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    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 college co-ed to a cold social media mogul, who disposes of his friends just as quickly as he does his enemies. Fincher uses Zuckerberg’s story to posit the film’s moral thesis: Is is possible to build a community of friends through the Internet, or are we simply recreating our previous failures at social interaction…

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    Mark Zuckerberg became aspired to create this addicting, yet powerful social media network to connect people all around the world due to his love of programming and technology. Facebook was intended to connect Harvard students, until it spread to other campus’s, being used by people of all ages. As Zuckerberg created program site’s for entertainment, people became more active with them and started to connect with people outside of their norm. Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most influential and…

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    All about the story: In October 2003, after his girlfriend breaks up with him, Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg brings his idea to life and with the help of his friend (Eduardo Saverin) creates a website called “FaceMash.com” where female undergraduate students are rated by male students based on their attractiveness. Due to the frenzy that was created by the “FaceMash.com” website Mark is suspended on six months academic probation and during this time he grabs the attention of Tyler…

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    Facebook Obsession is an hour-long documentary produced by CNBC, focusing on the story of Facebook from 2004 until the film’s production in 2010. The documentary is narrated by Lester Holt and features various stories from everyday users of Facebook. The film also showcases the story and struggle of how Facebook evolved into what it is today. The driving force behind all these stories is to illustrate to the viewer the impact Facebook had on the public, and how the “Obsession” had spread like…

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    In life, who a person is defines them. One must first discover their social identity in order to understand who they are as a person. Some college students determine their own identity because they have their own views on who they want to be and can make their own decisions. However, Students’ environment plays a bigger role because they influence a student on who they should be. In Accidental Billionaire written by Ben Mezrich, he tells the story of the creation of Facebook through the eyes of…

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    named Mark Zuckerburg.It was a world wide social network used by many others around the world which is called Facebook.He is one of the youngest billionaire known. The reason behind his creation is that he wanted to create something where you could have open information and ways to connect with others.The Social Network said that it was only because he wanted to get girls and that was the only way to do it.This film is historic but not all of it. some parts of the movie was inserted in so they…

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    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, became the multi-billion dollar network, which it is today. There is evidence from the title “You don’t get to 500…

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    In class we recently viewed the 2010 film The Social Network that depicts the story of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, and how Facebook came to be. The film is supposed to be story-telling representation of how Facebook came to be, but has been criticized by a few unsatisfied and disapproving viewers, the most recognizable and perhaps important, being Mr. Zuckerberg himself. He criticized the film, and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, for embellishing his life story by including…

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    video, chat, timeline, geolocation system. This mix has transformed the network into a new space for communication, which dispenses the adoption of similar. "Facebook promotes the convergence of technologies." Not all innovations, of course, spring from the head of Zuckerberg. The last but not the least talent of Facebook is playing in your environment (good) ideas developed in other services. It is no coincidence that your News Feed (list of updates from friends) bears similarities with…

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    Question 1 (Film Summary): The Social Network showcases the invention and development of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg drunkenly starts a website (FaceMash), comparing and rating girls. He is punished with 6 months of academic probation, after crashing Harvard’s network due to FaceMash becoming so popular overnight. He is then recruited by the Winklevoss twins and their business partner, Divya Narendra, as a programmer on their site, Harvard Connection. Mark then gets the idea for ‘Thefacebook’ and…

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