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The Facebook Obsession is an hour-long documentary produced by CNBC, focusing on the story of Facebook from 2004 until the film’s production in 2010. The documentary is narrated by Lester Holt and features various stories from everyday users of Facebook. The film also showcases the story and struggle of how Facebook evolved into what it is today. The driving force behind all these stories is to illustrate to the viewer the impact Facebook had on the public, and how the “Obsession” had spread…

INTRODUCTION Tradition played a large role in Shogunate Japan and highly affected society. It had a major influence on the samurai class who were the warriors of Shogunate Japan. Tradition impacted them so greatly due to the many forms of culture. The multiple customs were expressed through religion, art, leadership and women. RELIGION Each social class had different traditions, however, the culture that was introduced by the samurai was adapted by the people of Japan. The warriors believed in…

(iii) In other words, the emergence of social media as a new way to communicate could be harmful to face-to-face interaction and the ability to express ideas orally. b. In “Social media Exploration,” critics of social networking services express a major worry that people who have grown up in the digital age express a reference for virtual contact rather than face-to-face…

frequent contributor of articles on education and science, informs readers about the way students in today’s educational landscape use media to multitask while learning. Paul argues that this practice hinders the quality and quantity of information that students retain. The author explains the myriad of negative outcomes due to multitasking, particularly with media, while learning. Paul supports her argument with numerous studies; nevertheless, definite weaknesses arise in her case. The article…

connections easier, LinkedIn engineered society and embedded itself in the civilization’s institutional fabric, capitalized on communication and created a successful affective network. Those three aspects of its creation are the reason that the social media platform LinkedIn revolutionized the Web 2.0 and came to be a leading source of employment for North Americans. Throughout the years, many…

Music surrounds us and has an influence over much of what we encounter in our everyday lives. Music is more than just what you hear in concert halls or on the classic radio stations, it is in background of much of what we do. It can be playing in the stores we shop in and influence what we buy, embellish TV advertisements, and enhances movie scenes. It has the power to influence the moods of those who listen and can change the atmosphere of an entire room. This outstanding power of music is…

Blackmores “Strange Creatures” explains the power of imitation and the affects it has on society and social media. In Gladwell's writing, he describes how social media is just a social structure. It holds no place when it comes to activism because of its lack of strong ties and its ability to form a movement with weak order. Blackmores theories help support Gladwell's idea to an extent, but also goes against it because of her ideas on memes and imitation. The civil rights movement, which first…

With the spreading and advancing of technology companies can easily reach millions of people when advertising. This also means there is more competition so commercials are getting more creative to catch people’s attention. The commercial by Extra Gum called “Extra Gum: The Story of Sarah & Juan” caught mine. It aired in 2015 and is one minute and 57 seconds long. This commercial tells a love story about a guy and girl, Sarah and Juan, who meet in school when she gives him a stick of gum for…

Advertisements are everywhere you go now. Without realizing we see at least a hundred ads a day. Advertisers will try pretty much anything to sell their products. So how far are they willing to go to sell you their products? What emotional appeals will they use to catch your attention? Jib Fowles “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appels” breaks down the fifteen basic appeals that you will find in ads today. You will find at least one of these appeals in every single ad that you see.In “Advertising…

Calvin Klein #MyCalvins Campaign Communication Method: Two Way Symmetrical Communication Model Communication Medium: The medium through which this campaign is received is through social media. The ‘#MyCalvins’ hashtag is used on all social media platforms, mostly Instagram. Communication Theory: This campaign encourages digital promotion of the brand through asking celebrities to post an image of themselves on Instagram wearing Calvin Klein apparel with the campaign line I____ in #MyCalvins,…