Introduction (p. 9-12)

“For Ronnie, social network sites are intricately woven into the tapestry of his daily literacy practices; they play a large role in how he interacts with others in his personal and professional life as well as how he presents himself to different audiences.”

                This statement introduces the idea of social media and the way it interacts with Ronnie’s everyday life and to exactly how many different areas of his life are impacted by what he does online. This is an important fact to orient the reader to what is to come.

“’web based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system”

                I think this quote outlines the purpose of social media, once again providing context and structure for the reader to work within, enabling them to better understand and engage with the specific case sensitive information provided later in the paper.

Methods (p. 12-13)

“The information discussed in the profile tour gave me an overall sense of how Ronnie perceived his own identity representation online, some history behind that representation, and his perspective on what those representations meant to him.”

                In this sentence Buck explains not only what methods she used for collecting data but why she chose that method and the type of information it allowed her to gather.

“Through the time-use diary, I was able to track literate activity as it was embedded within Ronnie’s daily use of social network sites.”

                This statement allows readers to understand what this particular method allowed her to gather and how this information was used.

Results (p. 13-30)

“Ronnie updated Facebook with content that he felt would be more appropriate for his wider audience. He would update Facebook with progress on for example, his graduate school applications, like this update from December 6, 2010:”

                This quote leads into a direct post from Ronnie’s Facebook which engages the reader in actual content from his profile but also goes beyond the post itself and addresses the audience that the post is intended to reach and why he chose to post that particular update. This is different than the discussion but still gives detail and content to the section.

“As noted above, Ronnie frequently set up an account on a social network site when it launched in order to ‘claim real estate’ on the site in case it became more popular; for this reason, he started his Twitter account along with accounts on other social network sites. “

                This piece does a good job outlining the reasoning behind why the participant has the social media site but leaves more to be discussed in depth in the discussion session.

Discussion (p. 30-34)

“As an expert user, Ronnie saw himself in a place to both distinguish himself from his other Facebook friends and to make a statement about the ways that his friends use Facebook and others’ information on the site.”

                This goes into greater detail on why he set up so many social media accounts and starts to draw more conclusions on what this means for how he represents himself online.

“Ronnie declined to fill these sections out, finding these boxes too limiting to explain, for example, his musical tastes.”

                By addressing what he declines to fill out, the author is still able to draw on how Ronnie chooses to create himself online.