Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Break-up 2.0 Remediation and Facebook Stalking


In Chapter 3 of The Break-Up 2.0 by liana Gershon she writes about Remediation and Heartache. She discusses the gap there is between a couple when they use a different range of technologies. The speech community that each person is could be different, so his or her social practices clash. For example, the girl uses e-mail but the boy uses texting for their main forms of communication.  Also, she discussed Facebook ‘stalking’. Going further than this ‘stalking’ she discussed people who would gain access to a loved ones or ex-lovers e-mail or Facebook accounts. In the article “Confessions of a Facebook Stalker” it is discussed what happens when women Facebook stalk their exes.  It kind of makes them seem crazy and not realize how well they are doing in their life at the moment.

I chose this article because it is a great example of how women use Facebook to look up on their ex significant others and what they are doing.  As we discussed in class, women and men use media differently so this gives a great example of how women use Facebook.

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