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Pictures from last night’s raging party, this morning’s pumpkin spice latte, and tonight’s beautiful sunset — visually, Instagram displays the high points of your life for the world to see. Relatable text posts and witty responses to your friends embellish your Twitter profile — showing the world how clever and comical you are. Your educational and occupational achievements fill your Facebook’s profile — showing your friends and family how successful you’ve become over the years. In a sense,…

sitting on his couch in the living room of his london apartment next to his roommate, boyfriend, and best friend Phil. Dan and Phil were on their laptops browsing tumblr and showing each other edits of them made by their subscribers. Dan showed Phil a drawing of the both of them from a video they made together. As Dan was browsing tumblr he saw a fanfic about him and Phil where he had died. So he showed Phil the fanfic called without him. After Dan read the story he was reminded about his…

Since, Tumblr is a well-known blog platform for having a lot of heated argument with people who is on opposite side. I chose to dramatize the situation between Elizabeth and people who seek to stir up drama with the rumors when Elizabeth posted a picture of her alleged lover, Robert Dudley and captioned his picture by adding his nickname and I also added the internet slang for sweetheart, as Tumblr is filled with all the slang as to express the blogger’s…

but soon opening to other colleges. In 2006, the ultra-successful campus only site was opened to the public. Facebook was a hit among the public and now boasts 1.35 billion users. 2009-2014 saw many more social media websites come up. Pinterest, Tumblr, and Instagram, which have all been created in the past five years, all rank among the top social media sites…

With help from our lectures, textbooks and the archeological remains we have covered quite a few women in our class from the ancient world. Even though our evidence is limited, certain women were much more visible then others due to their elevated statuses, being of a higher class such as royalty. We must also consider the fact through the evidence left to us, most if not all of the written accounts were by men and in most cases framed for a certain goal such as perpetuating a certain stereotype…

Introduction: Before starting this fieldwork I will define some keywords these keywords are social media activism, zeitgeist and mobile devices. Social media activism is defined as the anything that makes or change history, with the use of new media, one is able to communicate or protest beyond just a close circle of people. (Muslin D, 2013). Zeitgeist is defined as the spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. Research Question: How…

of any kind of new technology. Can one really go anywhere and not see people holding their phones, whether in use or not? It’s almost guaranteed that that person holding their phone more than likely has a Facebook account, maybe even a Twitter or Tumblr account. I myself have a Facebook account, but that is the only social media that I am on. I didn’t even have my own smartphone until I was eighteen, and my first phone was a hand-me-down from my mother, an LG slider-phone – they don’t even make…

One of my main forms of social media is Tumblr, and one blog I’d been following for a while was a blog run by a Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood fan (named Alex). On account of October 3rd being an important date in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, it’s known by fans as “FMA day” (“FMA” is an…

surprises God brings about, and hopeful for the doors he will fling open as we step into a new adventure together. So, in light of all the little ‘reminders’ God has given me, I thought I’d finish with one. This quote by T.B. LaBerge popped up on my Tumblr last week, and it was so ironic and well timed, that I had to screen shot it. “Do not settle for the first person who buys you dinner or for the person who says you look pretty, do not settle for the one who does not share your dreams but…

affect children as young as eleven when exposed to peer pressure. Anorexia is a serious mental disorder that anyone as young as eleven can develop when struggling with peer pressure and body image. Many social media sites, the most popular one being Tumblr, create triggering trends that encourage anorexic tendencies. These trends include, “#thinspiration”, “#skinny”, “#pro-ana”, and “#thigh gap”. Anyone with a username and password can stumble upon or search these trends. They can be extremely…