Media Mediation # 3 Facebook: How Many Friends Do You Have?

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The creation of Facebook has had many cultural and social impacts on today’s society worldwide and is arguable one of this generation biggest contributions. It allows people who may never meet to communication online and keep in contact with old friends.

A few weeks ago I was able to go and see The Social Network with friends. The movie follows Facebook creator Mark Zuckerburg on his trials and tribulations while creating the social network website while attending Harvard University in 2003. The quote on the movie poster “you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies” is 100% accurate in Zuckerburg’s case as it would be an understatement to say annoyed a few people. Throughout the movie we see an idea created into a billion dollar company in a few short months.



Throughout this media experience both the Limbic and Neo-cortex were constantly in action. The use of music, which either was upbeat or calm caused the audiences emotions to be affected by what, was occurring on the screen. The film ended with a few facts about the company such as “Facebook has more than 500 million users” gets the audience thinking about just how much Facebook has an effect on everyday life and how much more could Facebook possible expand.
While watching you can see the Cultural Shift as Facebook goes from being relatively unknown to a worldwide phenomenon as more and more people sign up each day and become “addicted” to Facebook.

Overall I really enjoyed the film as it was interesting to watch about the creation and the creators of such a powerful website such as Facebook. I feel this film is something that future generations will watch as although Facebook may not have such an impact to them personally say in 50 years they will be able to watch this film and see how much it impacted today’s society!