PRP Artefact Evaluation
Artefact 5 – Social Networking web page.


The Social Networking page took 2-3 hours to create in Photoshop CS2. The colour scheme and layout is typical of the major social networking sites. I used a combination of the colours found on myspace and facebook. These are two of the biggest and widely used sites of this genre, and because I had these sites as a guide, creating the design wasn’t too taxing.
The following graph displays the results of question one of the questionaire. Out of 10 people surveyed, 100% correctly thought the artefact was designed to be a social networking site.

The design elements which most influenced these answers were the Colour Scheme and the Content Position – as indicated below.

As social networking sites contain such applications as chat, messaging, video, file sharing, blogging, and discussion groups, it is no surprise that the majority of people surveyed (60%) thought that the page’s primary function was for interaction (communication).

In conclusion, and as expected, the survey results suggest that social networking site designs are recognisable via the position of the content and colour scheme of the design. However, this survey does not take into account editable profile designs, which are common on myspace.