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Pinterest has many strengths. A user can share, organize and view images by topic, or interest. This helps to differentiate Pinterest from other social media platforms by adding somewhat of a filter to its content. On other social media sites, content related to a single topic could be found in an infinite amount of places and a user would have to search multiple pages in order to find their interests. Pinterest allows users to curate their own bulletin board based on topic and view those…

There are also harmful impacts from TV news. One of these harmful impacts is the differences in how specific sexes and races are portrayed in news about adolescents. One study found that males were largely overrepresented in news stories, being three times more likely to be featured than females. This overrepresentation is also found in crime related news stories, where 80% of TV crime stories about teens involved males. Crime is the focus among all races of teens, but African Americans and…

have allowed anyone to add me to their team with the idea that if for whatever reason, I chose not to participate in that group it would ultimately is my decision. Lastly, I chose to not allow users to private message me. I already have other social media accounts and would not like to take advantage of that feature on this site until I am a little more familiar with how it works. Being new to this site I appreciate the tutorials on how to get started, and Twitter even provides a glossary that…

Activism through social media is a way to connect with supporters of the organization. Social media allows for a whole new range of opportunities to spread their message and inform more people of their organization. Without the help of social media and the internet, information would not be so accessible as it is today. There are many different social media platforms, some of the most popular include: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. These platforms gain followers, likes, retweets, and…

As of 2014, 38 percent of suicide cases were related or caused by social media. Scientist further investigated this correlation and found out that 50 billion of contents are shared monthly using social media. Many of us question this outrageous catastrophe, but to truly understand the immense power behind social media, details must be acquired. Identifying the details of social media, social media is a relatively new phenomenon that has lingered this world for the past decade. With the fusing of…

Most of mass media in today’s society runs on the premise that sex sells, and that is what is clearly portrayed. The America Psychological Association says that “’Throughout U.S. culture, and particularly in mainstream media, women and girls are depicted in a sexualizing manner’” (qtd. in Ingroa 17). These depictions can be seen in nearly every medium, including television commercials, music videos, magazines, and prime time television programs” (Ingroa 17). The thing is that this media is…

Unmasking Racism in Media "[Media 's] depictions can stray far from reality, with the effect of creating and reinforcing distorted impressions," (Bissler 1). For many years, media has shown that they have no real understanding of race. There have been many cases where media discreetly uses stereotypes to depict certain races. Masked racism has been seen through different types of media such as news broadcasting, television shows & movies, and also print media, such as newspapers, magazines, and…

With the evolution of technology rapidly increasing and becoming more and more advanced, in correlation, the accepted knowledge concerning film and media are also changing just as fast. Since the birth of the cinema and Hollywood style movies, many philosophers and theorists have shared their knowledge concerning film theory. However many theories are having to be updated and even ruled out due to the advancement in technology. For many years these theories were commonly accepted with minor…

use social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter. These results are much greater than the 2008 report of 26%.( Hampton ) If one visits any park, restaurant, or any other social gathering across the United States, they are likely to witness more than one individual using a portable electronic device, using some type of social media. People no longer congregate in groups and talk to one another, but separate themselves from actual live interactions to communicate through social media. Even when…

Costs of Production Netflix operating income for 2104 was over $5.5M, which was in part due to the increase to the monthly service fee for subscribers and the increase in domestic and international streaming memberships. The company has a plethora of expenses, streaming content rights, licensing, acquisition of streaming content, streaming delivery expenses customer service, payment processing fees, and advertising. Fixed costs are costs that do not change no matter how much product the…