Introduction to Facelife

With so many individuals in analog reality experiencing existence through the veil of digital interaction, the question has been asked as to how social networking sites such as Facebook are altering interpersonal relationships, modes of interaction, and the sheer lengths to which individuals are willing to go in any given situation? To examine this question farther, our method of research will be to transpose the social frame of Facebook onto reality as closely as is possible through analog means. Our hypothesis is that behaving as if one were on Facebook in live settings will be seen as “socially awkward,” “surreal,” or “bizarre” to onlookers, particularly because such actions break the social frame of both live and digital interaction.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Results of Facelife Experiment

Our team was able to amass a study group of 54 subjects on the campus of WSUV. The experiments took place between March 15 and April 2.
• Step one of the experiment was to ask each subject the question “will you be my friend?” 61.1% or 33 of the 54 of total respondents answered in the affirmative. This caused the testers to move on to step two. 38.9% or 21 of the 54 of total respondents answered either in the negative, or with two consecutive questions of the tester, which caused the tester to end the experiment.
• Step two of the experiment was to ask each subject the question “can I take your picture?” 54.5% or 18 of the remaining 33 respondents answered in the affirmative (33.3% of total respondents). This caused the testers to move on to step three. 45.6% or 15 of the 33 respondents answered either in the negative, or with two consecutive questions of the tester, which caused the tester to end the experiment (66.7% of total respondents).
• Step three of the experiment was to ask each subject the question “can I give you some flair?” 83.3% or 15 of the remaining 18 respondents answered in the affirmative (27.8% of total respondents). This caused the testers to move on to step four. 16.7% or 3 of the 18 respondents answered either in the negative, or with two consecutive questions of the tester, which caused the tester to end the experiment (72.2% of total respondents).
• Step four of the experiment was to ask each subject to attend a staged event. 73.3% or 11 of the remaining 15 respondents answered in the affirmative (20.4% of total respondents). This caused the testers to move on to step five. 26.7% or 4 of the 15 respondents answered either in the negative, or with two consecutive questions of the tester, which caused the tester to end the experiment (79.6% of total respondents).
• Step five of the experiment is to take place on April 9th during the Research Showcase in the Firstenberg Student Commons. The remaining 11 respondents have been invited to attend the event, where we will be presenting the experiment and our findings to the academic community.
• Overall, 20.4% of total respondents successfully made it through all 4 steps of the experiment.
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