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Thesis Statement
Thesis
- "Why do people sacrifice their privacy in order to achieve social validation?"
Possible Research Topics:
- Why do people go above and beyond what they would normally consider doing for views and money through youtube partnership?
- Why are people obsessed with social networking services?
- Why are people obsessed with using computers as a means of interaction rather than real life experiences?
Keywords
privacy, social networking, facebook, myspace, twitter, youtube, google, amazon, digg, blogs, social validation, emotional dependancy, loneliness, self-esteem, computers replacing social experiences,
Bibliography
Primary
- Physical Survey
- Online Survey
Secondary
Jones, Harvey, and Hiram Soltren, José "Facebook: Threats to Privacy"* [1]
- How facebook effects privacy
- Serious flaws in their systems
- Statistical analysis of Facebook data from MIT, Harvard, NYU, and the University of Oklahoma
Goettke, Richard, and Christiana, Joseph "Privacy and Online Social Networking Websites" [2]
- myspace and facebook online advertising
- default privacy policies not doing enough for user
- how much information a typical user of a social networking site makes widely available both knowingly and unknowingly
Bakari, Akil II "The Theory of Social Validation" [3]
- Social Valivdation and what it means
- User reviews on amazon.com and other web 2.0 websites
- Does social validation solely reside on the internet or does it take place in real life as well.
Pauline Dakin , "Monitor Facebook use by teens " [4]
- Health risks from social media
- Facebook Depression
- Harassment
Nic Cove, How Teens Use Media [5]
- Ephebiphobia is the irrational fear of youth
Melissa McNamara, Teens Are Wired ... And, Yes, It's OK [6]
- Effects of social media on teens
Research Notes
Initial Research Notes On Selected Thesis
Social networking has become fairly popular in the recent years. It has both positvely and negatively affected the adolesence stage of growing up. As a matter of fact many teenagers do not make the best decision when it comes to privacy and sometimes the circumstances of their actions will influence their future. It is impossible to prevent youth and teenagers from sign up for Facebook and very difficult to monitor their activity. While a majority of the users will change their profile to private, out of those 23 millions users a few million will still leave their page accessible to strangers. Similarly, some users will sacrifice the need for privacy in order to achieve social validation. Social validation is basically the need to be acknolewdged by others (The Theory of Social Validation: Why you're not great until someone says you are). Many teenagers will use social networking to boost their self-esteem; others will go to the point on posting embarassing pictures of friends or themselves in order for the moment of weakness to be accepted
Secondary Research
Mike Relm's YouTube Live Experience
- as you can see in this video he is going beyond the norm to gain views and provide entertainment.
Is the internet detrimental to human relationship
- are we hard wired to stay connected
- social media allows us to avoid face to face contact
Statistics of facebook Obsession
Prioritized Note Record
| Position | Title | Original Link | Who | Additional Comments/Thoughts | Type of conclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Theory of Social Validation | Click Here | Gerald | This article from Baraki Akil II is basically what we are trying to prove. According to him and other’s statements it is not only being done through social networking but in our everyday life. An example from this article refers to Michael Jordan as how he wanted to demonstrate his skills to other great players. This need for acknowledgement fueled him to be the best through his college and NBA years. | Deductive |
| 2 | Title | [LINK Click Here] | B | Comment | Inductive/Deductive/Abductive |
| 3 | Title | [LINK Click Here] | B | Comment | Inductive/Deductive/Abductive |
| 4 | Teens Are Wired …And, Yes, It’s OK | Click Here | Gerald | This article basically shows how teenagers are very quick at adapting to new technology without worrying about the consequences. It also states that teens have a biological need to separate from their parents and the online world is a good way to do it. Teenagers do not really think about privacy and tends to post anything online. They post events, pictures and feeling for everyone to see, while back in the days a secret diary was kept. Teens do not realize that once they hit “send” they are broadcasting their message to thousands of people. A study from Pew Study mentioned that 50% of teens have replied back to strangers. Similarly technology allows teen to get validation from any weird or antisocial attitude or belief they might have. Furthermore parents wants to help their kids but they do not know how to do it, and if they do they are not comfortable spying on their kids. For some online bullying is the same as bullying when no computers existed. | Deductive |
| 5 | Monitor Facebook use by Teens | Click Here | Gerald | This article demonstrate how Facebook can have an impact on teenagers. Dr. Bruce Ballon mentioned that if an individual is attached to Facebook strongly enough, it can change their mood. It all depends on the individual and their interaction with the social networking tool. This source can be very interesting for our research as it will show how people who are emotionally involve will go too far to try to be accepted. | Abductive |
| 6 | Title | [LINK Click Here] | B | Comment | Inductive/Deductive/Abductive |
