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"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"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"Social media is the most prominent form of public mass communication to ever exist. It interconnects every user across the globe and can create dialogue between groupd of people that never existed before. Social media gives power to each individual to have the opportunity to grow in influence and network. Our generation and every single […]
Read more "The Growth of My Social Media"Through the course of the entire semester, I began to grasp and understand how to better manage ‘social media’. At the beginning, only a few short months ago, there is no denying that I was wary of social media in general and tried to keep myself away and my personal information safe. Sitting here, typing […]
Read more "@theSteinTimes Top 10 Tweets"So what’s the Fuss? #BoycottStarWarsVII was a hashtag that was created by a small group social media ‘trolls’ to try and possibly stir-up some fuss on social media. Let’s check out some thoughts. The #BoycottStarWarsVII tag — you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy, plus people making fun of them. — Popehat […]
Read more "Social Media: A Box Full Of Hashtags"Human beings form connections through stories. Often times bonding between two individuals starts with the narration of significant moment, but this is not always the case. Some people’s voices are heard more than others, valued more by the rest, which leaves a large number of the population silenced. The voices with the most power tell […]
Read more "Domestic Abuse & Hashtag Activism: #WhyIStayed"Have you ever thought to yourself what exactly makes a good story? What makes a story stand out from the others? Well, I’m here to share what I believe makes a great story. I believe no matter what the story is, whether it’s about a girl saving a cat from a tree, it can be told […]
Read more "Cool Story Bro"With so many outlets for consumers to choose from, it it vital to the success of a brand to create new and unique opportunities in order to further distinguish their company. I believe a trend that is occurring right now is interactive advertising, where the brand reaches out directly to the audience and creates a […]
Read more "The Gamification of Social Marketing"This presentation will cover the media priming and minimalist instructional design theories and their relevance in social media. The media priming theory posits that media is more effective when prior context is given to an audience first. This is similar to psychological priming where an audience is given “hints” to events that will occur in the future and […]
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