I have officially started to do some research for my project specifically on methodology. Understanding what form of methodology I am going to use is an important place to start for my project because I am going to conduct interviews of fellow St. Lawrence community members to try and get a better understanding of how they use computer mediated communication. I am not going to explain my methodology findings quite yet, however I can let you know that I am doing qualitative research as opposed to quantitative, but there will be more to come in the following days.
As for now I wanted to let you all know that the movie, The Social Network has won numerous awards these past couples months in the Golden Globes, Critiques Choice Awards and is currently nominated for 8 Academy Awards.
And if you want my opinion I think they will win Best Picture (you heard it here first). But this isn't the reason I am mentioning the film in blog, although there numerous accolades are note worthy, it is really the premise and plot line of the story that deserves mentioning. For those of you poor souls who haven't had the chance to see this wonderful film yet (it's being shown in the Winston Room this weekend so get a move on it), the movie is about Mark Zuckerberg and the creation of Facebook, which is one of the social networks I am going to focus on for my senior project. I have actually seen the movie twice and the second time I watched I had my thinking cap and critical lens goggles on and Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) actually states that the creation of Facebook was for college students to be able to see what their friends are doing on the Internet. And here's some food for thought, one of my favorite quotes in the movie said by Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake):Sean Parker: We lived in farms, then we lived in cities, and now we're gonna live on the internet!
Do we?
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