Week 6: Facebook & Media Minds

Facebook Article

1)Thesis: Facebook and the like are destroying peoples ability to make human connections.

2)Observations:
I think it is important to understand the aspect of Facebook that is most dangerous is that it follows our most deep seeded social requirements, our thirst as human beings for social interaction, however with Facebook the connects made are simply superficial, the virtual world interaction. Thiel makes reference to the sad fact that instead of dancing, drinking, and having fun with friends people end up surrounding themselves within this media environment so as to stay connected when in reality there is no connection at all. I also found that Thiel's argument on the terms of Facebook's privacy profile, and its connection to big brother falls directly into my feelings on Facebook. I spent two years off Facebook when I found out in an email, that although I had deactivated my account, that in cyberspace it was still in existence, floating in the ether.
I disagree with the terms in which he discusses the future of Facebook and its destructive capacity on the social connectedness of the future. I also disagreed with the way in which he wrote the article, very accusatory and it seemed less intelligent and more crackpot the further you moved down the article.

"Making of a Media Literate Mind"
I really liked the premise of corporate story telling, and its ability to shape the consumer and cultural marketplace. I also agreed with the mindless absorbtion discussion, in terms of readily available media in all facets finding ways to seep into our consciousness.

Killing Us Softly 3
1) Ovulen 21 "Works the way a woman thinks... By weekdays, not "cycle days'"
2) 3000 ads per day, and 3 years of life spent watching tv commercials
3) Women as objects/things, less than human = inevitable violence
4) Sell more than things, but an image
5) Does your husband wish you had larger breasts?
6) The more you subtract, the more you add.