Facebook biggest hit than Cyworld in Korea!?

Martin, R. (2011, October 10). Facebook Overtakes Cyworld in Korea?. Tech in Asia. Retrieved October 10, 2011, from http://www.techinasia.com/cyworld-vs-facebook/

In the article, “Facebook Overtakes Cyworld in Korea?” by Rick Martin, it talks about Facebook dominating Cyworld, one of the first social medias in Korea. It tells the struggles of Cyworld having difficulty competing out of its country because of Facebook, expanding 16 times, and being hacked. Martin’s purpose is to show the struggles that Cyworld faced in competing against Facebook, even in their own country. Martin concludes that even though Facebook only has four million users and Cyworld has 25 million, Facebook still wins over Cyworld because of monthly visitors, the people that actually use the site. Martin tells us that Cyworld has more users than Facebook; however, Facebook still wins  because it has the most active users. He found his research through people that use Cyworld or used to and got his research through other sites such as rankey.com’s  graphs and statistics. This is important to read if you want to understand how Cyworld has undertaken the affects of Facebook growth in Korea. 

China Rethinking on Reentering Facebook Into Their Country?

McHugh, M. (2011, April 8). If Facebook Reenters China,

How Will it Compete? Retrieve from: http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/if-facebook-reenters-china-how-will-it-compete/#!CHOAO

The article “If Facebook reenters China, how will it compete?” by Molly McHugh notes how Facebook was blocked in China and how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg can make a compromise on an agreement so Facebook can be in China. Next, McHugh notes about Weibo, the biggest social media in China today. McHugh’s purpose is to tell us the facts about how Facebook stands in China and talks about Weibo’s standing in China and other social media sites. She concludes that Facebook will be going into China and competing with Weibo on becoming the biggest hit in China’s social media. McHugh points out the competition in China’s social media and facts about Facebook’s acceptance in China by creating a new site just for china. Then, she will discuss how Facebook’s new site will compete against China’s social media sites, especially Weibo. The writer of this article argues that even if Facebook gets an agreement signed and creates a new Facebook site, it will survive against Weibo and other social medias in China. McHugh conducts research and finds evidence with Marbridge Consulting and some blogs to find her facts on this particular crisis for Facebook. This article is useful to the world because it shows how Facebook is developing in other countries that normally do not allow social media as China is not very open to freedom of speech. 

Vkontakte is Holding Strong Against Facebook in Russia!

Grenoble, R. (2012, October 26). Vkontakte, Facebook Competitor In Russia, Dominates. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/facebook-russian-competition_n_2018714.html

 Ryan Grenoble, who wrote “Vkontakte, Facebook Competitor In Russia, Dominates,” talks about Vkontakte’s success as it is still highest ranked social media site in Russia still. Vkontakte is basically the same thing as Facebook except for a few things. This article discusses why it is still ranked number one; because they welcome pirated media. It also talks on how Facebook is flourishing everywhere except for a few countries and how it is struggling to get more gains in Europe and Russia. Grenoble’s purpose is to point out one of Facebook’s greatest competitors in Russia and Europe and discuss how they have the advantage. Grenoble concludes that Vkontakte is the greatest challenge for Facebook in world social media domination. Grenoble argues that Vkontakte is the social trend in Europe and Russia for now but it does not mean that Facebook wont catch up to them in the future or the law for that matter. Grenoble got his research from news stations, Wall Street Journal, CBS, NBC, and SEC, to back up his facts and conclusion. This article is useful in seeing the struggles that Facebook is going through right now and it also shows how Facebook’s competition is functioning in order to be on top. This is good information to look into to in order to understand other companies’ methods or strategies in order to compete with a big business like Facebook. 

Facebook Advancing More in Brazil Than Orkut?

Heim, A. (2012, January 17). With over 36 million visitors, facebook finally overtakes orkut in brazil [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/01/17/with-over-36-million-visitors-facebook-finally-overtakes-orkut-in-brazil/

In her article, “With over 36 million visitors, Facebook finally overtakes Orkut in Brazil,” Anne Heim discusses how Facebook has overtaken Orkut in Brazil by about two million more users.  ComScore’s managing director for Brazil, Alex Banks notes the struggle of Facebook from the beginning in reaching the goal of overtaking Brazil, the fifth largest population networks in the world. Heim claims that Facebook is the number one ranking network in Brazil and gives facts from comScore on why it is so popular compared to other social medias and Orkut, the first number one social media site in Brazil. Hiem researched with comScore in order to get specific facts on Facebook and Orkut. She also found graphs by comScore to illustrate the growth between 2010-2011 and talks with Alex Banks and his beliefs on if Facebook will grow throughout the world. This article is useful because it shows how Facebook is taking over Brazil and has overtaken Orkut social media. It gives us broad facts on how Facebook is affecting another country besides America. 

Did Creating Google Made Us Stupid?

Carr, N. (2008). Is Google Making Us Stupid? (page 91). published the Atlantic Media. From 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology Fourth Edition.    

In Nicholas Carr’s essay “Is Google Making us Stupid?” he notes that the more time he spends online, the harder time he has reading deeply and he struggles with concentration and contemplation.  Carr says others have felt this too; they report skimming texts instead of sustained attention. Recent studies back up these claims. Carr interviews psychologist Maryanne Wolf who says the Internet, with its emphasis on speed and volume, may be destroying our ability to engage deeply with texts. Carr points out that Nietzsche’s writing style changed after he acquired a typewriter, and even the invention of clocks affected the way people think about themselves and their world. The Internet has changed people’s thinking even more. It has even shaped traditional media to become more like itself. Carr discusses Frederick Winslow Taylor who used a stopwatch to promote efficiency in early factories. His ideas have become the cornerstone of modern industry, and this approach has now come to dominate the Internet, and by extension, thinking.  Google is the best example of this, in its effort to organize everything with the ultimate search engine. Carr wraps up by suggesting that perhaps new technology has always changed the way we think, but then again the Internet’s effect is deep and profound. He fears we have become “pancake people:” wide but thin, and that human intelligence is more and more resembling artificial intelligence.