Presentation on Facebook from "Acting Up - Using Theater & Technology for Social Change," from DePaul's School for New Learning Distance Education Program, Winter 2010.

1. Impact of Facebook Shaping and Impacting Social Change

4. How Did Facebook Come About? Brief Overview: The Humble Beginnings In 2004, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created a publication called thefacebook on campus It’s purpose was to familiarize students with one another “ The facebook ” became so popular and grew beyond Harvard’s campus Rhonda Albritton: Impact of Facebook Shaping Social Change

6. Facebook Groups: Great Tool for Social Activist Groups Rhonda Albritton: Impact of Facebook Shaping Social Change Groups created in Facebook can allow social change organizations to tap into an existing audience with similar interests A mission can be spread further and reached by more people of groups with similar interests

8. The Cons of Using Facebook For Social Change Rhonda Albritton: Impact of Facebook Shaping Social Change A tedious task is ahead of us Are they joining the Group out of “Friend” Obligation? Is real commitment involved? Users prefer the old-fashioned email method of communication Will our mission be just a fad?

9. Is Facebook a Viable Platform? There have been successes for using Facebook as a form of social change Groups can be mobilized through this networking tool Users have created Facebook pages with Events that have attracted participants in the masses There is a lot of growing that needs to be done but Facebook can still be an integral tool

10. Sources: Slide 2 http:// zackhayhurst . wordpress .com/2009/08/09/ Slide 3 http://www. drdigipol .com/ Slide 5 http://networkforgood.org Slide 7 [email_address]