Balzhiser.+The+Facebook+Papers

=Balzhiser, Deborah, et al. "//The Facebook Papers//."= [|Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy// 16.1 - Fall 2011. Web.]

== **Abstract** ==

The purpose of this project was to explore and document one approach for integrating social media--Facebook, really--into freshman writing. The assignment using Facebook was first given in 2006 and twice more through 2009. Our report on the project takes the form of a network; the content is distributed across the wall, info, and notes sections of the narrator profile, The Facebook Papers, as well as across the pages of all of the authors.The assignment seemed to help students effectively synthesize, develop arguments, and begin to use observation for research. The assignment helped students become more aware of their public personas, and many of them changed some of their uses of social media.

== Argument ==

This article or project was made in order for professors and teachers to gain better insight in the social networking world. A group of professors collaborated to make an interactive Facebook page that would house the project. As a gatekeepers, professors were able to post to Facebook when concerning the class project. All of the professors learned that by allowing a group of people to contribute to the project, it has more meaning and everyone can learn from each other. Each post is related to gaining a better understanding on the network itself. However, professors posted links to articles that are relevant to the topic of social media and networking. One professor allows his students to write a report based on what they find by observing another classmate's Facebook page.

Facebook Paper raises the argument: Should professors require students to participate in a Facebook project? Does this affect the personal standpoint of a student?With relying on previous posts from other students, one is able to understand the flow of the project.With new media evolving daily, social networking through sources like "Facebook" are crucial in daily lives. Learning these social media sources are evolving as education changes. According to The Facebook Pages, "This essay is a network". Through projects such as these, students and professors are able to receive education while learning the social media.With freshman writing as the main focus, professors aimed their social networking in a relation to students' interests. The overall result of this project succeeded in teaching the professors and teachers how their students communicate and network.

== Key Passages ==

"The structure of our text is both and neither a scholarly essay or Facebook experience, and, therefore, readers may not have a grammar for navigating it." ([|The Facebook Papers]).

"[Technologies] seem to be part of students' identities" ([|The Facebook Papers]).

"When Deb gave the Facebook Paper assignment during class, students' questions indicated concern for their personal reputations: They worried about how people would perceive them based on their profiles."

"Although students responded in different ways, they seem to share an underlying concern that they would be misjudged about their social or academic competencies based on something out of their control."

"Therefore, it would be a questionable practice to assign a project in which student success depended on access to a peer's profile." ([|The Facebook Papers]).

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