I recently wrote a book entitled 'is: The Phenomenon of the Facebook Status' where I collated 1,000's of statuses in order to give the world an insight into life in the 21st century via the medium of Facebook statuses!

I noticed that as people hide behind their computer screens they are more likely to tell the world what they are really thinking and voice their opinions about the hot topic of the day or their mind set. Each status individually can give the world an insight into that persons soul, and how they are feeling at that time. But when you have a look at their status updates over a period of time, you can start to get a feel for the type of person that they are, and the life that they are living!

When you take this information and multiple it by individuals from all over the world, then that allows us to glance into the soul of life in today's world! Something that we have never been able to do before!

The ironic part is that people do this because they believe that they have a certain degree of anonymity as they sit on their computer chairs like its a throne and they are the king of their computer, and the primary reason why they act like this is because they do not receive any immediate social feedback, they don't have to fit into a social hierarchy or submit to peer pressures, there is no danger of them being cast out of the group!

But the paradox is that they have never been less anonymous! These People have posted every detail they could possible think of about themselves up on Facebook and MySpace, from their favourite food to their phone number, with the pictures to back everything up, so the whole world can see what they are all about!

Keep up the good work AP, I look forward to reading more of your stuff mate.

Patrick

I recently wrote a book entitled 'is: The Phenomenon of the Facebook Status' where I collated 1,000's of statuses in order to give the world an insight into life in the 21st century via the medium of Facebook statuses!

I noticed that as people hide behind their computer screens they are more likely to tell the world what they are really thinking and voice their opinions about the hot topic of the day or their mind set. Each status individually can give the world an insight into that persons soul, and how they are feeling at that time. But when you have a look at their status updates over a period of time, you can start to get a feel for the type of person that they are, and the life that they are living!

When you take this information and multiple it by individuals from all over the world, then that allows us to glance into the soul of life in today's world! Something that we have never been able to do before!

The ironic part is that people do this because they believe that they have a certain degree of anonymity as they sit on their computer chairs like its a throne and they are the king of their computer, and the primary reason why they act like this is because they do not receive any immediate social feedback, they don't have to fit into a social hierarchy or submit to peer pressures, there is no danger of them being cast out of the group!

But the paradox is that they have never been less anonymous! These People have posted every detail they could possible think of about themselves up on Facebook and MySpace, from their favourite food to their phone number, with the pictures to back everything up, so the whole world can see what they are all about!

I really had the most fasinating time writing this book, as it opened my window to the world like nothing before had, and I am delighted with the feedback that it has received both from readers and the reviewing media alike, and if you are interested in this read go to my website http://www.theisbook.com“ rel=”nofollow”>http://www.theisbook.com for more information.

Keep up the good work AP, I look forward to reading more of your stuff mate.

Patrick