The Face behind Facebook

Dear all,
Do you know the man who invented Facebook? This is an interesting activity to make you analyse the positive and negative aspects of one of the most important inventions of all times.

VIDEO: The face behind facebook.

1- Discuss:

1- Is Facebook important to you? Why / why not?
2- What are the advantages of using Facebook?
3- What are the drawbacks of using Facebook?


Click here to look at the interview and complete the following activities.

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2- Listen to the interview. Watch and choose the best option.

a) The video refers to ...
1- how Facebook was created. 2- the effect that facebook has had on people’s life.

b)The purpose of the video is to …
1- make people think about the future risks of sharing personal information
2- give information about the creation of Facebook


3- Listen and fill in the blanks

a) According to Mark, people are using Facebook to ___________________and ____________________________ with friends.

b) In the near future, Facebook could have __________________ users a week.

c) In the past, Facebook was mainly used by ________________ but now everybody uses the site.

d) People are afraid that whatever they put on their pages, for example ______________ , _______________ or _________________ will be later used by the company.

e) Mark says that if people choose to take their Facebook pages down, none of their personal information and photos will be ______________________


4- WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION

1- According to the video, how has Facebook influenced people’s lives?
2- Which are the good and bad points of this invention? Are they similar to the ones you mentioned before?
3- Could people live without Facebook? Could you live without it?
4- Is it a good idea to depend on modern inventions so much?