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The Beatitudes Versus (Social) Media Social media is everywhere. It constantly appears in our daily lives, and we accept it and normal living. Included with it’s popularity, however, is a lot of advertising and showing off. When someone uses social media, like Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat, they share their lives with the world. However, social media users only share the best things about their lives, making their lives seem much more important and glamorous to someone viewing their page or…

The number of Americans joining the social media has been increasing since the past decade. As of 2017, almost 81% of Americans have a social media profile[1]. Thus, finding information about someone on the internet is easier with the digital footprints left behind by such users along with the powerful search engines [2]. I was surprised to see my personal data on other uncommon websites that seemed to be scraping my Facebook and Instagram profile. Hence, with more availability of the personal…

esteem presents the need for belonging and the desire to be accepted and valued by others. Under these circumstances, deprivation of this need can lead to an inferiority complex of weakness and helplessness of a minor. On the other hand, socializing on web pages can allow shy, socially awkward minors to boost their social skills and self-esteem. These children find comfort in being able to express themselves online in a way they were not able to do in person. However, minors may become too…

The term free labour presents commonly in the digital era. In Terranova’s (2004, p73) idea, it is an essential source of value in advanced capitalist societies which is not acknowledged yet. After Web2.0 gradually took the place of Web1.0, numerous digital industries were actively seeking and absorbing user-generated contents to satisfy their commercial needs which mainly contributed by free labourers. The collaboration between unpaid digital labour and digital industries further discovers new…

Google Analytics data was collected for the domain www.pegandkris.com for a duration of one month, from October 12, 2016 to November 11, 2016 (Google Analytics, 2016). Data collected includes the number of sessions, number of users, user origination, user behavior, devices used, and revenue generated (Google Analytics, 2016). Kristy May, CEO and collector of the data, states that the data has been collected primarily to decipher the effectiveness of the company’s online marketing strategies (K.…

Self-Analysis Communication is a skill that I learned at an early age. When growing up, learning proper communication skills is a key to becoming a successful citizen. I have taken the time to go over my self-assessment tests and have had the opportunity for others to express their opinions about my skills. The self-evaluation test has brought to my attention that I have a “Driver” kind of communication style, a “high self monitor” score of 14, and a “compromising” type of management style. My…

Interactivity and user-generated content represent two concepts that have long been part of community, yet there remains question about how those concepts are being exercised in digital media. Therefore, research in this area grows in importance as community publications, like all media companies, follow their audience online (Abernathy, 2014). The public traditionally has a stronger role and voice in the production of content within community journalism. The publication of user-generated…

Alexandra Sifferlin, in her TIME article “Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself”, claims that seeing everyone else’s posts often have a negative effect on Facebook users. I agree with her. I’m not saying that every time someone gets on Facebook, it is guaranteed to have a negative effect. Although, it has been proven that one in three users feel bad, mostly about themselves, after scrolling through their timeline (Sifferlin). Facebook is meant for people to connect and socialize with…

Social media has a huge impact on the social interactions of today’s population. I take a lot of time throughout my day to check Facebook; I check it whenever there’s a lull in conversation or whenever I go to the bathroom; or even during a conversation with my fiance (which she gets quite upset about). Writer Sherry Turkle articulates in her article “The Documented Life” that today's lifestyle is digitized, meaning that “People didn’t seem to feel like themselves unless they shared a thought or…

Abstracts Brothers Leo and John Resig used their creative approach to build this ecommerce, Social Network Media, Curated Web, Social Media via the internet, mobile-friendly, funny, attractive, all of this including a pay-it-forward-attitude company back in 2012. This is the type of business where opportunity was noticed and capitalized on. Both graduated from college with different attitudes on life yet found a niche while observing trends in their everyday jobs and casually integrated society…