Cultural, rhetorical artifact criticism relates to the use of any symbol or representation which shows its connection in any realm. In this context, it can equally be used to represent and symbolize social networking sites. It functions by describing the effects of the phenomenon and how it relates contextually. It is interesting to me because it defines the way certain everyday phenomenon is important and affecting our daily life. This paper describes how social networking sites play a role in everyday life and influence human life through their various features. Certain features distinguish social networking sites and their impacts.
Signs
First Sign- humans
They form part of social networking sites as they are an important part of social interaction. The communication between humans forms the basis of social networking sites. Every social networking site involves two or more, or a large group of humans interacting with each other.
Machines and gadgets
Machines and gadgets represent the social networking sites because instead of the face-to-face meet-up, people interact via virtual interfaces that are provided by machines. These become the media for interaction and major requirement in the text. Every human involved in social networking has one or multiple gadgets connecting them to online websites.
Tagging
It forms the basis of social interaction and becomes the language of interaction. Online communication is altered by this as people now add one another to pictures and thereby communicate with language, that too in terse, brief phrases.
Implications
It is important to understand this because social networking and websites require human to human interaction which means that sociable human beings need to be present for operating them. Moreover, man being a social animal becomes the main target for usage of social networking sites that serve various purposes for mankind.
Machines and gadgets have overtaken the traditional methods of interaction, and they have become the main source of communication. Social networking sites have made people liable to the usage of these sites and the need for more efficient and newest machines and gadgets have made them a necessity for people.
Tagging is symbolic of informing another person that they are important to one person for means of letting the world know they have been with them, or they are involved seriously with them. It becomes a tool for informing, adding to the conversation and an initiator of conversation as well. Moreover, social networking sites have changed the way humans talk and interact. They have evolved a language of their own.
