Blog Post 2 Facebook and Maps

 

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It was stated in the week 4 lecture that “maps are both mirrors and shapers of the world”. (Bartlett, 2015) This statement is true for maps, but it can also be said that Facebook is a mirror of ourselves and shapes the world a person wants to be seen in. People today shape the world they are seen in by what they post on Facebook and other social media sites. “Maps reflect how we see the world” (Bartlett, 2015) Facebook posts and pages can reflect on people’s opinions on what type of person you are outside of social media sites.

However, just like how people falsify their Facebook identities for various reasons, the commonly used world map the Mercator projection is wrong. “Cartographers have known that drawing an accurate map of the world is basically impossible. The world is spherical, a map is flat, and there is no obvious way to get around this”. (Wan, 2015)  The same can be said about Facebook, as it too would be nearly impossible to properly map out.

Facebook is a place where if a person is not careful where they’re clicking, they can end up in many various weird and disturbing pages. Facebook and maps have many similarities in the way they reflect and shape the world around them. Facebook and maps also demonstrate how people can demonstrate the world how they want to see it in order to feel like they’re bigger then what they really are.

References

Martino, J., Barrette, A., Kabli, R., Ketler, A., & Walia, A. (2013). The TRUE Size of Africa – Have Our Maps Been Misleading For Over 500 Years?. Collective-Evolution. Retrieved 24 August 2015, from http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/07/01/the-true-size-of-africa-have-our-maps-been-misleading-for-over-500-years/

J., Wan, (2015). Retrieved 24 August 2015, from http://cartographers have known that drawing an accurate map of the world is basically impossible. The world is spherical, a map is flat, and there is no obvious way to get around this.