Provide the web adress and the name of the community you are investigating.
www.facebook.com
What is the brief or focus of this community?
* Focus of facebook is to connect people from all over the world. Individuals engage in instant chat, gaming , photo uploading and commenting on friends and families profiles.
What services are provided? How interactive is this site, How can people contribute?
* Instant chat, photo uploading, gaming and much more are provided by facebook.
* In my opinion facebook can be very interactive, as it has serveral gaming facilities that engage individuals different cogitive abilities.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on why people choose to contribute to this community. What is it they are seeking??
* People contribute to this community because they are able to find friends and family. Groups can be made therefore opinions can be expressed. People can contribute by creating an account with facebook. If already a member contrbution can be achieved by commenting on another persons page as well as creating a groip or link.
Cut and paste an example of a type of topic being discussed to provide context to your excerpt.
* HideSimplyBhangra.com NeoDesi superstar, Raghav Mathur is back with a new track that is going to rock the music industry with his latest track, ‘So Much’ which is out now on iTunes.
This topic is about bhangra. The group is HidesimplyBhangra.com.
Source: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/SimplyBhangra.FanPage
Consier material presented during the course and make comment on the potential ethical issues that may arise in this community e.g. lack of identity and accountability.
* Peoples indentity may not be safe and a thrid part maybe able to access personal details such as someone's date of birth.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on the benefits this community holds over traditional notions of community.
* The biggest benefit here is that people from all over the world can be apart of community, Geographic proxmity is no longer a factor in reagrds to joining a community. a traditional community would be seen as indivduals come together at a specific venue and discuss their related topics. Nowadays people can sit in front of a computer and be apart of a community regardless of there residence.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment what this community lacks or can not provide which traditional communities can.
* Online communities can not provide the social environment that traditional communities can. There is no social contact amoung any of the community members.
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