.
Citations • http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/ellison.html • http://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/200169.html • http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/events/facebook-itsimpact.html