The Representation of Facebook in the Media

The representation of Faceable in the media In this piece of coursework I will be analyzing how language is used in three different texts, to represent Faceable.

The three texts which I will be analyzing will each be representing Faceable differently. Text A is an article from the Sun's website which represents Faceable negatively published on the 18th January 2008. Text B is an article from the Daily Mail Online and represents Faceable very positively and was published on the 17th September 2012. And finally, text C is an article from the Guardian website which was published on the 4th October 2012.

The first text I am analyzing is Text A which was written by Andrew Charleston, and begins with the minor sentence Why Faceable is bad for you'. It is bold and in a bigger font than the rest of the article; this graphology attracts your attention and tells you immediately what the text is about. The complex sentence 'Networking website...

Mates' gets you to relate to it if you use Faceable as a form of entertainment, and we agree with the attributive adjective 'harmless' as we don't see Faceable as harmful or dangerous.Due to the noun 'mates', it is safe to say that the intended audience are younger people who have Just or are about to start working, and 'mate' is the sort of noun younger people use to address each other. However, the coordinate clause 'But it could... Future', changes the tone and represents Faceable negatively as it is saying that Faceable could hurt you.

This gets you to doubt the statement as Faceable is seen as a form of entertainment. The modal verb 'could' expresses the possibility that Faceable is dangerous.The use of the dynamic verb 'blight', which is commonly used when something is selected, damaged or spoilt, represents Faceable negatively as it is making its users negligent and careless. With the noun phrase 'postings about drunken hiking' the writer is confidently giving an example of what could cost you your Job, and is aimed specifically at younger people and their parent's. The coordinate clause 'But an increasing number do' may frighten readers as Faceable is represented as a tool used for checking in employees' private lives. The compound sentence You may think.

.. O' is used to warn readers and gets Faceable users to think about how they eight have posted inappropriate images on Faceable, but they might have been saved. This represents Faceable as not only dangerous but also as if it does little to protect your privacy. The next text I am analyzing is Text which is written by Tamari Harding-Gill published on the Daily Mail website. The title is a declarative sentence 'Mother with terminal cancer sees.

.. On Faceable, from which we get a summary of what the article is going to be about, as well as a heads up that the representation of Faceable will be positive.The noun phrase 'A mother-of-two suffering from terminal cancer' helps the adders sympathies with the mother due to the sedative verb 'suffering' which implies that she is in pain, and noun phrase terminal cancer', which reveals to us that she doesn't have long to live either. Due to that noun phrase, you get the impression that whatever Faceable helped her with, it will make a huge difference to her, which represents Faceable very positively. The triad of verb phrases, 'learning to.

.. Dipping, lets us know what kind of unfulfilled dreams she had, but Faceable helped make them come true.This triad of verb phrases is followed by the dependent clause 'after rinds posted her 'bucket list' on Faceable in which the proper noun 'Faceable is represented as being helpful. Due to the noun phrase 'bucket list' we are reminded that she is dying, as it is a term used for things you want to do before you die so the fact that it was posted on Faceable again represents it as useful and helpful. We can see this in the independent clause they promptly.

.. Faceable where the adverb 'promptly indicates that it was up on Faceable as soon as possible and that they wasted no time, which again evokes sympathy as she doesn't have long to live.Faceable is represented very positively and as a highly effective way of organizing events and helping others in the coordinate clause 'And the incredible response..

. Last month', in which Faceable is represented as helpful. We can see this in the two independent clauses linked by the subordinating conjunction 'since' 'she has ticked off... Since.

.. Month', which represents Faceable as helping its users. The last text I am analyzing is Text C, which is an article from the Guardian written by Assam Shad who personifies Faceable by addressing it directly by talking to it.

The text is satirical as she uses words used for actions you can do on Faceable such as share and relationship in the title in order to let the audience, possibly frequent Faceable users, relate to her sarcasm. The rhetorical question in the title 'Faceable, can... You', personifies Faceable as a real person and is sarcastic as Faceable is not and cannot reply to her question. She uses the dynamic verb 'share' to create irony as you 'share' things on Faceable with your friends, and she is asking Faceable if she can share something with it, mocking it.

The writer uses the inclusive pronoun 'us' to include readers, when she uses accuses Faceable of turning us into people who are overly self-involved, vain and selfish by using the noun 'narcissists'. The sarcasm and irony creates a negative image of Faceable, as it is represented as making its users anti-social and self-absorbed. With the use of the complex interrogative sentence 'It's not..

. It? The writer directly accuses Faceable of not caring about its users. Faceable is also represented as only being interested in profits, in another rhetorical question ND complex sentence, 'Maybe stop..

. On us?Due to the verb phrase 'squeeze money, Faceable is represented as being desperate to make more money, and the metaphorical verb 'squeeze' implies that they will do anything to get it. Faceable is represented as addictive due to the declarative complex sentence 'Through you... Away, in which the writer also represents it as somewhat useful and not all bad, as it does what it is supposed to do, connect people.

Here Faceable is represented as not only creating problems and having a bad influence on its users, but also positively as remedy for all of those problems it creates because it helps families and friends stay in touch.This is ironic because Faceable has made us too lazy to make any other effort to stay in touch, and yet it itself does Just that. Faceable is represented as an addiction in the declarative and complex sentence 'Through you... Away, where the writer expresses the irony of the fact that Faceable creates the social distance between people, but at the same time connects them.

The use of the simple sentence 'Some families are... You', shows how sad the reality of the Faceable addiction is as it has made people dependent on only communicating through it.

The dynamic verb 'held' supports that point and represents Faceable as making its users addicted and then helping them. The writer acknowledges that Faceable is the reason they stay in touch through the attributive adjective 'only, however she is again expressing how sad and ironic it is that some people only use Faceable to communicate with each other. Overall, Text A uses language to show how Faceable can harm you by costing you your Job, and gets the point across by giving examples to prove that Faceable is bad or you.Text B uses language to show how Faceable is good as it helped of a dying mother's lifelong dreams come true after her 'bucket-list' was posted on Faceable. And finally Text C uses satirical language to express the irony and sadness of how Faceable as made us all addicted to it, and yet we still continue to blindly use it.

All three texts get their representations of Faceable across successfully through the language used, and this shows that Faceable is represented and perceived very differently throughout the media.