Social media are a permanent part of everyone’s lives and they’re almost impossible to get away from. While sources contradict each other and claim social media are both good and terrible, it’s mostly about how we navigate these sites and the way we interact on them. For example, I was called nasty names anonymously on […]
Read more "I talked to someone famous on social media and here’s what happened"How are modern social media impacting your relationships? Social media allows me to extend my relationships beyond those in my immediate contact area or beyond people or are within close proximity to me on a daily basis. For example, I was studying abroad last semester in France and I befriended some international college students while […]
Read more "NHsmc Blog Post 1"Social media is extremely prevalent in today’s society (I mean, we’re taking a class in it) with millions and millions of people connected around the world. However, these connections don’t come without problems as security and personal safety can sometimes be compromised. Our project takes a look at some examples of these threats and attempts […]
Read more "Social Media and Security"As members of a highly-connected generation, it is important to examine how advertisers and individuals are changing the way they use social media. The platforms that promote themselves the most are not necessarily the ones that the target audience is using, and the platforms they are using may not lend themselves to the best advertisements or […]
Read more "Social Media: A Year in Review"For my COM 600: Social Media Theory and Practice final presentation, I decided to focus on the idea of voice and its importance as a marketing and public relations tool. As a public relations major, I have been educated on the importance of developing and maintaining a specific brand voice when communicating with publics. Voice […]
Read more "Final Presentation: Voice"When I came to Newhouse this summer, one of the biggest changes in my life was my sudden acquisition of multiple social media accounts. Aside from creating a Flickr for graphic design, a google account for the free drive and finally creating an overdue Linkedin profile, I also created a Twitter. Although I had once […]
Read more "Becoming an Influencer"This semester has been one of the most intense and fast paced I’ve ever had. It feels like it went so quickly even though it’s only been a few months since I started learning about the intricacies of social media in COM 600. I started the year off with a ghost town of a Twitter […]
Read more "10 Tweets You Can’t Live Without (ReTweeting) – Best of JonK"At the humble beginning of the semester I had a whopping 162 followers, each one of which I was quite proud. But now after an entire semester of learning about how to do it right I have 208 followers, which is pretty cool. Most consisted of personal friends and people I know from #InRealLife. But […]
Read more "Growing Up: One Tweet at a Time"Throughout the semester, I have been tweeting for a class I’m taking in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The class has taught me a lot about social media and though I entered the class with a relatively established Twitter account, I have grown my twitter account a lot since the beginning of the […]
Read more "On The Rise: The Growth of Network"At the start of the semester, I had 261 followers on Twitter and by the last week of classes this semester, I made it up to 281. When I looked back to see where I started, I knew I had gained a few, but I didn’t realize that it was that many. Number of followers […]
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