Facebook_Developer_Garage_Hamburg_2008

Slide 1: Framing Facebook use Dr. Jan Schmidt Senior Researcher for Digital Interactive Media and Political Communication Facebook Developer Garage, Hamburg, 14.05.2008

Slide 2: What I‘m interested in Using facebook Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 2 of 10

Slide 3: Using Facebook Facebook facilitates practices of… – Identity management (Expressing individual interests, experiences, opinions, skills, etc.) www.flickr.com/photos/44029537@N00/12760664/ – Relationship management (articulating and maintaining existing Using facebook contacting new people) relationships, finding and http://flickr.com/photos/mylesdgrant/495698908/ – Information management (finding, selecting and sharing information and content) http://www.flickr.com/photos/axels_bilder/1267008046/ Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 3 of 10

Slide 4: Framing facebook use Rules „communities of Relations practice“ Shared Habits Articulated „friend“ships Social Norms Public & private conversations Terms of Service Interactions (sharing groups, Laws playing games, collaborating, …) Using facebook feedback (intended & unintended) What is possible – and what is not? Code Functionalities of Facebook and its applications Interface design Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 4 of 10

Slide 5: Code framing use: Privacy management Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 5 of 10

Slide 6: Users giving feedback: Q&A Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 6 of 10

Slide 7: Users giving feedback: Mobilization and protest Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 7 of 10

Slide 8: User bending code: Creative Use of relationship Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 8 of 10

Slide 9: Code & Facebook use - some open questions ● To which degree is code regulating specific actions? ● What is determining if and to which extent users actually follow the „suggestions“ of code? ● When do users „rebel“ by articulating and mobilizing protest („voice“), when do they abandon a platform or application („exit“)? ● Who is shaping and regulating the code itself? ● How are the networks shaped in which code is developed and improved? ● What are the power (im)balances between Facebook, external developers and the different user communities? ● How can code in general (and interface design in particular) assist nuanced identity-, relationship- and information management without ● being too complicated to comprehend and ● giving way for unintended consequences (e.g. with respect to privacy)? Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 9 of 10

Slide 10: Thank You! Dr. Jan Schmidt Hans-Bredow-Institut Warburgstr. 8-10, 20354 Hamburg j.schmidt@hans-bredow-institut.de www.hans-bredow-institut.de www.schmidtmitdete.de twitter.com/JanSchmidt Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 10 of 10

Slide 11: Further Reading ● Schmidt, Jan (2007): Social Software: Facilitating information-, identity- and relationship management. In: Burg, Thomas N. / Jan Schmidt (Eds.): BlogTalks Reloaded. Social Software - Research and Cases. Vienna/Norderstedt: Books on Demand. 2007. 31-49. Online: http://www.bamberg-gewinnt.de/wordpress/wp-content/pdf/blogtalksreloaded_3_schmidt.pdf . Dr. Jan Schmidt Page 11 of 10