I have found an article that highlights almost everything we have talked about this semester: social media, conglomerates, popular culture, targeting children and it the situation could be examined from almost any of the perspectives. What is it about? The titled alone says it all: "Disney Wants Kids Under 10 to Use Their Social Network." Without even reading the article I think to myself, "is this a joke?" The title alone cause me to recall that Disney is one of the few major conglomerates, how easily kids are targeted, and the overwhleming us of social media.
The article explains that Disney recently purchased a social networking site and titled it "Togetherville." The site allows children to create an online network but parents must accept friend request. The title seems anything but fitting in my opinion. It represents the concept that social media and online identities provide a world of connected human beings as a community. I may be old fashion, possible more like Gladwell, but I think true "Togetherville" would involve children of similar interests meeting and interacting face to face. It is no secret Facebook and Twitter have the ability to cause serious drama. Will such drama impact the life of children or could it become an online, free-loving playground? The witty closing comments of the article summarize the hilarity of the situation.
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