I’m definitely guilty of constantly snap chatting and sending funny memes to my friends, don’t get me wrong. However, social media plays such a huge part in my education also and allows me to stay in contact with people I wouldn’t be able to otherwise. I wouldn’t be able to thrive as a journalist without […]
Read more "The perks of having the world at your fingertips"Social media is a common phrase that is talked about constantly in today’s modern day and age. Millennials have grown up in the world of advanced technology and cannot seem to live a day without checking their Instagram or sending someone a photo/video on Snapchat. In all honesty, I will admit that I am one […]
Read more "Social Media From My Pair of Eyes"I was fairly late to the game when I started using Facebook in the eighth grade. I never had a MySpace and dove head first into Facebook, sending pokes, Bumper Stickers, and writing on my friends walls. As I got older, it seemed that every month there was something new but I stuck primarily with Facebook, […]
Read more "Friends, Finstas, and Food"Even though there are many motivations to use social media, in the last three years there has been a new tendency towards passive networking. People spent two hours daily social networking and messaging, but they do not necessarily share their opinions or personal information in those platforms. According to a study from GlobalWebIndex, almost 40 […]
Read more "Let’s kill some time with #SocialMedia"I feel that the most obvious reason that people use social media is to keep in touch with friends, family, and current events. I definitely use social media to connect with others and moreover so that I feel involved in the world around me. Also, I use social media so that I know what topics people will be talking […]
Read more "Staying Connected"The MTV Video Music Awards are on but I’m not home to watch and Twitter has all the updates from the red carpet. There has been a bombing at the Istanbul international airport and I can’t reach my friend traveling to Turkey but Facebook notified me she is safe. These are just two examples of […]
Read more "Kim Kardashian Goes Topless and it’s Called “Trendy.” I Go Shirtless and it’s Called Creepy"I use social media as a way to interact with my own personal interests and communities I can share that with. The motivation for being an active ‘Grammer, Snapper or Pinner is quite simple — everyone is doing it. Social media channels are as powerful as they are for one reason and one reason alone; […]
Read more "Social media is the social norm"After spending a summer in Los Angeles as a fashion intern, I realized something important about the way I used my social media platforms. To me, social media has become a digital scrapbook that is a part of my fashion identity. As a lover of fashion, I have aimed to make my Instagram identity one […]
Read more "Your virtual reality can be your reality"“PLEASE! PLEASE, Mom, I promise I’ll put all the security settings on it and I won’t use it too often and I’ll be so careful and PLEASE everybody else has one!” I was 14 years old begging my mother to let me open a Facebook account in 2009, my first form of social media. Being […]
Read more "From Antisocial to Hypersocial"Social media is among the most complex modern-day means we use to communicate. Though the list goes on, I use social media to infuse myself in global conversations and to experience diverse content without limits. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat are among the media that allow me the ability to learn about as many things as I […]
Read more "Conversations Without Borders"