Question four:

There are billions of users on Facebook and it's still growing at a fast paced rate. Already having a movie made about it ( The Social Network) only boosted the popularity of this site. Younger and younger users are now using FB for socialising.

The audience size of twitter would alsao be in the billions as the social networking on this website rivals Facebook. Audiences are drawn in futher as celebrities have taken to tweeting, appealing their fans.

Over the years DeviantArt has existed, no doubt more of an audience has joined and has made fellow UGC.

Question three:

Facebook is distributed on the internet and also exhibited on the internet. The FB page can be exhibited by a number of people dependant on the profile. On this profile there are a number of people depending on the profile. On this profile there are details such as age. gender, work education etc. Through this detail members of this network are also targeted by advertisements.

Twitter is again distributed and exhibited on the internet. On a Twitter profile page. it displays your "following", information, "tweets" and the people you follow.

DeviantART is distributed and ehibited on the web. This website runs and depends on UGC as viewers of this website get to upload self drawn pictures.

Question two:

Instead ofAudiences taking a more voyueristic position, these social networking sites allow them to produce and post their own thoughts and ideas. Facebook allows audiences to voice their own opinions and therefore gives them a sense of entitlement and power as they choose what goes onto the website. Twitter serves the same purpose and also audiences get the opportunity to interact with their favourite celebrities, a feature which is appealing. DeviantART is where UGC is a main factor into the function of the website. With UGC as its centerpoint, audiences both consume and create the content which is viewed.

Question one:

The texts I am studying are Facebook, Twitter and DeviantART, all social networking sites. All of these networks first existed on the internet so all of these sites are owned by corporations that have thrived online.

The Impact of New and Digital Media:

My Case Study will involve... Social Networking and how socialising has changed in the technology age.

I have chosen this topic because social networking in this technological age is an interesting subject in which I can explore both the benefits and downsides of socialising on the net.

The three texts I will be studying is... Facebook, Twitter and DeviantART.