I tweet, post, like, retweet and comment for reasons I can’t fully explain. It began as just the thing to do so I did it. But now I’ve started to express myself and grow into an experienced social media user. I use social media to create my own brand, socialize, and learn from others. I’d […]
Read more "My Big 3"As a sports journalist, I have a strong desire to know the latest breaking news before anyone else. I have notifications turned on for just about every sporting news/social media app downloaded on my phone. If I’m not watching the TV when a story breaks, I usually find out within seconds once it pops up on my […]
Read more "I Want to Know First"When pondering the question “Why Do You Use Social Media?”, the first thing that comes to my mind is…”because I have to.” Society has made it almost impossible to go through life as a young professional without any social media profiles. I use social media for numerous reasons but the number one reason is to […]
Read more "Constant Connection"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 […]
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