I have to start by saying that I am the kind of person that is tired all day, and when I finally get in my bed, suddenly I am not tired anymore. So, while I try to fall asleep, scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I see what my friends are up to, and I think […]
Read more "The best kind of #FOMO"There are an infinite amount of reasons why I use social media: to show my friends and family where I am, what I’m doing, and what I’m thinking about, to express my beliefs and opinions and stay in touch with the interesting things that my community has to say. Sure all of these things are great, but […]
Read more "A New Form of Millennial Education"I can’t remember the last time I picked up a newspaper to see what was going on in the world. Today, I get most of my news on social media, and statistics show I’m not alone. By following accounts that share news that is relevant and interesting to me, I feel informed and connected to […]
Read more "Social Media: The New Newspapers"When thinking about the endless amount of time I spend on social media each day, I realized that amongst all of the likes, comments, and tweets, there truly is a purpose why I’m there. I enjoy the wide spectrum of knowledge I gain when looking through social media. Everything from what broadway show my parents went to see without me last […]
Read more "One Small Insta Pic for a Woman, One Large Tweet for Mankind"The first social media I joined was MySpace in 2006, which I wouldn’t remember if my MySpace profile didn’t STILL EXIST, even though I haven’t used the networking site in the better part of a decade. I was drawn to social media as a platform to communicate with my friends from different schools and share […]
Read more "Growing Up in the Social Generation"I started using modern day social media when I was a junior in high school and decided to join Twitter in April of 2012. I was never allowed to have Myspace, Facebook, or AIM when I was younger, so Twitter was my only way to participate in the social media world that my classmates were […]
Read more "#instafamous"It started with Myspace. I was a young scene queen who was filled with emotions best expressed by bands like Panic! At the Disco or My Chemical Romance, which you would immediately learn upon visiting my profile page. If you made it into someone’s Myspace Top 8, you knew your friendship was real. However, if […]
Read more "#hashtag"I was late to the social media game. I grew up in a small suburb outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where everybody knew everything about each other’s lives. I didn’t need social media to keep up with people and what they were doing, because my town was so small that if something happened last night, I was […]
Read more "Keeping Companions"Once upon a time, people only used traditional media like radio broadcasts, newspapers and television advertising to gain attention. Whether it was for a desired focus on themselves or a product, these were the only mediums that reached a large audience. Today, the quickest and easiest way to sell yourself or something else is social […]
Read more "Modernly Mediagenic"There have been numerous ways to communicate with people, especially those that are not near you. You can write a letter that will take weeks to deliver, or send an email that may or may not be seen, or even pick a phone up and call someone that may or may not answer. Today, however, you […]
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