Okay, so I'm a little late on this, but hey...better late than never! So I haven't completely solidified what I want to write about; however, I've been chewing on an idea for awhile, and think it might work. Also, I ended up finding a great article from the NY Times that really might help me.
Anyway I really want to explore if Facebook actually makes us more social, even outside of the website. Do you socialize more in-person, now that their background isn't entirely a mystery? Are we all more inclined to go out more, because Facebook has created a greater platform of communication. Or, do we lean more to the impersonal, Facebook and Facebook-like, tools because it is easier, faster, more efficient, etc. Do we shorten our in-person conversations, simply because it's easier to do it via computer screen?
I'm really excited about exploring this further...perhaps I'll even interview some people. Whitney, from my last peer editing group, had a questionnaire, and I really felt that she had some solid, primary based information. I might just steal that from her...shhhh!
Oh, and here's the link to the article. It's fairly short, and actually pretty interesting! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/fashion/30Studied.html?_r=1&scp=23&sq=facebook&st=cse
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