Research Paper On Tumbl

Youth can be ridiculed because of posts on social media. According to the article “Could you Become a Mean Meme?” by Kristin Lewis, a girl named Ashley VanPevenage was turned into a meme that had cruel comments about her skin. The meme originated as a post on social media. This goes to show that anything one posts could be used as a cruel joke by others, as many believe they appear anonymous online. The same article says that “your less than stellar moments can be captured and preserved online.” When someone could see one of these “less than stellar moments,” they could post a cruel or ridiculing comment about it, as once again many feel a sense of anonymity and feel freedom to do so. So, indeed, anything one would post could be mocked.

Social Media is a form of communication in which a person shares information, personal ideas, and thoughts online. The foundation of social media began in 1997 when the first social media site Six Degrees was developed. Since 1997, social media has become an iconic name and has become part of this generation's conversation. There are over 100 million people using social media to gain access to the digital world, with over 20 social media sites including Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram (Milanovic 1). Roughly 80 percent of teens and 20 percent of adults use social media daily and almost half of the users were bullied or criticized for a single comment. Comments that include discrimination, sexism, or political beliefs can be retweeted to thousands in a matter of hours. “Accusations go viral, globally, within hours, and instead of having dozens of angry voices baying for your blood, you have tens of thousands” (Haley 1). Although social media has made it easier to communicate these sites, make it easier to be critical or prejudiced to others online instead of face-to-face.

the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide...was itself a punishable offense” (Orwell, 65). In 1984, looking suspicious or emotional in front of a telescreen was dangerous and considered a punishable offense. In the present day, social media is the equivalent to the telescreens, it’s the means by which individuals display themselves publicly. Posting the wrong thing on social media can be dangerous because if it’s public, it’s exposed to open interpretation. Jon Ronson from the New York Times Magazine published an article giving a few instances of people sharing controversial postings on social media and receiving a major backlash for it. Specifically, Ronson talks about a woman named Justine Sacco who tweeted, “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” Upon her arrival, she realized this tweet was trending. She was judged by her friends and family, and the tweet generated threats and harassment on the internet from the general public. As a result, Sacco lost her job and was scared to leave her own home. This incident is an example of the reasons why, in this day and age, we must be very careful with what we share publicly. Social media exemplifies of how our world is becoming like 1984. Any misstep in our words or actions can wind us

At its core, Tumblr is a blogging center. Each user can set up their own personal blog to post their original content including text, quotes, hyperlinks, photos, videos, audio files, or GIFs. Because of the wide range of posting abilities, Tumblr attracts several different types of aspiring atsits such as musicians, writers, designers, and painters. The users of Tumblr are able to “reblog” posts onto their pages and add their own additional comments. Tumblr posts can also include hashtags that other people can search for content using this hashtag. Generally, successful Tumblr users decided a specific focus to develop their blog around.

Nowadays it is not uncommon that almost everyone has at least one profile on some sort of social networking site. The reason? To not feel left out. We post online to share what we are doing and how we are feeling. However, social media has influenced us in ways that were not initially planned. Our identities, the concept of what makes you, yourself. Identities are constantly evolving due to social media. We are posting online to make good impressions on the people who follow us. We snap photos and add filters to make ourselves look and feel better. Maybe someone will comment! What if nobody does? Do I delete it? These are constant questions and concerns that go through peoples’ minds during the time they post content. I know those questions run through my head each time I click the share button. It’s almost like we need validation from others for us to be ourselves. When I post, I wait to see the reaction of others, will they like it? When others post, I am constantly comparing myself to them. We are constantly comparing and evolving. Exactly like our identity. Our lives are increasingly more public now more than ever.

Millions of people engage in social media every day. It has become a staple of our lives and can be a great thing if used appropriately and considerately. However, many people have come to abuse social media and media in general and have taken to posting content that is personal in nature and is best kept off the Internet. This is why I believe it’s time for people to stop and think of the consequences of what they are posting and consider what kind of content belongs on social media and what doesn’t.

Arizona Model United Nations uses many methods to spread their message across millions of students, undergraduates and faculty members, one of these several approaches of conveying information is through social media: such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other websites. In this essay I’m going to focus on and talk about this club’s Tumblr page and explain it in further detail as a mean of communication.

“Ummmmm…ew?” This statement may not seem like a harmful comment, but think about that mixed with a whole barrage of snide and sarcastic comments swallowing a picture you posted on Facebook from your family vacation. The picture was posted just to share an experience with others—who knew it would also cause such hatred from all those “friends” on Facebook? In the article “Is Facebook Making You Mean?,” by Lauren Tarshis one Facebook user named Maya experienced this bullying firsthand. All she tried to do was post a friendly family vacation photo with Mickey Mouse, and she ended up with a line of insults. The article claims that Facebook is a catalyst for communication

Personality allows people to express who they are, but the internet enables people choose and pick what others see. Eli Pariser in “The You Loop” shows how people are selective in what they post and put on their social media pages, because they want to sculpt how others see them. I think that this is extremely true, because I know that I do it all the time. I know that I am very selective about what I post on the internet because it can reflect poorly on me in the, and I care about what other’s think about me. I am also limited to what I can post on my social media pages because of my sorority. Alpha Gamma Delta does not allow sisters to swear, or post pictures of us with alcohol in them. This is partly because the chapter does not want us to further the stereotypes about sororities, and prevent us from looking “impure.” I agree that people make conscious decision to what they post, but peers also influence what is posted.

Blogging impacts the topic of racism because of the era we live in where everyone wants to write about their events in life. A recent movement formed called “Black Lives Matter” due to African-Americans believing that their lives do no matter to police officers for example. The Tumblr blog uses the hash tag to spread the word which can be used on various blogs across other platforms which is #BlackLivesMatter. The movement formed in call and response to black lives taken by white police officers. The blog states, “Call to action and a response to ways in which our lives have been de-valued.” It ask African-Americans to submit post about the meaning means to them, how racism has impacted their lives and what are they going to do to ensure black

A few pitfalls and possibilities social media offer young women are the dangers of being subjective to disrespect in social advertisement. This can be in various ways such as distasteful post comments or even exchange of words. The use of social media stand highly to young people like myself to contest fair will for feminism going on in today’s society. When looking at chapter 3’s reading 40 “Rush Limbaugh and the new networked feminism”. Limbaugh shockingly remark in empowering Sandra Flute by stating the words “slut” and “prostitute” to represent her, broke out in a total disaster. One life changing event for those feminist representatives brought so much tension to the world of social media. In fact once twelve advertiser and two radio stations

On social media, I’m very cautious with what I put out there for a multitude of reasons. Looking back at my last fifteen tweets, about eight of those tweets are Van Meter related, which most tend to be about success of Van Meter sports(final scores of our games or news coverage). Two of the tweets are happy birthday tweets, wishing Connor Guess and Drew Gordon a happy birthday, and I inserted a few pictures of us to go along with it. The remaining five tweets are sports related, with four of them being motivational stories about athletes, and the other one referencing the video game Madden. The other thing that stands out to me on social media now that I think about it, is who I am following and who is following me. I can honestly say that a good amount of people that follow me, around

The reason catharsis fails to effectively resolve anger and hatred lies in the fact that information, once posted, remains as a constant reminder that leads them back to the source of their negativity (Bushman). During a study on Tumblr and its influence on adolescent mentality, researchers found evidence that the negative content found in Tumblr blogs correlated to more negative mentality (Cavazos-Rehg). These posts often contained ideas of self-loathing, depression, anxiety, and loneliness. Unsurprisingly, these posts correlated to many individuals’ mental health to decline in response to viewing them on their ordinary feed (Cavazos-Rehg). Nevertheless, negative posts that pertain to mental illness still have a widespread presence on social media and have caused adolescents to use finstagram as a means of reciprocating this negativity. Compared to ordinary Instagram accounts, finstagram accounts post content much more frequently. This greater number of posts per day results from the shared attitude of finstagram users and their ideology to rebel against the standard social norms of real Instagram, where users typically limit their online activity to one or two posts a day. Active finstagram users have bred a culture where not only do they allow multiple posts a day, but actually welcome it

Despite the fact that we’re already in the 21st century, society continues to show signs of progress and development strongly leaning towards the direction of advancement, constantly evolving. This pattern is no different from the world of advertising, as it has also evolved through the years and quite recently an unexpected technological innovation took the world by storm. It made such a tremendous impact that eventually led to the transformation of traditional marketing, and it’s no other than social media that we all learned to love.

“Social networks are successful because they offer widespread participation, but at the same time, they open their users up to unnecessarily dangerous exposure.” (Herring, Mark Y.. Social Media and the Good Life: Do They Connect? Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2015. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 10 September 2016.). Social media (sometimes defined as social network/networks) can be used to promote your ideas. Promoting your ideas through social media is a great way your voice to be heard by millions of other users using the same social media you use every day. Promoting may get you discovered by celebrities/authors/people who are looking for good marketing. However, some ideas/opinions you choose to express may cause an uproar of cyberbullying and may cause negative attention to be directed towards you, which nobody wants to deal with. Communication is also a great advantage that social media