facebook in bangladesh (2)

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IN BANGLADESH

Prepared for:

Shenin ZiauddinLecturer

Department of Banking

University of Dhaka

Prepared by:

Faria Hossain Arthee ID No: 17011

Mohammad Mohi Uddin Bhuiyan ID No: 17032

Md. Imran Hossain ID No: 17053

Labony Akter ID No: 17062

Samira Kishoar ID No: 17073


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

History of Facebook

Facebook in Bangladesh

For the Likes

For the Dislikes

Funny Facts about Facebook

Conclusion

References


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Introduction

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February

2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. As of January 2011,

Facebook has more than 600 million active users. About 70 languages are

there in facebook including Bangla. Users may create a personal profile, add

other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic

notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join

common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or

other characteristics.

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and

fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and

Chris Hughes.

Facebook is now the most popular and most visited social networking service

by worldwide monthly active users. People from different corners of the

world are using this website to connect with their family and friends, sharing

their day-to-day happenings, uploading their photos, bugging their friends,

sending them gifts, using facebook applications, chatting with others and so

on. Facebook has a number of features with which users may interact. They

include the Wall, a space on every user's profile page that allows friends to

post messages for the user to see; Pokes, which allows users to send a

virtual "poke" to each other; Photos where users can upload albums and

photos; Status, which allows users to inform their friends of their

whereabouts and actions. Users are notified about their friends activities via

Notification.

Users can set Privacy Settings as per their own wish. They can limit the group

of users who can see their profiles, photo albums, basic information, walls,

comments etc. They can also restrict certain users from tagging their photos,


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commenting on their statuses, wallposts and photos, sending messages and

friend requests.

Paul Butler, a facebook engineering intern, tried to create an image of the

locations of facebook users around the world through drawing glowing lights

in the world map and connecting them with one another with the same light.

As his visualization progressed, he realized it was creating a rough outline

of the world! The image of the Facebook World is given below:


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History of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg created facebook in October, 2003 while attending Harvard

as a sophomore. At first he named the site Facemash which included only

photos and basic information that he hacked from Harvards protected

computer networks and private dormitories. The Harvard administration shut

the site down soon and charged Zuckerberg for

breach of security and violating individual privacy.

But the charges were dropped and Zuckerberg

opened the site to his classmates as a social study

tool.

In February, 2004, Zuckerberg changed the name

of the site to Thefacebook. Initially its

membership was restricted to Harvard University.

Eduardo Saverin (business aspect), Dustin

Moskovitz (programmer), Andrew MacCollum

(graphic artist), and Chris Hughes soon joined

Zuckerberg to help promote the website and by

March, 2004, it soon opened to the other

universities of United States and Canada.

Thefacebook was incorporated in the summer of 2004 and the entrepreneur

Sean Parker became the companys president. The company dropped The

from its name after purchasing the domain name facebook.com in 2005. The

popularity of facebook began to spread rapidly as it expanded its membership

eligibility. In September, 2006, facebook was opened to everyone with age 13

and older with a valid e-mail address.

A graph of total active facebook users worldwide is shown below:

Mark Zuckerberg


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As of January, 2011, facebook has over 2,000 employees and offices in 15

countries. Formerly, other social networking sites, like, , ,

etc used to be the rivals of facebook. But now facebook is the most

popular website and it is considered one of the top 100 classic websites of the

world. is assumed to be the main rival of facebook now.

A number of Television dramas are made and books are published based on

facebook. The Social Network, a drama film about the founding of facebook,

was released in October 1, 2010. The movie was nominated for 8 academy

awards including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director, and won 2

Oscars.

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Facebookin Bangladesh

Facebook started its journey worldwide in 2004.

Its popularity spread among the Bangladeshi

people very quickly and by 2007, there were

about 300,000 facebook users in Bangladesh.

Now, there are more than 1.5 million facebook

users in the country, majority of which is

teenagers and young-adults. It is estimated that every one among five

Bangladeshi internet users has a facebook account. Based on the number of

facebook users, Bangladesh positions 59 among the countries of the world.

Only a few people can be found now in the urban areas of Bangladesh who

doesnt know about this social networking site. People are signing in to

facebook mainly to make new friends, to stay connected with their family and

friends and relatives, to spend their leisure time.

Facebookers

People who use facebook are commonly known as Facebookers. Maximum

facebookers of Bangladesh are young people whose age ranges from 18-24.

Teenagers, college going students, jobholders, retired officers- people from

different walks of life are opening facebook accounts, getting connected with

their friends, sharing their ideas, uploading their photos, chatting with each

other. Theyre sharing the stories of their lives through updating their

statuses, commenting on others walls, photos and statuses, sending

messages, tagging each other on their photos.

Most of the facebook users of Bangladesh are male. About 74% of the

facebookers are male while 26% facebook users are female. A graph is given

below showing the facebookers of Bangladesh by their age groups:


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Facebook is the most popular among the young generation. It has become a

media of fun and entertainment for them. They open facebook accounts to

stay connected with their friends as well as to make new friends. Sometimes

they

Add as Friend unknown people or even foreigners to communicate with

them. They always keep Poking each other, sending Gifts, using

various facebook Applications. Some youngsters log in to facebook just to

play various popular games, such as,

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User Age Distribution on Facebook in Bangladesh


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Business people and private firms sign up in facebook with a view to

promoting their products and services. They can build a Page or start a

Group and invite people to join. Thus they can also make people awareabout their organizations or business firms. People who are doing jobs are

also opening facebook accounts for making their workplace more convenient.

It is helping them to retain an effective communication with their superiors,

colleagues and juniors. If there is an urgent order or news that should be sent

to the employees, a facebook Message is all it is needed.

Facebookers are not only comprised of young users, but also old people-

though the number of elderly people using facebook is very low in

Bangladesh. This generation of people signs up in facebook to connect with

their old friends and relatives. Especially after their retirement, they find it

difficult to pass their leisure hours. Facebook helps them to stay connected

with their friends, many of these senior people even found friends of their

school-lives via facebook. It also offers them a chance to communicate with

their relatives living at different places of the country or abroad.

Bangla Version of Facebook

Grameenphone, the largest market player in telecommunication sector of the

country,has taken initiative to introduce Bangla version of Facebook.

Language

barrier is

one of the

mainobstacles to

the spread of

internet use

in

Bangladesh,


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so they are doing the job for the benefit of the Bangla-speaking people who

regularly use the site.They will be able to use Bangla not only in updating

statuses and writing comments, but also will see every single sentence in

Bangla that is now commonly seen in English. Facebook authority is

communicating with Bangla language experts for its proper application.

Bangla on facebook will encourage others to generate more Bangla contents

for Internet users.

Controversies Regarding Facebook

On May 30, 2010, facebook was temporarily banned in Bangladesh for

publishing satirical images of Prophet Muhammad (SM). The government had

blocked access to the site for the reason of hurting the religious sentiments of

the country's majority Muslim population by carrying offensive images of

Muhammad (SM). Some links in the site also contained obnoxious images of

Bangladeshi political leaders including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, current Prime

Minister Sheikh Hasina and the leader of the opposition party Begum Khaleda

Zia. Two men were arrested on these regard by Rapid Action Battalion inDhaka. On June 6, 2010, Bangladesh restored access to facebook after those

pages were erased and the offending images were removed.


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For the likes

In many ways, Facebook has impacted on the social life and activity of people.

One of such impacts is with the ability to reunite lost family members and

friends.

Facebookhas completely redefined the term friend. Its like the Greeks

definition of love. There are 4 types: Agape (brotherly love), Eros (passionate

love), Philia (friendship), and Storge (familial love). In the Facebook world,

there are also 4 types:

1. Old friends from high school and college.

2. Family and friends of the family.

3. Internet friends youve never met in person but you truly admire.

4. People you dont remember but you accepted their requestbecause you

had like, 30 mutual friends.

Social InteractionWhen it comes with communication, digital communities like Facebook hits

the number one spot. It can allow it users to track down long lost friends,

acquaintances and relatives that they haven't seen for years. Users are able to

meet new groups and to interact with their likes and dislikes. This can also be

a perfect gateway for love to bloom in a dating process.

Student Connection

Since Facebook is popular with the younger masses due to similar interests

and habits, it also opens a door for connecting student organizations and

ideas. Organizations can post on their walls updates regarding upcoming

events and gatherings.

Economy

Companies can advertise their products and in return for the space provided

by the site, the advertisers pay a certain amount of money enabling the site to


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raise revenue. Most of the advertisements posted are aimed for the majority of

Facebook's population which is mainly students of all kinds. It's a win-win

situation.

Photo sharing

One of Facebooks greatest strengths, the photo sharing feature is a great

advantage for many. Photos can be uploaded to Facebook with ease and this

can be achieved directly from a mobile phone too. The user can organize the

photos into albums and set restrictions as to who can see the photos and who

cannot. The photo sharing feature also features a comment which is very

innovative method of conversing with pictures and opinionating them.

Facebook by large has a lot of advantages over other social networking media

which have contributed to its success. Its aesthetic feel is also one of its

strengths and as mentioned before, everyone has a different take to Facebook

and uses it to their own specific advantages. This flexibility of use that

Facebook offers makes it highly customizable for professionals as well as

personal use making it one of the best communication mediums available

today.


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For TheDislikes

Facebook has been criticized for many things, but mostly for being a source of

destruction that can turn Facebook users into real social networking addicts.

Stalking people, hacking into

accounts, getting too much involved

with unknown people and being

deprived from real life are some of

the broadly recognized negative

effects of Facebook. Last year,

Facebook was temporarily banned in

the country on charges of malicious

propaganda against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hurting religious

feelings.

Less Social Interaction With The Real World

It is obvious that people have a lot of friends in Facebook, but how often do

they interact with them in the real world? Social skills are very important in

the world we live in. Being able to hold conversations and relate to other

people helps people not only in their business lives but also in their daily lives.

But these people using Facebook are becoming addicted and dependent upon

this social network. These addicts are using Facebook as another excuse,

upon the many, as a reason why they are constantly hunched over their

computers. If these people continue to constantly use these social networks

as their primary means of communicating, their social skills will slowly

diminish and their daily lives will be drastically altered.

Reduce The Time For Study

The greatest motivating factor for students to use technology is to connect to

others; to socialize. Their irresistible need to connect with their peers,


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coupled with the development of 24/7 accessible technologies, can make the

use of sites like Facebook all consuming. This also reduces the time for their

study which could lead to an adverse effect in their education.

Addiction at its worst...

Affecting Emotions & Relationships

Because Facebook adapts a free-flowing information environment, some usesit to target on other's emotional depression. Targeting the emotions may

cause a negative attitude towards a person's social relationship, physical

activity, and academic issues. Talk about long distance relationships,

Facebook would be the one answer friends, family and lovers can count on.

Though conducted on a distance, the system can still connect relationships

right that very moment. But because relationships are built and strengthened

just because of an Internet site, it tends to become weaker and it supports less

emotional and most especially physical contact.

Affecting Privacy

Another negative effect of Facebook is how accessible it makes people. Once

one has signed up for a Facebook account, they have made themselves


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completely exposed to the world. Anyone who wants to find out anything

about them will be able to find it on Facebook. Facebook can also affect

someone when trying to join a club or finding a new job. Many organizations

and business now include social networking sites like Facebook in

their background checks of potential members and employees. They'll be able

to see all of their information, age, location, education and works, relationship

status. Plus they may judge by looking at the pictures posted friends.

Unfortunately most people don't realize that Facebook opens up their identity

to millions of people and some of these may use what they find against them.

Applications in Facebook tend to take up unnecessary timeOne of the most addictive things on Facebook is all of the games that are

available. People waste hours upon hours playing games against their friends

instead of doing work or spending time with their family.

So, it's not everything wrong about Facebook. In many cases, we can catch up

with old friends, find valuable information, promote work and business,

support really important causes and meet people who can be real friends in

the process. What is wrong with Facebook is the ritualistic involvement thatturns into addiction and belligerently deprives people from their real life by

triggering them to log on several times a day.


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References

1. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia2. All Facebook, the unofficial facebook resource3. Socialbakers, heart of facebook statistics4. Facebook.com5. The World Factbook

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