Social Media Reflection

Social media is a medium in which people post about whatever they deem necessary. According to Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together, a vast majority of teens also use it to create a name for themselves and to pretend to be someone else; someone they want to be. However, in analyzing my social media, it was very difficult to find any trace of what kind of character I was attempting to portray. One similarity that I can see between Turkle’s analysis of social media and my personal account is that my

My essential goal in the beginning of this course was to present a better image of who I really am on my social media profiles and to reflect my in-person persona online. Compared to before this class started and to how far I have come, I would absolutely claim that I have been successful in presenting a better representation of my in-person self on my social media sites. When I post a picture on Facebook or upload an image to Instagram I choose not to edit the picture beforehand. In the past, I

I started using a Tumblr for my Social Media class. When I first started using Tumblr, I could tell that it was a much different platform than Facebook. The things I would post would just not go over well with my family and friends who would just believe what they would see on television. I've had bad experiences on Facebook for posting just about everything, but that was a while back. They took quite an offense to some of the things I would post about that are going on in not only America but on

In this reflection I will be talking about social media and the ways that I personally use social media in order to analyze and have an understanding so that I can hopefully improve my social media competence. The types of social media outlets I have are: Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. I don’t really post anything on Reddit, Facebook, and Snapchat but on Instagram I try to not post photos with myself in it because I want my followers to see the world I see but the captions I

which made me redownload facebook and become addicted like I was in middle school. I am constantly checking all forms of social media several times a day because in my mind I am “in the know” and have a firm grasp of what is going on with my life. On Tuesday, November 14th I decided to download the app and have it track my media use for a few days before I did the social media fast. I found that I was on my phone for about 4 hours a day and had about 115 pickups. I wish I could say I was shocked

communication. Since the birth of social media, the internet has now become the most important way (if not the only way) to keep in touch with a lot of people at the same time. Most of humanity considers Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and e-mail as the best way to exchange daily information with family, friends, colleagues, and even their most favorite movie actor. Human relations has been changed the most since the existence of Social Networking. Social networking's purpose is to promote and

discrete activity, on what had been an excellent day, will never be forgotten. May 12, 2015, actually marked one of the worst events to have occurred at my school, and it is one that will forever leave an impact on my life and the way that I view social media. Not long into second period, the school suddenly went on lockdown. Students did not take it seriously, treating it like a drill. Minutes passed and our little game continued on, but some students soon abandoned it because they were anxiously awaiting

constantly harassed by security or people at the airport, I had heard so many stories about how people were attacked because of how they were dressed, their race, sex or religion. These stories were starting to gain public attention through the use of social media, most attacks has been usually videoed and posted online. Going through YouTube, a video was in the recommendation section titled; ' The Muslim on the airplane'. I thought this topic was interesting because I had never seen any person openly talking

Social Media James Beach HUM/186 Oct 2, 2017 ALLYSON WELLS Social Media There is something in us that creates a desire to connect with those around us. A primal instinct to share a story or life changing event. This however has exploded into something never seen before with the introduction of the internet. With the growth of so many ways to connect there are of course challenges also tied to it. Questions of Accessibility, credibility, and how or what is influenced weather positive

engagement project I decided to connect it to a separate project I am currently doing for my media class. For this project I paired up with the non profit organization, Media Done Responsibly. The organization works with college level students to become mentors for younger children. The goal of the organization is to spread awareness and educate the younger generation about destructive messages the media influences and how to overcome them. These negative messages include the exploitation of women