The Affordances of FacebookA Social Network
"Facebook is about posting, wall-writing, and poking. I am not sure what the line of communication is but I am not one to LIKE IT. "- Ben "Facebook is a way to reach out to those in your circle of concern." - Gretchen "While some of our teen focus group participants reported positive feelings about their use of Facebook, many spoke negatively about an increasing adult presence, the high stakes of managing self-presentation on the site, the burden of negative social interactions (“drama”), or feeling overwhelmed by friends who share too much. One teen told us that he started using Twitter because “everyone’s saying Facebook’s dead,” while another one explained that once you create a Twitter and an Instagram account, “then you'll just kind of forget about Facebook." Pew Internet U-High on Facebook Ben on Facebook Gretchen on Facebook |