Facebook Analysis

For my Facebook analysis I chose the Facebook page of Cale McClintock. Cale is a friend of mine from high school who currently attends Ivy Tech in Indiana. When looking at Cale’s Facebook page, like everyone’s page, I noticed his sexual orientation. Facebook makes this really obvious by displaying the answer to question of “Interested In” for the owner of each page. Cale, a heterosexual, non-disabled, white man, selected “women” for his answer. When looking at the page I noticed pictures and comments from white college students. Most of these college students were males who appeared non-disabled. There were also comments and pictures containing a few girls, who were also all white. Also those pictured on this page all seemed to be dressed pretty nicely and were college students. This is an indicator to the class of those who frequent Cale’s page. All are most likely middle to upper-middle class. I came upon one picture that included three males on a bed in a sexual position (fully clothed). Those in the picture are laughing and having a good time. All members are white males and dressed nicely. The caption to the picture says, “What happened every night to Cason…….good teamwork.” The men in this picture aren’t really gay, but making fun of homosexuals. I think the picture is quite funny, but I can see how it may offend some members of the gay community. This relates to the Snickers commercial that we watched in class. These guys are trying to show that they are not gay by making fun of homosexuals. As far as race goes, the page only pictures white people. There is still the idea of race on the Internet. As we have discussed in class, race does not disappear on the internet. This page is a great example of that. Whiteness doesn’t disappear, but is pictured over and over again as “us.” Although this may not be directly “racist” it shows how race still exists on the net.