I would like to use the deconstructive method, to analyze The Social Network. The social network appeals to a teenage/young adult audience. Like a lot of movies that appeal to younger audiences, the idea of acceptance or popularity comes in to play. Most people always crave or strive to be apart of that “in crowd”. In the movie, Mark Zuckerberg dealt with the same issue. The Social Network shows how Zuckerberg is an outcast for many reasons, but mostly because of his lack of social skills. The movie also shows how Zuckerberg (someone who likes control) finds that “control” through the creation of facebook. Throughout the movie viewers can see the extent to which Zuckerberg wants to be cool and be a part of elite finals club, Phoenix. The …show more content…
The way he did that was by leading on the Winklevoss twins, deceiving Eduardo, and manipulating others around him. However, Marilyn, accuses him of not even being able to do that right, because he isn’t a true asshole. The fact that he isn’t a “true” asshole, makes all the trouble he went through seem meaningless, because he is left with just Facebook. He has all these “friends” on Facebook and in real life but they aren’t real or substantial so it doesn’t matter. Similarly, if he was a “real” asshole none of it would matter because that’s how he truly is. However, Marilyn sees past it and calls him on it and in a way just shatters the disillusioned world he had created . In a way he had rationalized all his negative actions by thinking “I’m an asshole”, never really questioning …show more content…
The situation is marked by a chain of signifiers and representative of a strange loop. The strange loop that he is caught in revolves around the idea of him being able to control social circles. However, even with him investing so much into this invention (loosing his friend and numerous lawsuits) he still doesn’t have enough power to completely control “social circles” even within his world. For example, when he is on Albright’s facebook profile, he has to do the same thing everyone else has to do and that is send a friend request. Essentially, that is what happens in real life too; you can’t just be someone’s friend—they have to let you in. Yet, even though he is the creator of Facebook he cant just be “friends” with her so he just refreshes the page constantly. Zuckerberg’s obsessive refreshing of the page places such significance on the almost minute importance of having the friend request “accepted”. This act mirrors we can see ourselves in, and we can see what happens to us as consumers of social networking
The audience can empathize easily with Sue and the death of her youngest and this allows the audience to understand the usefulness of Facebook “friends”; however, Dailey’s shift to present the other side of the argument with Bugeja’s forward truth of the flaws in online social networks. Bugeja convinces the reader that reality provides a more intimate level of support that the virtual world can never offer. Dailey could have ended the article on a stronger note that Facebook “friends” only serves as an additive to friendships to reality. In reference to Henry Adams infamous quote, Facebook “friends” cannot be made but built from existing
5). By never losing touch with acquaintances made throughout life, we lose what has made “good old-fashioned” losing touch so good (para. 5). We lose real friendships and “long-forgotten photos and mixtapes” (para. 5). Without these natural aspects that are so important to friendship, friends have not only lost their worth, but the whole point of a friendship has been lost as well. Arguing that losing touch is a necessity of friendship, Brown suggests that maybe the issue could be resolved if only social networks would create a “Fade Utility” app that would allow unintended friends to gradually blur into a sepia cast, similar to the way unintended friends naturally fade away from our lives (para. 6). Maybe if networks treated friendships the way nature does, providing opportunities for people to reach out to lost friends if they choose, then online friendships might hold the same meaning as natural friendships, where the title “friend” is not just a banner of status, but a position in a
The essay by technology reporter for the New York Times, Jenna Wortham, titled, “It’s Not about You, Facebook. It’s about Us” discusses the idea that Facebook has helped shape emotions and now leaves its users emotionless. Although Wortham brings in several sources she does not support these sources with statistics and her personal feelings stand in the way of getting her main points across. In addition, she has a weak conclusion that leaves readers trying to grasp the actual message that Wortham is attempting to convey. Wortham fails to effectively support her thesis that society feels that it can not live without facebook.
In “Friends with Benefits: Do Facebook Fiends Provide The Same Support As Those in Real Life?”, Kate Dailey argues about whether the Facebook social scene could replace that of real life or it just mimics the likely course of friendship if people would still be close. The narrative begins with Dailey sharing an anecdote about a personal situation concerning a friend who just went through a hard time, the nonchalant friendship which the essay gravitates towards. While realizing the tragic news, her argument comes into place: is Facebook a great place to spread negative news or is it unable to beat the warmth in people’s physical reaction?.
Fleming begins her argument by paralleling the transformative properties of the invention of the telephone years ago to social networks today (Fleming). But, Fleming states that “students’ online identities and friendships come at a price, as job recruiters, school administrators, law enforcement officers and sexual predators sign on and start searching” (Fleming). Social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook are frequented favorites, especially by college students. These sites have become so popular that “friending” a person is now a dictionary verb. However, Fleming believes that students are not as cautious as they should be. In fact, “thirty percent of students report accepting ‘friend’ reques...
David Fincher’s drama film The Social Network (2010) received quite a lot of attention. Winning 3 Oscars including best screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Several people went to watch the film thinking its about Facebook, one of the element is about the website but not the main one. There are elements in the story that are as old as the story telling itself, of loyalty, friendship, jealousy, class, power and betrayal. That being said there are several ways Field’s 3 Act Structure and Vogler’s 12 Act Structure of a hero’s journey is presented in a clear way.
One’s amount of Facebook reflects how popular one wish to appear online more than how healthy one’s friendship truly is. Constant usage of Facebook allows user to potentially feel like they have a meaningful social life, when in reality, they are missing something. In Stephen Marche’s 2102 article, “Is Facebook making Us Lonely?” he notes that Facebook was introduced to the world in the midst of spreading and intensifying loneliness, an idea to which he greatly attributes Facebook’s appeal and success (Marche 26). Initially, social networking sites seem to be evidence of modern-day social interaction being easier and more convenient than ever.
Leaders with idealized influence serve as role models to their employees and emphasize the mission’s importance of the mission. Mark Zuckerberg runs his company based on the principle that, “I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person” (Weiss). Zuckerberg wants to assure that his employees share his thinking about Facebook’s mission and how Facebook progresses. He makes sure that his employees understand his ideal and are influenced by his passion for Facebook. In the book “Think like Zuck: The Secrets to Facebook 's Success” Ekaterina Walter, mentions what Zuckerberg believes in when he hires people for the company: “No one can achieve success alone. So hire people who share your values and beliefs. And hire for attitude: skills can be taught, passion can’t” (Walter). Through these elements of what he believes in, Zuckerberg has shown that he is very focused on influencing his employees through his passion and emphasizes the importance of the mission because only people with passion can overcome the obstacles that they deal with in their job. He wants to assure that his employees can overcome all the obstacles with not just the skills they have but with their determination. This is one of the examples of how he influences his followers as the leader or serves as a role model for his
Alexie believes that Facebook is a shallow way of communicating with friends because it allows them to hide behind a computer screen. He tries to intensify the point that one can be as popular as one wants on a social network, but it’s the face-to-face communication that truly matters in life. For real relationships to work, people must appreciate with what they do have and live in the present.
the firm, Mitch forms a plan to indite the partners of the firm by gathering
One of the most popular social networking websites today is none other than Facebook. People use Facebook in order to stay connected with their friends, family and the people around them, to discover what’s going in the world, in addition to share and express what matters to them. The Social Network is a film on how Facebook was created. There was a series of events, character development, relationships and a series of different emotions that are shown throughout the film.
Originally, Facebook was started in 2003 by a man named Mark Zuckerburg in his college dorm room at Harvard University. It began as a social network for Harvard students and then quickly expanded to universities across America. Facebook as we know it today started in the year 2004 and now does not only include college students but ages ranging from teens to middle-aged individuals. The social network site has quickly developed into one of the most trafficked networking websites which runs thousands of databases. By building a network that has spread across various countries, Facebook has successfully created a form of technology that allows people to connect with friends across the seas with different cultures.
The movie “Social Network” is about the ideas and the development behind the creation of the very popular social networking site “Facebook”. Mark Zuckerberg is the main character in the movie and also the actual creator of Facebook.
and family, and also “meet like-minded people” ( Metz, par. 1). In some cases, business people such as Ron West, claim that he uses Facebook “to become acquainted with new customers”( par. 8). Yes, these types of websites are great tools to stay in touch with old classmatesand faraway family members. It is a great source of communication, but there is always a con to every pro. Even though users are connecting with others, users of social networks never know exact...
In Betty White’s opening monologue to Saturday Night Live, she said, “I didn’t know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. I would never say the people on it are losers, but that’s only because I’m polite.” Originally intended for the use of students at Harvard University in 2004, Facebook grew exponentially to be an online phenomenon in the years following. In 2006, it became accessible to anyone and everyone with internet connection. Aside from the advantages that give the site its popularity, creating a profile comes with a number of significant disadvantages inherit to online social networks. What do more than 500 million active users use their Facebook for? Communicating with long distance friends and spreading awareness of causes are common responses. Unfortunately, Facebook has it flaws, from limiting the privacy of relationships to creating a form of almost unmanageable bullying, making one reconsider their involvement and think, “do I really want my Facebook account?”