Intro

The two parts of Context Interaction we wanted to look at were Conformity and Desecration. Jess has friends on her network who desecrate Facebook. It was easiest to claim desecration by noting the Profile Image. If it wasnt' a photograph of a person, we looked at the site. We found an ultrasound, magazine cover, caraciture, and a pocketwatch. Our study group was limilted to the BSU FaceBook? network.

Conventions of FaceBook?

• Social Networking--primarily college students "connecting" with friends or other students with similar interests
• Values--a "good time," marriage, being single, music, movies, tv shows,

members are generally polite to each other though they may make some frivolous comments in attempts to be witty or clever There is harmony

• What's missing--anger, any badmouthing towards one another, nothing hateful or mean

Seems like a recess with students policing themselves

Conformity

Messages on the Wall seem to have these characteristics

• sense of immediacy
  • "It's hard to pay you back when you don't answer your phone"
  • "It was awesome to see you last night"
  • "Monday, my house..."
  • "Happy Birthday"
  • Hey...What'd you think of the meatgrinder?"

• sense of frivolity
  • "I like to poop"
  • "Psycho!!!!!"
  • "Hey!"
• sense of fun
  • "I don't know if I'm going to the concert yet"
  • "I think you should go with your design..."
  • "What's your profile picture of?"
  • "I was wondering if I could stay with you guy for ...b-day"

Profile Images seem to have these characteristics

• photo of person:
  • in a group--or with another person (possible celebrity or a friend)
  • in an activity--driving a boat, at a concert
  • dressed in a costume--striking a pose--wearing a toga, pointing at the camera, looking at the camera while kissing

Personal Information These are limited choices in answers and students select an answer from a list of responses

• male/female
• interested in women/men
• relationship status
• looking for
• Birthday
• hometown
• political views
• religious views

Information Students can answer these without having to select from a list

• email--usually a school email address
• residence--name of a dorm
• school mailbox--many times left blank
• Interests
  • snowboarding
  • shopping
  • drinking
  • dancing
  • Kickboxing

• Favorite Music
  • Bands' names
  • Kinds of music-country, rock, punk
  • Favorite Movies--"current" movies--usually in the last five years--Lord of the Rings, Walk the Line, Saw, Tommy Boy
  • Favorite TV Shows--nip/tuck, Star Trek
  • Favoite Quote--sometimes a poem--Frost's "road not taken" in entirety

--cliches'- "no guts, no glory" --sometimes swearing--"You can fuck with the best..."

• About Me-- Tells something they want others to know or need to vent

--I can't wait to graduate in spring and get the hell out of here... --I am an independent person..."