The Social Network

The Social Network is a film that explores the making and rising of social network site Facebook, and the problems caused along the way. One of the problems explored in this film is the 'open'-ness that Zuckerberg claims Facebook to have. We live in a world full of prejudice and different status and class. So it is hard to make globalisation happen. It is true that the only restriction of the use of Facebook is that a person must be at least 13 years of age. However there are a lot of different factors affecting the use of Facebook worldwide. An example is that third world countries do not have the facilities that the western world do.

A good point of this social networking site is that it easily enables interaction and contact between families and friends that live far apart or that have not spoken for a while. it enables users to find out information about their 'friends' that otherwise they would have been oblivious to. It could be argued that this is a breach of a persons privacy. Also, people may not wish to find out such information, like who's dating, who wore what and when or secrets about other people. Along with his, cyber bullying can also cause a huge problem across Facebook. It is possible for a bully to target a victim when they are in their own home, making this a real problem.