Facebook founder: Mark Zuckerberg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7664384.stm

Advertisement
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been talking to the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones about how he started the social networking site.
He created Facebook four years ago while he was a college student at Harvard. More than one hundred million people now use the site worldwide.
It was valued at around 7 billion pounds last year but Mr Zuckerberg says he has no intention of selling up.

Outline of the Research Paper

Central Statement: Political Activism and Social Media

Research Question: How Social Media is affected by the Moroccan Government and
the politics of the country?


Introduction:

The relevance of the topic to Morocco

Democratization: Fredom of press/ Media freedom


I. Theoretical framework
The role of Media

· Watch dog Function (the fourth estate)
· Critical Media/ the misconduct of the Government.
· Media and the Citizen Journalism

II. Case Study:
Social network Websites: Facebook

· The history of the Internet in Morocco
· Uses and gratifications
· Number of users : ( ANRT/ ITU)
· 2004: the development of the Internet in Morocco, ( creation of blogs to support causes and defend political issues)

III. The reaction of the Moroccan government to these new way of freedom of speech


Conclusion:
Recap

Digital portfolio:
video

Facebook: the famous social network

The concept of facebook has been created to connect people all around the world, to enable them create new contact, to help others in their work, or to support a cause. Facebook has helped one to find back people he or she may know and with whom he or she lost contact; however, people should be careful about what they put in their profile.
In fact, in a professional context, one has to be careful about the content of his or her profile because it is likely for your supervisors and your top managers to find by chance your profile and your information that are not necessarily appropriate for your professional career. Also, facebook drawbacks are not to be ignored. facebook might be misused by some internet users; a concrete example was the attempt to get a fake identity, r to pretend to be someone else, and it is exactly what happened to a Moroccan person who registered himself under the identity of the prince of Morocco. it caused him many problems with justice and today, he is spending his days in jail.

Sources:

Royal pardon for Internet user, condemned to three years of jail for creating spoof Facebook profile for prince

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25900

Morocco jails Facebook royal imposter

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/25/morocco.facebook/index.html

Sarkozy plans to shake up France's ailing newspapers

The French president Nicolas Sarkozy known as the “télé- president” is trying to improve the situation of France regarding the newspaper industry. The edition and the circulation of the newspaper are encountering considerable problems because of the boundaries fixed to the French press. In fact, political parties are strictly controlling the content of newspaper especially by the communist union and thus preventing people from beneficing from this medium. Moreover, the population should be able to have access to information and to have the possibility to buy newspaper. In some European countries, the costs of printing are lower comparing to France which constitutes another major problem of the French newspaper industry. The cost of this industry should be similar to all the European Union countries or at least, France should decrease its printing costs. Finally, the newspaper industry represents an important aspect of communication; consequently it should be supported and encouraged for a better use and spread of free ideas and a better satisfaction of people.