Social Networking

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Kelsie McCue

Film Production

Poetic License

Norms: Individual Vs. Society-Social Networking

April 2, 2009

Kelsie McCue is Looking Forward. 11:53am

I find myself wondering why people use social networks, for the social interactions of being able to talk to your friend online. Or is it the sensation you get when you have a new message or comment? I used to love the idea of going on the computer and looking up friends and snooping around looking at what is going on in their lives but soon I began to feel like it was useless and a waste of time. I would run home waiting to see what I could find or write about on my Myspace page. I began to rely on it to talk to my friends, or even get close to people I just meet. Then one weekend I went on a vacation over the summer and I was unable to use the computer to go on Myspace for several days. I felt so free being able to talk and interact with my family and friends. I love the outdoors and being able to communicate with people outside and not through technology. When I got home I didn’t really care to go on Myspace and see what people had to say, yet instead I used my phone to call friends and go out to see different places, instead of sitting on the computer talking about them. Now days I never go on, maybe it’s because I’m too lazy to comment people back, or the fact that I would have to stare at the computer screen for another 4 hours once I signed on, or maybe it’s just because I rather not fulfill my life with drama but instead be outside socializing with my friends without technology