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Why should we participate in “Shut down your screen” week? This week is when students give-up their devices and focus on something more than Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, etc. By participating in this activity we can be focused on other things in our lives. Such as, interact more with family and friends, be more active and focus more on school. We should participate in “Shut down your screen” week, because we can be able to have more time with our family and friends. We usually don’t interact…

When I clicked on Generation Like (citation), I thought the video would be about conformity or how everyone is like each other. Instead it was referencing likes as in Facebook likes. The video talked about more than just social media though. It asked the question "What are companies doing to our kids through technology and how can they and we be more aware?" (Citation). This video is a good start in helping people become more aware of how the different platforms of social media are used to…

Snapchat and Instagram are very popular apps, which most teenagers and young adults have on their phone. Snapchat is an app that is geared towards those who want to message each other either with pictures or text. Instagram is an app that is mostly used for posting pictures and creating a page to keep those pictures on. Everyone has their own preference, but most prefer Snapchat. Snapchat is geared towards those who want the ability to say something and not have it stay around. Snapchat has…

Social Media and Writing Rough Draft Social media is defined as: “forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1). People can use social media for all sort of reasons, some people use platforms like Facebook and Twitter to communicate with friends and followers and let them know about their life. Other…

We Are Legion Outline & Essay Outline Topic: there is a media conspiracy to further the government’s propaganda. Thesis statement Social media can bring a huge impact if it is used by ISIS to carry government’s propaganda, it could gain their supporters and increase more power. Premise 1 ISIS uses the social media as a tool to share the propaganda and send out violent information, imbuing incorrect information to change people’s opinion. - Social media are the sources of powerful propaganda…

The next time you scroll through social media, take a look. What are people posting? Let’s take some wild guesses: photos of their dogs, photos of their friends, photos of themselves by themselves. Take a look at the captions, too. What are they saying? Some even *wilder* guesses: their opinions, their likes, dislikes, rants about things happening in their lives. Every time most of us post online, we’re just *dying* to tell everyone about the latest thing in our lives. We under this under the…

Due to the growing popularity of social media sites, Canadian Tire and Midas have made their presence known on: Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare. The largest presence is seen on Facebook. When going onto the Canadian Tire Facebook page you are exposed to a number of options. First, it will tell you about the company, and display the most recent flier; its newsfeed is full of events happening in the community along with present promotions. Their Twitter page has the same format and information,…

critical eye based on examples of specific factors that directly impact the usability of a website, I was able to determine that Kiplinger’s website designers did find that balance between its corporate business goals and usability for their official web…

Does Social Media Have Bad Effects on Relationships? Do you think you would be connected to as many people if there were no social media? Do you think social media puts a strain on relationships? I believe that social media does have a bad effect on relationships, even though social media is sometimes good for finding them in the first place. Think about all the relationships you have been in, and the relationships you have heard your friends tell you about. I bet you could tell me at least two…

This essay examines the way ‘new media’ has affected the relationship between the media consumers and producers and how the audience are becoming the creator of their own media content. Today people tend to rely on social media as their main source of information, and through multiple new media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. they are not only able to produce but also distribute their content. The essay will discuss how easy access to information, sharing and collaboration has…