Facebookaholics Ethos

We began by outlining the points we felt were important to be included in the organisations ethos through mind-mapping, these were the following:

• Promoting the realisation of social identity, and people becoming more aware of how they are portraying themselves
• Non-profit organisation
• Founded in 2013, by Tess and I
• Aims – Raising awareness of the social identity crisis and the construction of it
  Researching into the public ‘s construction of their Facebook Identity
  Identifying key area’s and the reasons for this problem
• Why – Trying to identify why it is that people feel the need to construct a fake identity that is un-representative
• Offering support to people expressing difficulties with their Facebook identity or an addiction to Facebook

 

We collectively came up with the following Ethos for Facebookaholics:

Facebookaholics was founded in 2013 by Esther Yates and Jemima Williams. The organisation aims to raise awareness of social identity construction with regards to Facebook. Alongside this, interaction with the general public to collect research enables FA to identify key areas and reasons for this crisis. FA aims to offer support to people expressing difficulty with their Facebook identity or an addiction to Facebook. Promotion of the realisation of social identity is key allowing the public to become more aware of how they portray their virtual selves.

Bibliography:

Alcoholissues.co.uk. 2013. About Alcoholics Anonymous and Support. [online] Available at: http://www.alcoholissues.co.uk/about-alcoholics-anonymous-support.html [Accessed: 5 Dec 2013].

Facebookaholics Anonymous Disclaimer

Due to the nature of our research being research based we decided to produce a disclaimer for participants to sign, making sure we were clear what we would do with our documentation of the event. Leaving space for subjects to print their name and sign. We felt it important to include the banner logo to show consistency of the project from publicity to event. The disclaimer read:

‘The following meeting may be documented through Sound and Photography, for the purposes of the project; no information will be shared within the Public Realm. This Documentation is therefore the property of Esther Yates and Jemima Williams. Please sign to agree your consent to this disclaimer/ terms and conditions.’

Facebookaholics Anonymous Disclaimer, 2013