Posted: March 7th, 2015
Assignment 1a topic – User motivation in the use of social media
In 2012, Facebook floated on the New York stock exchange marking its transition from a private to a public company. The Facebook IPO was the largest tech stock offering by market capitalization in NASDAQ history, eclipsing Google’s debut years earlier[1]. Market capitalization reflected investor optimism that Facebook’s huge user base could be translated into company profits.
Why has Facebook become so important to so many users? What factors and attitudes shape user motivation with Facebook? In this assignment, we will research user motivation with this popular social media tool.
Explanation:
With almost any kind of information system, user motivation to use the system means success or failure to the engineers, business analysts, interface designers and other professionals who have contributed to the design and implementation effort. If you want your project to succeed, you need to have a grasp of barriers and drivers to user adoption of systems. For Facebook, we will begin this study by scoping the factors that detract or add to user motivation. When you come to build your own systems, you will need to do the same, keeping a keen eye on human/computer interaction and factors that work for and against success.
For Assignment 1a, you will need to submit:
Task 1 – Concept map:
There may be more factors. With the concept map (Task 1), map as many as you can. Your map should be based on evidence found in the
peer-reviewed literature, as well as other sources. In subsequent assignments, we will develop our foundation understanding of user motivation into an investigation of Facebook user behaviour produced as a research report.
You may use concept mapping software (CMap, FreeMind, BubblUs – look for some) or MS Word
Task 2 – Thesis statements
Lecture 4 ‘Thesis statements and Internet Information Literacy’ introduces the idea of a thesis statement – a point that you want to make in a piece of academic writing. For example, our research might have convinced us that:
Facebook motivation is related to user attitude to privacy
Three kinds of thesis statements are discussed in the lecture:
For Task 2, provide an example of each based on your research and reading of motivational factors.
Task 3- Your summary paragraph (500-1000 words – approx 1 A4 page) should contain:
References
Include in-text references in the summary paragraph about concept mapping and an end of text reference list. Check the plagiarism information at the end of this task sheet.
Resources
Concept mapping software (free):
Thesis Statement
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