Monday, January 23, 2012

Social and formal groups comparison


My formal organization would be the theater group that I participated in the past.  My social group would be Facebook.   The activity for formal would be that I had participated in writing the script, and performed on stage.  My social activity would be daily postings and reading up on friends entries corresponding and sharing photos and ideas.

In the hierarchy section the formal was a director who lead the group.  The director directed the setting of the stage and the group.  For my social group of Facebook, I am the leader as I am the creator of my Facebook page and I control and accept who and what goes onto my wall. 

In the norms section for my theater group, the normal things we would do was reading our lines, rehearsed while the director observed us performing and critique.  As for Facebook, the normal would be reading entries and answering others entries if I had something on my mind to write in their response.  In certain replies are also normally humorous.

In the membership criteria for theater, my friend wanted me to join a group so she voted me into the group as part of the membership of the group.  On Facebook, the person needs to request friendship and its up to myself whether to accept or not.  I could also delete anyone from the group that I had created.

In the relationships section, the theater group we had formed friendship and appreciation for other people’s performances, supporting them.  As for Facebook, most of my relationships are family and personal friends, however, I have a separate group page for online friends.

The communication section for both formal and social groups would be daily discussions of what has been talked about, accomplished, what had been done, or anything else that needed to be discussed.

Focused on both groups would be daily topics and current happenings.  

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