Hi everyone! My name is Jadd Schmeltzer and I am a Freshman from Tappan, NY which is right outside of the Big Apple (New York City). I went to Bergen Catholic High School which was rated by Sports Illustrated the #1 Athletic School in NJ in 2004. I am a member of the Varsity Football team here at Cornell in which I play Tight End. One of my passions is baseball, and I will be continuing my career playing varsity baseball for Big Red in the spring. Many of you who read this are probably thinking am I even taking any classes here or am I just playing sports. To inform you, I am in the Agriculture and Life Sciences School with a major in AEM. A little background on me is that I am a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band and I am a huge New York Yankee fan. To all of you Red Sox fans, watch out because the Yankees are on a roll and we are coming back to win the American League East!
An internet-related phenomenon that I am interested in is Facebook. I am not as into it as other fellow students of mine, but I do go on it and use it in moderation. It is a cool way to interact with people other then using the everyday methods like e-mailing, instant messaging, text messaging, and of course the oldest, talking over the phone. Facebook has changed the way communication takes place. One example is now people can meet before they go to college through Facebook. They can meet through their school’s Facebook group, for example Cornell Class of 2011, and also groups within that Facebook group such as athletic teams or who is in what dorm? A cool thing about Facebook is that you can now find long lost friends that you haven’t seen since you were in middle school. You can do this by doing a simple search and looking them up in the data base only if they were to have created an account. Facebook uses groups, wall comments, and pictures in order to allow for communication to your “friends.” However, many people abuse this program by over using it and checking their page 10+ times a day (or maybe this is why I don’t really like Facebook that much because I don’t go on it as much as other people).
After reading the first two chapters of Wallace's book, I have come to the conclusion that Facebook takes place in the "asynchronous discussion forum." I feel this way because the book describes it as an ongoing conference in which people write and read comments that other people have made about the person you are sending the message to. Facebook gives anyone who is your friend the ability to leave comments which can make your space very confusing and conversations could go on for days as opposed to having a conversation on the phone and being over within an hour. Facebook, however, hits on other topics as well that were not covered in this book probably due to its recent popularity and still being so new.
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Hey Jadd! You made a really good point discussing all the novel ways Facebook seems to bring people together. It's amazing how many more people one can come in contact through with the use of Facebook. Another interesting thing related to phenomenon that is Facebook is why people feel good making contact with so many people on Facebook that they might have formed a bond with in "real life" if not for Facebook. As the hyperpersonal model mentions, many people discover that their relations and interactions with others online are much more intense and exaggerated than they would be in face to face communication. Perhaps, Facebook is an new important catapult in bringing new friends sharing the same suite or old friends catching up from middle school much closer than they would be if they simply had a face to face conversation. Facebook seems to form a false sense of intimacy with those you may never have had the chance to recognize in "real-life". Lastly, I admire your self-control for not checking your Facebook 10+ times a day. Sometimes I wonder how much more I could accomplish if I had never signed up for a Facebook account.
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