I'm making a short post to remind me to write about an idea I had. Karen, my fellow PhD student in LIS, and Malcom Gladwell's Blink jumped me into thinking about first impressions (initial instances of rapid cognition) are being shaped by Facebook. Mainly, how does it differ when you see/meet someone someone on FB first, vs. meeting them in person just a little bit and then getting the digital impression?
Often times Facebook exposes a lot more information, directly and indirectly, about that person. I'm finding myself at a disadvantage in my people reads if they're not on Facebook. Since EVERYONE is on it is this picture ubiquitous? Extensions of personality having agency outside of the FTF world...
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An adventure in exploring the impacts of one of the most famous
and salient social networking websites on the net today.
About the Facebook Project
http://www.thefacebookproject.com/
Originally started as a sociology research project by Jeff Ginger, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, the Facebook Project includes several researchers, students, librarians, and enthusiasts who all have an important interest in common: Facebook.
The endeavor is a collaborative research effort dedicated to documenting, understanding, and utilizing the social networking service Facebook.com.
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Facebook, Project, Survey, Interview, Research, Social Networking Service, SNS, Computer Mediated Communication, CMC, Internet Communication Technologies, ICT, Cyborging of the Mind, Permanently Beta, Social Change, UIUC, Library and Information Science, Sociology, New Media Studies, Digital Divide, Race, Identity, Chief Illiniwek, Jeff Ginger
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