Some think social media are simply annoying posts on Facebook or Twitter, I think of it as a grander platform for connecting individuals and sharing experiences. Social media are able to provide an interconnected network similar to the one depicted in the book, Rewire by Ethan Zuckerman that I touched on here: Pretty amazing how our interconnectivity […]
Read more "How Does Music Fit into Social Media?"Modern Social media follows us wherever we go. It used to be you had to log-on to your desktop computer to check whose top eight Myspace friends you entered into, now you can get push notifications for anyone one of your numerous social platforms straight to your smartphone. In his book Rewire, Ethan Zuckerman outlines […]
Read more "Losing Spontaneity in the Digital Age"It is hard to imagine our day-to-day activities and shared interactions without social media. The world of modern social media has interrupted and completely restructured the way in which we interact with others. I rarely choose to pick up the phone to call my family in Italy, because I can easily send them a Facebook […]
Read more "Social Media Impact on Relationships"Aziz Ansar in his book Modern Romance focuses a lot on the effect that technology has had on modern day romantic relationships, and starts his 6th chapter with this statement “The advent of smartphones and the Internet means that our romantic lives now inhabit two worlds: the real world and our phone world.” http://book.azizansari.com. Though I agree […]
Read more "Modern Social media impact on relationships"Modern social media are impacting both my personal and professional relationships. To name a few, I frequently use Facebook, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Phhhoto and Instagram to interact with friends and family. These social media platforms most often strengthen my in real life (IRL) connections because I regularly share content with close friends and family. However, social media […]
Read more "How can social media strengthen your network?"The brilliance of social media is that it allows people to stay connected no matter where they are in the world. It used to be that unless one physically met up with a friend or had access to an international telephone, staying in touch was nearly impossible. In first grade, my best friend Morgan moved […]
Read more "Location, Location, Location (No Longer Matters?)"It feels weird to say this, but social media are a part of every relationship in my life. On Facebook, I keep tabs on faraway friends and family. On Instagram and Tumblr, I’m able to reinvigorate my creative side and find inspiration – I guess this would be my relationship with myself and the outside […]
Read more "Sink, swim or float"When the SARS epidemic started between 2002-2003, it spread rapidly throughout different countries and infected so many people. It was fatal because it was an airbourne disease and could spread from person to person by so much as sharing the same breathing space. What I find to be so interesting, is the fact that this […]
Read more "How The SARS Epidemic Translated Into The Budding Seed Of Viral Internet Communication"I have a conflicted relationship with social media. On one hand, it has made it easy for me to connect with friends from around the world. Each time I befriend a new person that I may not see again, they become a Facebook friend, a new Twitter follow or someone new to stalk on Instagram. […]
Read more "Social Media: More Talking, Less Listening"Modern social media includes a wide variety of outlets and technologies which allow us to connect with the world. Many of these technologies are easily and readily accessible via apps on the smartphones constantly glued to our hands. My personal favorite social media platforms are Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, and while I have Facebook and […]
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