MySpace used to one of the most popular websites in the country, until Facebook came along and took over. In Christine Rosen’s Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism, she mainly focused MySpace and her article wasn’t really old. It came out in 2007, and already is outdated because now everyone who is anyone has one. Christine states that having “friends” on MySpace are different than having “friends” in real life. She has a point, because most people just add random people or someone they just met, just so they will have more friends on Facebook/MySpace. It has started to turn into a competition, which gives people and incentive to try and meet people in real life so they can have more Facebook/MySpace friends.
Christine argues that people who a lot of time on Facebook than they do hanging out with people, tend to be less socialable. This can be true for some people, but it is not completely true because many people know how to be comfortable around people even when they talk to people on Facebook/MySpace all the time. The competitiveness has increased ever since people have been making more of an emphasis of having the most friends. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing to have that competition, because it makes people want to go out to meet new people so they could add them on Facebook/MySpace. Some people even add random people on the internet, and it has gotten people into dangerous situations, but even when people do random adding they eventually try to meet the person in real life. Facebook/MySpace isn’t really making people less socialable because it is the person’s own choice to be shy or outgoing. It just is a fun thing to go onto and keep in contact with friends and family.
No comments:
Post a Comment