Social Media

Social Media has changed how we live today.  We can become friends with people who live on the opposite side of the globe, another country; anyone from anywhere remotely possible.  We can look at their pictures, check out they’re hobbies and it’s almost as if we actually know them; like really close friends.  But how do we know that these people are who they really say they are?  We don’t.  A lot of the time we don’t even question the fact that these people could be totally faking who they really are.

 Nev Schulman, a New York City photographer is just your typical average Joe.  He has a Facebook and has a couple hundred friends.  One day, to his surprise, he gets a painting in the mail from an 8 year old, named Abby.  This was a painting of a picture that Nev took a few months back.  Nev is surprised by her incredible talent.  They become friends on Facebook.  Nev continues to talk to Abby about her love for painting.  Who knows maybe Abby will be the next Da Vinci!  But does Nev really know anything about Abby?  He knows what he has read on Facebook and her photos.  But is Abby really who she says she is? 

Catfish is a documentary about the hard truth in Social Media.  In 2007, Catfish was created and produced by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. The documentary is full of deception, twists, lies, and conspiracies.  In this story Ariel follows his brother Nev’s eight in a half month journey of getting to know a family which he knew nothing about, except for what he read on Facebook.  Nev becomes intrigued with a talented young girl named Abby and her mother, Angela, and especially, Abby’s older sister, Meg.

Nowadays, none of take to heart the risks that are associated with getting to know someone online. Unfortunately, Nev Schulman finds this out in a very difficult way.  He is lead on to believe that this amazing young painter Abby has this wonderful family and has an astonishing talent for painting; but is Abby really who she says she is?  Abby is an 8 year...