Unit 1: Social Networks (1ère G_gr2)

The Social Network, Trailer 2010.

The document under study is trailer for the movie “The Social Network”, released in 2010. It is about the creation of the famous social media platform Facebook.

We have learned that Mark Zuckerberg created this website with a friend when they were students at Harvard.

The reasons why they created Facebook were: first of all, to get the attention of the clubs because they were exclusive and it would allow them to live better lives and have better prospects in the future. Second of all, he knew that students would want to check out their friends pictures and profiles, therefore he wanted to capture the social experience of college into a website. As a result, the platform became popular as in two hours 22 thousand people visited it. It was projected to make millions if more billions.

Nevertheless, during the process, there were tensions between Zuckerberg and his friends. Eventually, the friendship broke. Zuckerberg was accused of having stolen the concept of thefacebook.com. Actually/in reality, some people wanted to make profit out of Zuckerberg’s idea. Besides, his best friend sued him for 600 million dollars. On top of that, Harvard university accused Zuckerberg of copyrights, intentionally breaching security and going against individual policy.

Above all, nowadays, Facebook is a very well-known social media platform that people use daily.

Homework: Learn the lesson.