Dustin Moskovitz

When the Netflix adaptation of Jay Asher’s 2007 novel ’13 Reasons Why’ was first released on March of 2017, it instantly became a “binge watch” hit (Schrobsdorff). The show centered around Clay Jensen, a college student who received 13 tapes narrated by his friend Hannah Baker. In those tapes she explains the different reasons as to why she had taken her own life, the driving force behind the entire show. The reasons featured a lot of issues relevant to today’s society such as rape, bullying, spreading of false information, and many others which led to the suicide of the aforementioned Hannah Baker. The creators had stated that the main objective of the show was to raise awareness for all of these issues and it was aimed towards both teenagers and parents. However, after the first week of its release it became apparent that it didn’t exactly meet it’s expectations. Numerous different reactions started emerging from it’s audience, reactions either praising the show for it’s message and reactions slamming it for wrongly portraying some key themes. Soon enough news articles and reactions on social media started blowing up talking about different opinions on the show. It was seen that the Netflix adaptation of ’13 Reasons Why’ could have either a good influence or a bad influence on viewers depending on the way viewers interpret the show, as evidenced by statements made by experts as well as account from viewers. ’13 Reasons Why imparts a good influence as it opens the door to…

Introduction Recently I have read an online article called, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” written by Jean M. Twenge. As the title portrays, the article is about technology’s impact on the younger generation. Twenge states, “I’ve been researching generational differences for 25 years, starting when I was a 22-year-old doctoral student in psychology” (Twenge). She goes on in the article to state her opinion about smartphones and to support it in a variety of ways. Quoting and…

David Fincher's Academy-Award nominated film “The Social Network” stars Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield as Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, the original founders of Facebook. The film explores the founding of Facebook from multiple perspectives- those who were lifted into the technological stratosphere, and others who became collateral damage on Zuckerberg’s path to technological superstardom. Fincher uses a variety of narrative techniques in examining the evolution of Mark from a lonely…

Upon selling the idea of Facebook to Eduardo, Mark starts planning the structure of the Company. In the incorporation papers, 65% of the company is owned by Mark and he is the Founder, 30% is owned by Eduardo and he is the CFO (chief financial officer) and 5% is owned by Dustin (Marks roommate) he oversees the company Public Relations. They would then all form the top-level management of Facebook. 0:46:51 Eduardo has a very tactful and calculative leadership style. He is a thinker and planner…

In this shot from David Fincher’s The Social Network, the renowned brain Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) is talking to his soon to be ex-girlfriend Erica Albright (Rooney Mara). He continuously tries to overpower her with his ample knowledge, which ultimately leads to their relationships demise. She asks Zuckerberg which final party “is the easiest to get in to?” He inhales deeply and asks her “Why would you ask me that?” He is very agile and pointed with his words and responses, which to her…

Mark Zuckerberg proved his talent in innovation even when he was before college. He started “using computers and writing software in middle school”, and his father also “hired software developer David Newman to tutor him privately, but the tutor admitted that it quickly became difficult to stay ahead of his pupil, referring to him as a ‘prodigy’” (“Mark Elliot”, 2016). From the movie, “The Social Network”, it shows that Mark created an MP3 program in high school. This program is called Synapse.…

THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) Bradley Jackson Contents Summary 2 Management and Leadership 3 Conflict Management 4 Professionalism and Ethics 5 Conclusion 6 Reference List 7 Summary The Social Network is an American drama film directed by David Fincher. The 2010 film covers the life story of the world’s youngest billionaire, the CEO and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg… The title, “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies”, outlines the process of how Facebook,…

1. Mark Zuckerberg is a programmer in Harvard University, he was approached by the Winklevoos brothers with an idea to create a social network within Harvard that allows only students with a certain email extension to be a user, Zuckerberg agreed to help, but instead created his own social network ‘ The Facebook’ with his best friend Edwardo Saverin as its CFO, after the network was created they began expanding into all the different universities, the Winklevoos brothers tried to get him to stop…

Authenticity is supposed to have a moral and motivation to do the right thing. I often see authenticity as sometimes black and white but then again sometimes I see it as shades of grey throughout the situation. When I look at person and they have done wrong but yet something good came out of it I see it as shades of grey. Yes, they have done something wrong, but it came with a good outcome. Authenticity has diverse meanings and definitions but I think authenticity means having integrity, having…

The Graduate The sequence that I have chosen for analysis is the scene after the party and Dustin is moping in his room, until he puts his hand in the fish tank to pull out his keys. The scene begins with Mrs. Robinson bursting in on Benjamin. The sound of the door is quite loud in the small space, making it much more intrusive than it might normally have been and possibly drawing a metaphor about her entry not just into his room but into his private life. Her voice is totally calm…