Social Networking
Dylan Rams
COMM 20- Public Speaking
October 22, 2010
SPEECH 2 OUTLINE
TOPIC: Social Networking
ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN: Topical
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: Informative
THESIS STATEMENT: I will be informing the audience about social networking in three aspects.
INTRODUCTION
ATTENTION GETTER: When you log onto your computer and start up a web browser, what is the first website that comes to mind? Facebook? Myspace? Maybe Twitter? These websites are just some of the worlds top social networking sites in the worldwide web.
ORIENTATION: I have been a member of such sites as; Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. Due to the mass quantity of users, I have reason to believe that at least over half the class is a member to major networking sites since you like to connect with friends and family.
MAIN POINT PREVIEW: There are three aspects to social networking and that is; the history of social networking, the uses of social networking, and the influence it has on the public and our lives today.
BODY
I. Social networking has a broad history and it the internet like storm when finally released to the public.
A. According to Danah Boyd and Nicole Ellison, authors of “Social Network Sites:Definition, History, and Scholarship,” social networks must contain three elements in order to be named such. Those three elements are, “(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system” (210-230).
1. All current major networking sites fall under these categories.
B. The very first social networking site that launched was SixDegrees.com.
1. The virtual doors were opened in 1997 and there wasn’t another site that opened for another two years. a. The site shut down in
COMM 20- Public Speaking
October 22, 2010
SPEECH 2 OUTLINE
TOPIC: Social Networking
ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN: Topical
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: Informative
THESIS STATEMENT: I will be informing the audience about social networking in three aspects.
INTRODUCTION
ATTENTION GETTER: When you log onto your computer and start up a web browser, what is the first website that comes to mind? Facebook? Myspace? Maybe Twitter? These websites are just some of the worlds top social networking sites in the worldwide web.
ORIENTATION: I have been a member of such sites as; Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. Due to the mass quantity of users, I have reason to believe that at least over half the class is a member to major networking sites since you like to connect with friends and family.
MAIN POINT PREVIEW: There are three aspects to social networking and that is; the history of social networking, the uses of social networking, and the influence it has on the public and our lives today.
BODY
I. Social networking has a broad history and it the internet like storm when finally released to the public.
A. According to Danah Boyd and Nicole Ellison, authors of “Social Network Sites:Definition, History, and Scholarship,” social networks must contain three elements in order to be named such. Those three elements are, “(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system” (210-230).
1. All current major networking sites fall under these categories.
B. The very first social networking site that launched was SixDegrees.com.
1. The virtual doors were opened in 1997 and there wasn’t another site that opened for another two years. a. The site shut down in
References: Boyd, D. M., & Ellison, N. B. (2007). Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), 210-230. Facebook Statistics. Accessed on October 21, 2010 at http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics Silver, A. D., (2009). The Social Network Business Plan: 18 Strategies That Will Create Great Wealth. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.