Social Network is considered as one of the more thought-provoking films of the last decade or so. The narrative of the story talks about Mark Zuckerburg, a socially awkward guy who had this habit of rubbing people in the wrong manner. Despite not being very social himself, he went on to create one of the more influential social media networks of all time. The story of the movie gives a fictional account of what really happened if one talks about the formation of Facebook and how these guys assembled and created something that was so different as compared to what one got too witnessed earlier. It started with how he created a website that allowed the other male students to rate the female students in the vicinity. At the same time, how he pitched the idea along the same lines as a couple of brothers. What set Mark Zuckerberg apart from some of the other students who were coming up with the same venture was that he was really able to articulate the long-term potential of Facebook and how to use that network for his long-term advantage. The story also showed how his friend and some of his other compatriots were later on the sidelines by him during the process of the expansion of the website. The movie is a fictional account of what really happened as is the case with most of movies; there are certain cinematic liberties that are taken during the course of the whole process. The movie does raise some question marks regarding the extent to which business decision-making has to be pragmatic at times. Furthermore, it highlights the choice that one has to make regarding staying loyal to one’s friend or making sure that business expansion should be the thing that must be valued. In a way, the movie relates well with the current decision-making process of the larger corporations is carried out and how there is certain moral ambiguity regarding corporate decision-making.
References
Gehl, R. W. (2014). Reverse engineering social media: Software, culture, and political economy in new media capitalism. Temple University Press.
Grossman, L. (2010). Mark Zuckerberg. Time magazine, December, 15.
