Studio Work

In this studio session, we were divided up into small groups where we would go off and research a certain topic which was given to us by our tutors.

In my group we had to research "Social Networks and Comparing Personal Data" This is the information that we found:
 A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes" which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.
 The first type of social network was to allow users to compile a list of friends and search for other users with similar interest.
WHO: 51. 90% of internet users know at least one social network. This influences quite a lot of people.
WHAT: photos, videos, personal info eg DOB, name sex. Also competition on game scores.
WHERE: Everywhere.
WHY: Keep updated with friends. Competitions between people. Businessess
It makes life easier eg you are able to talk to people all over the world.
Easy to find friends and family. You can literally find anybody.
HOW: (how do we share personal data?) Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Flickr, myspace, nike, blogging.
Learning sites for young people eg maths. They are able to share their intelligence with other people. Competition as well as a learning site.

Examples
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/
http://www.facebook.com/
http://www.youtube.com/