Catfish Task

Catfish
Catfish is a 2010 American documentary involving a man being filmed by his brother and friend as he builds a romantic relationship with a girl on the social networking website Facebook. It is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue.
Filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost document a story involving Ariel's brother, Nev, a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, and Abby, from rural Michigan who contacts Nev via Facebook, asking for permission to make a painting from one of his photographs.

Written by:
Universal Pictures              

Directed by: Henry Joost Ariel Schulman
Produced by: Andrew Jarecki Marc Smerling Henry Joost Ariel Schulman

 

What kind of shared experiences are there in the online world and what are some of the issues surrounding this 'global media'?

There are many different kinds of shared experiences in the online world, one example is facebook. Facebook is used by over 500 million people. Facebook is accessible to all via the internet and is available in 70 languages. This is allowing everyone with an internet connection to access the site and sharing the same experiences of it and the things available, such as, online games (farmville). This is good because it's allowing people from all across the world to not only communicate online but it allows  them to share the same experiences and feel connected. This is known as collective identity. Collective Identity is when people feel that they belong in a group although they may have never met all of the group. People sharing the same experiences online is not always a positive thing. As facebook is accessible worldwide, everyone can access it but countries that are less economically developed can become more westernised. An example of this is online shopping. Many people all over the globe shop online but certain cultures may be diluted by this because the clothes, etc. may not be familiar in the culture. Another ways that culture can be diluted online is through news and television shows. Global news online is accessible for all to see and has news from many countries around the world. This means that people may know more about other countries news than local news because it can be so easily accessed. Television shows such as Americas Next Top Model are being globalised because many different countries around the world have taken the show and made it very similiar but more for their own culture. This still dilutes other countries that are not as economically developed becuase it is exposing them to high fashion which may not have been so accessible. Not only is it available on the televison, many shows are available to watch online, so people in countries that do not show the television shows can still watch them online. But more choice can also be a positive because it seems fair everyone in all countries to be able to share and access the same things as eachother.