Wednesday, 9 September 2015

LO1 Analysis of Facebook


A) Purpose
The purpose of Facebook is to entertain people and let them socialise it may also be used to inform people on current events. Facebook keeps people socialised through features like messenger, video calls and it also keeps you in touch with people thought their posts which can include photos and videos.

B) Visitor Needs
People would visit Facebook to socialise. Users socialise through many functions that Facebook has including the chat and call functions but mainly the timeline function where people who you add as friends can post, share and like content that includes pictures videos and text. Facebook also has features like the event feature where you can create a Facebook event and invite people thought Facebook to a real life event.

C) Information Flow/ User Experience
The experience the user gets from this website is that they can chat, share articles and post pictures, videos and text. This allows the user to be social with friends. The denotation of this is there is a friends list on the right side, this connotes that the user can easily chat with friends. Another denotation is the like, comment and share button under posts. This connotes the ability for users to share posts they find interesting or provoking with their friends.

D) Features
There are lots of features that Facebook has to make the user experience as easy as possible. Some examples of features are, the search bar in the banner at the top of the screen. This allows users to search through friends and find interesting articles on the website. Another feature is the friend request, chat and notification buttons in the banner at the top of the screen, these are drop down menus which present information to user in an ordered, easy to understand format. 

E) Benefits
The benefits for the producer of Facebook is that it can show adverts that are seen by thousands of people therefore they can ask for a high price as they know that it would be popular.
The benefits for the audience of Facebook is that its fun to socialise and they can put their pointing out there for others to see.

F)  Content
Facebook has lots of features to connote that it is a social networking website. For example, the friends list on the right side connotes that users can add and keep track of friends by chatting, sharing posts and commenting. Also at the top left of the website, there is a button that says edit profile, this connotes that you can change your profile to make an e-profile of yourself which friends can comment on.

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