WEEK 5 -- Facebook gets its Foursquare on with Places

"Facebook gets its Foursquare on with Places" tells that Facebook lunches a new feature called 'Facebook Places' on Augst 19, 2010. This new service allows users to find coupons, earn quirky merit badges or simply tell their friends where they are.

The story has 182 words in total, with a clear leading and good following of the "five W and one H rule".

The story may have a big impact as Facebook is the world's largest social networking site, a large number of people are its members, many people will affected by this new services, because it is a worldwild website, it is also proximity to most Australians. It is currency as well, many users may get benefit from the service, while others may have privacy concerns. Facebook is a part of people's everyday life nowadays, especially for young people; so in most cases, people who are concerned about this news (i.e. young people) are most likely to talk about the news.

The news does not include any quotes, neither direct quotes nor indirect quotes. However, the story presents both positive and negative impacts for the Facebook users in regarding to the new service. Besides that, the negative impact has illustrated by a video and an image. The video is a TV news from Sky News, which draws the privacy concerns of Facebook and other social networking sites. The image then is just the slogan of Facebook. The video from Sky News here, helps to give reader a broader experience from different media.

As to the format, it is similar with the articles from Week 3 and Week 4 -- explains the major story first, then comes up with the news' impact.