Transcript Social Impact of Facebook

Social Impact
John Kalata
Kevin Kitt
Chris Viviano
Overview
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What is facebook?
History
Features
facebook as an information system
Why a social impact?
Impact on organization
Potential Social Impact
Ethical Dilemnas
Negative Impacts
What is facebook?
• Social Media Website
– Interact with other members inside or outside of
your organization
– Make and develop friendships
– Get to know somebody
– Putting a name to a face
History of facebook
• Founded by Mark Zuckerburg
– Harvard University
– Launched Feb 4th, 2004
• Originated for College students only
– High School level
– All users from different organizations
• Approximately 21 million members (5/7/07)
– 100,000 new members weekly
Features of facebook
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Photo Albums: Tag your friends!
Write them messages
Post something on their wall
Change your profile and picture
Add new friends
Harass people you don’t know by “poking”
them
facebook as an Information System
• Enterprise Collaboration System
• Cross-functional tool- Interact between all
different functional areas within the
organization
• Like Blackboard
– Less formal
– More interactive
How facebook Works
facebook
Why Social Impact?
• Why does facebook have a social impact
– College students
– Expand to everyone
– Know your classmates
– Online database of a large portion of students
– Interact and get to know each other
Potential Social Impacts
• College students plan to meet each other
• Employees are able to plan meetings
• Group events can be organized
Impact and Consequences on
Employees
• Firing
• Sexual Harassment suits
• Offices using facebook to check up on their
employees
Is facebook safe?
• Security and safety
• Compare to myspace
• Identity theft
Negative impacts
• Stalking
• Distraction to the learning environment
• Poor display of self-image
• Spying on students
• Ethical Issues
Marketing on facebook
• Products sold on facebook
• Advertisements
• Planning of group events
Questions? Comments?