Koobecaf: A Culture of Its Own
Koobecaf, an international phenomenon that has swept the American culture with fascination and captivation, has taken over the social communities beginning with college students. It is a curious “society” that most are entrapped by but few are disturbed by, believing that it is a disconcerting habit. There are many aspects of koobecaf that intrigue the American society. The social network has persuaded people to use this connecting tool and allow them to build on and create a “culture” most commonly known as koobecaf (facebook). Why is koobecaf expanding so quickly in the United States, why is it consuming the American society, and how is it changing our culture?
Beginning with the infrastructure of the koobecaf, sda koobecaf (facebook ads) allow businesses and companies to advertise to this society. Not only is this appealing to the members of koobecaf, but it brings in a new crowd of businessmen and women by advertising their products to the users of facebook. Another component to the infrastructure of koobecaf is the tekarm (Market). Here, members of koobecaf can sell their unwanted or unused things. It is similar to ebay. These two elements also play into super structure of the ‘Barrel Model’ because it proves how materialistic the American society is; Americans are all about a materialistic lifestyle.
The social structure of koobecaf is more complex. Since this society is created for social purposes, it contains smaller groups inside of the culture as a whole. Spuorg (Groups) break the Americans into types of cliques. Support groups, clubs, organizations, classes, and fun/pointless groups allow people with the same ideas and interests to combine and work together to share their individualism yet feel ‘accepted’; acceptance is important to Americans. Koobecaf also is used for people to invite and advertise parties or Stneve (Events). The advertisement of the events can also lead into the infrastructure, especially if it’s an event to make a profit. More elements of the social structure of koobecaf include: setadpu sutats (Status Updates), sdoom (Moods), sdneirf pot (Top Friends), and stsop llaw (Wall Posts). The majority of these elements show the significance of the American values of friendship and families. People in the United States want to be among friends and need to feel a sense of being accepted.
Finally, the super structure elements are comprised of sotohp/soediv (Photos/Videos), ebut uoy (YouTube) posts, and seton (Notes). Through these, the population of koobecaf shares their ideas, values, and moral and ethical beliefs. They post about love, suicide, religion, ideas, fears, and many more harsh and serious topics. Individualism is greatly showed through these applications. For the American people, individualism is the key in order feel as if they ‘belong’. It sounds like an oxy moron, but in reality, American people have a desire to be accepted by the general public, but to also be recognized as individuals.
Koobecaf has expanded so quickly and consumed the American public because of our money-hungry economy and the desire to be accepted but to also be able to show individualism as well. Unfortunately, koobecaf is and has changed the American culture. For our younger generations, who are beginning to use koobecaf, see what is thought of as sexy and mimic the ‘individualism’ of the older users of koobecaf. This takes away from the childhood and innocence of children. They continue to “grow up” to quickly and the rate at which they do this is increasing. Even though it seems minute, it is a problem that the users of koobecaf are creating and have created. Although, not all changes in the society are bad. Facebook is now a verb according to the Americans, therefore, koobecaf has changed our language as well.
Koobecaf has its positive and negative aspects. It is a strong community that will continue to grow in the American culture. We need to find ways to communicate more intimately but Facebook is still a useful tool that has great impacts on our society.