Proposal

So for my documentary I want to look at what decisions go into a person 
deciding whether or not to add a person on Facebook.  I want to do this 
because some people just add people that they know on Facebook, and 
others add friends of friends or even people that they don't even know. 
I want to understand people's motivation in adding people they don't 
know, and how someone determines if they want random people on their 
friends list. I also want to look at if adults add friends a little 
more safely compared to college students and high school students. I 
think that high school students will be more likely to add people that 
they don't actually know. This documentary will show parents things 
about their children that they might not actually know about their 
Facebook friends.

I am going to shoot some of the documentary at my aunts house because 
everyone there has a Facebook and see if they add people for different 
reasons. I will also shoot at my house since I know my sister just adds 
people she doesn't even know. I also know that she has had a bad 
experience when that has acutely happened. I will also shoot at dorm 
rooms in campus and possibly the library or other areas across campus.

I will interview people from UK at different grade levels as well as 
people in my family that have older to determine if they add people for 
different reasons than college students. I will also interview some 
high school students to see if they are even more likely to add people 
they don't know compared to adults and college students. I will also 
look at the thought process that each age group goes through when 
deciding if they really want to add a person and how they differ form 
the other age groups.

I think that as the generations get younger, there will be more people 
that are added as friends that the person does not know. The younger 
the person is the less they are worried about their own privacy. If 
this is the case I would hypothesis that the reason would be is they do 
not even know how dangerous it can be for them to just randomly add 
people that they do not even know.

I am hoping to show people from different ages why they should be more 
careful on who they add as a friend. I also want people to realize that 
you do need to be careful with how you use your Facebook but also they 
need to give some people (not complete strangers) a chance on Facebook. 
If someone only adds people that they know then you will never meet new 
people. So adding people who are friends of people you actually know, 
it is ok for you to add them.