MY FISRT POST!!!!!
The 3 questions I asked each person I interviewed were:
1. In what ways has Facebook invaded your privacy?
2. What precautions have you taken to avoid giving away too much information on Facebook?
3. In the future what could lead you to deleting your Facebook?
Carl Josephson cjosephs@mix.wvu.edu
1. “One of my friends posted a vulgar comment on my Facebook and one of my family members saw and it made me embarrassed.”
2. “I try to avoid putting where my exact location is, like where I live. I make sure that people that I accept are only people I know.”
3. “I may feel the need to delete certain aspects for employment purposes. I would delete pictures and I would delete if it became obsolete.”
Ryan Rockwood rrockwoo@mix.wvu.edu
1. “Everyone can see my pictures including Aunts and Uncles. If you are in a relationship status everyone freaks out.”
2. “I changed my name before so that future employers can not find me on Facebook.”
3. “An employment opportunity that I felt harms my ability to get a job.”
Steve Majstorovic smajstor@mix.wvu.edu
1. “My sister saw me kissing a girl and my family bugged me about having a girlfriend.”
2. “I change my password constantly and accept friend requests from only people that I know.”
3. “If I do not log on for a long period of time or just lose interest in it I would probably delete it.”
My Reflection
1. When I asked these questions to random people I did not know, it was awkward at first, but then it was not as bad with the second or third person. Ryan Rockwood told me a good anecdote about having to change his name and Steve Majstorovic’s story was funny because his mom saw him kissing a girl on Facebook leading to a big uproar in his family.
2. Carl Josephson cjosephs@mix.wvu.edu
Ryan Rockwood rrockwoo@mix.wvu.edu
Steve Majstorovic smajstor@mix.wvu.edu
When I was about to ask my first “man on the street” question I was a little hesitate whom to go for. I figured if I saw someone with an iPhone they would most likely have a Facebook. The next person I saw at the mountainlair was Carl Josephson on his iPhone. When I approached him he was more than willing to answer a few questions about Facbook privacy. I stuck with the questions I had prepared and he answered them without second thought. With the first interview out of the way I figured the next two would be easy.
The next person I interviewed was Ryan Rockwood a junior Accounting major who is currently looking for a internship. He stressed throughout the interview he would delete his Facebook if it harmed his chances of getting a job. He even changed his name on Facebook so it would be harder for people to find him.
My final “man on the street” interview took place at the Rec Center. I chose Steve Majstorvic a Rugby player at WVU. Giving that he was an athlete I thought he might have a lot of friends on Facebook, so I thought he would be a good person to interview. Steve told me a funny story about his family going into an uproar after they saw a picture of him kissing a girl on Facebook. He explained he quickly deleted many photos after and that incident.
3. Some additional questions I might have asked to get a better grasp of activity on Facebook.
How long have you had a Facebook?
How often do you log on to Facebook?
4. The skill of approaching and speaking to strangers could help journalists because it gives them information form the population and could broaden their own ideas about a story. It could help communications strategists, especially someone in Public Relations because the more people you meet or get their thoughts from the more you will know about a situation in the future.
