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The Southwest Vocal Project (SVP) is a women’s a cappella group with 27 members. SVP is an all women’s chorus; they have a male director named Cary Burns. The average age range is primarily 50 years or older. SVP formed in 2012 and based in Tempe, Ariz. SVP performs barbershop a cappella style, which consists of a four-part harmony. SVP is a member of Sweet Adelines International (SAI). SVP has won two awards at SAI competitions. The name SVP comes from location and the word ‘project’ gives the…

Bungie is unique among its peers because they run their very own social media platform. Bungie’s social media platform is found on their website, Bungie.net, under the community section. Like the social media platforms they use, Bungie’s platform follows the seven building blocks of social media. The first building block is presence. According to Understanding the Functional Building Blocks of Social Media by Jan H. Kietzmann, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian P. McCarthy, and Bruno S. Silvestre,…

Have you ever wondered how people are so connected or got surprised about a small news spreading so fast? If so, your solution will be social network mapping. If you read the play “ Heard it through the Grapevine”, the students in Mr. Bluni class’s project was to explain what Social network mapping and provide 3 examples. The play was about students gossiping about rumors and suddenly it turned science and gave their answer. The main character who turned this topic into science was Randy. In…

Pinterest is a Visual Image (and Video) Social Bookmarking Site. You can consider it an online pin-board or album, where people "pin" things they like and want to share with people to enjoy. But there is also a very interesting traffic source aspect to this place. Why is Pinterest so interesting? Pinterest is full of people who are passionate about beautiful objects, design, quality and visual appealing photos and images. First of all, it is very nice place to share just images or videos,…

Social media has been a huge part of today's society. Over eighty three percent of the population in 2017 have a social media profile(U.S). Social media is the collective of online communications dedicated to community based input,interaction,content sharing,and collaboration. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are social media data bases that people around the world operate every day. People use social media to share photos,meet new people, talk to friends and family, and just stay up in…

Student Programming Population: First Year Students Title: Social Media for success? Purpose: To inform students about the power of social media (positive & negative) and how it can be used in an academic setting. Student Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to evaluate how social media can have positive or negative impact in their lives. Students will be able to identify two benefits of social media in academic setting. Students will be able to begin networking with faculty, staff,…

Media has always been a part of the world ever since words were carved on stone. From delivering mail by horseback, to Samuel Morse inventing the telegraph, to today where everyone can communicate with almost anyone, anywhere, anytime around the world. Though today there are various social platforms; Twitch is growing to be one of the biggest media sites today. Twitch started when the co-founder of Twitch, Justin Kan, first began streaming his life on his first website justin.tv in 2011. Kan…

Sports are outright one of if not the most viewed on television but has that changed? Has social media took a leap over just watching sports on the television or listening to it on the radio or reading about it in the newspaper. Well in 2006 a thing called twitter was launched and from there on the way sports will be heard/viewed will be forever changed. Social media is a thing to talk about for the ages and in my opinion changed the sports industry. The major types of social media that is used…

The postmodernist does not have to deal with limited means to interact with others as the older generation. Communication is right at the world’s fingertip via social networks and there are no filters on the way people speak. Social media has become a second nature for children and adolescents. Engaging in various forms of social media is a routine activity that has shown to benefit children and adolescents by constant communication, social connection, and even technical skills. Social…

Christian Baker 1/16/2016 IT - 331 SNHU IT 331: Network Delays System confirming the user’s password during log-in According to Jakob Nielsen, there are three important time limits in a user oriented system. Those time limits are the time for a user to feel that the system has reacted instantaneously, 0.1 seconds. The time it takes for a user’s flow of thought to go uninterrupted, 1.0 second. The time it takes for a user to not lose his/her attention, 10 seconds. When…