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ENGL108D Post #4
I don’t read the newspaper or watch the news. Nor do I check news websites all that often either. I don’t follow any ‘news’ social media – unless BuzzFeed counts. Whenever anything big happens, I usually don’t find out from a news article. I find out through hashtags, or changed profile pictures.
Whenever something big happens, I usually log on to see a bunch of the same posts, photos, and hashtags. I don’t even have to actively follow any news media because someone I know will have posted the link to an article, or a long rant about said event. Just doing a quick scroll down my newsfeed will give me enough general information. People love to post everything on social media, from little things like what they had for dinner, to big things such as disasters (that’s what Gladwell was so wrong about, people will tweet about literally anything and everything). Sometimes I’ll be surprised at who posted about an event, especially if they’re supporting it. For example, when the Pulse shooting happened, someone that I knew who isn’t too supportive of the LGBTQ community posted their support and changed their profile picture to a rainbow. It was obvious that they only posted about Pulse because it was in the news and they didn’t want to seem like a terrible person. They actually got called out in the comments for not actually caring, but only wanting to seem like they did. And honestly, it doesn’t even make any sense. It’s not like your post brings any of the victims back. What difference does it really make? The victims and their families don’t want tweets of your prayers, they want you to go out and do something about it. Not just sit on your ass and post about it. Let’s be real, the real reason you’re posting is mostly to just seem like you give a damn.
Don’t get me wrong, some movements only exist and work because of people posting on social media such as #metoo. But those are rare. Often, all the tweets and posts don’t actually make a difference, hence the hashtag #wedontneedyourprayers. I think that if people really cared, they would do more than just sit behind a screen and post about it. And maybe some people do both, but not enough people are. We need to start doing more than just tweet about things.
Lindgren, Simon. Digital Media and Society. Sage Publications, 2017. Accessed November 30, 2017.
Jenkins, Henry. “Twitter Revolutions.” Spreadable Media. November 21, 2012. http://spreadablemedia.org/essays/jenkins/#.WiDTsUqnFPb. Accessed November 30, 2017.
Gladwell, Malcom. “Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted.” The New Yorker. October 4, 2010. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/small-change-malcolm-gladwell. Accessed November 30, 2017.
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ENGL108D Post #3
Older generations hate the front-face camera. They think that the younger generation is narcissistic and superficial. Honestly, I can’t really blame them. It’s a little absurd to be walking down the street and just see someone taking a selfie every two seconds. If I didn’t know that Snapchat was a thing, I would just think that that person is extremely self-absorbed.
Even though I use Snapchat and Instagram, I do have to admit that my generation is getting more and more narcissistic. When I’m scrolling through my Instagram newsfeed, all I see are selfies. Even if someone is posting a beautiful scenic photo of their vacation, their face is always smack in the middle of the picture, blocking the view. And you’d think that a post that’s meant to show off what they had for dinner would just be a photo of food, but nope, their face is still lurking somewhere in the photo. The authenticity of photos has also decreased with the explosion of photo editing apps such as Photoshop. It’s rather artificial; you can’t find a photo on Instagram that hasn’t gone through one form of editing or another. The affordance of Instagram likes contribute to the narcissism as people become obsessed with getting as many ‘hearts’ as possible on their selfie.
It’s not necessarily our generation’s fault though; the affordances of the apps such as Snapchat and Instagram encourage it. They’re literally platforms created to share photos and videos, especially selfies. When you first open Snapchat, it opens the front face camera. The second you get on the app, it wants you to take a selfie. There are also far more filters on the front face camera than the back. People are always taking selfies no matter where they are. And there have definitely been some instances where it was probably not the best time for a selfie, whether it’s inappropriate or flat out dangerous.
In our defense, at least taking a selfie takes literally a second. People used to sit for literally hours to get their portrait painted. And then they hang it in the hall so that the massive painting of their face is the first thing you see when you walk into their homes. But I suppose having a camera roll of 102 pictures of the same selfie but from different angles isn’t any better. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lindgren, Simon. Digital Media and Society. Sage Publications, 2017. Accessed November 13, 2017.
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Got a better idea, but isn’t finished yet. Will upload another one ASAP once finished.
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ENGL108D Post #2
It almost seems as if the traditional “cliques” in the cafeteria has adopted a new platform online. Even in a situation where you’re anonymous, you still feel the need to appear a certain way to fit in. People now stalk your social media to get to know you rather than just talking to you directly. After reading Boyd’s “It’s Complicated”, I started thinking about how navigating social media can really feel like walking through a mine field. One wrong post can be disastrous, either in your personal life or professional life. Teens carefully curate their Instagram feed and blogs to a certain aesthetic to attract a certain clique of people, and they risk being alienated if they make a wrong post.
So many different interactions can occur at any given moment and communities are constantly being made. It’s weird to think that you can connect with so many different people online, without knowing who they really are. As mentioned in Lindgren’s “Digital Media and Society”, no one knows that you’re a dog on the internet. You can literally be anyone on the internet, and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand, it can allow deep relationships to form besides superficial things such as appearance. On the other hand, it can also let people be absolute assholes because it can’t be traced back to them.
Connections online can sometimes feel very… inorganic. Because it doesn’t happen in real time, every post you make and everything you say feels very calculated. The way you speak online may not be how you speak in real life. Talking online also just takes out all the emotion, and people can read the exact same message in completely different ways, which causes many miscommunications. All in all, I still prefer irl interactions.
Works cited:
Boyd, Dhana. It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. Yale University Press, 2014. Accessed October 17, 2017.
Lindgren, Simon. Digital Media and Society. Sage Publications, 2017. Accessed October 17, 2017.
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ENGL108D Post #1
After looking at various social medias and their differing affordances (Lindgren), I realized that some social medias have different affordances within themselves, particularly Instagram. One update allowed users to be able to have multiple different accounts on the app, all the while receiving notifications from each account. Even though it’s technically all on the same platform with the same affordances, the mere fact that each account is made with a different purpose creates different affordances.
People typically have a main account where they post the best photos, have the most followers, and sometimes will have a specific theme for their feed. They’ll also have a “spam account” where they’ll use Instagram as a diary by posting “entries” via captions. Users will also use spam accounts as an album of photos that don’t make the cut to their main accounts or just to post funny pictures (and by funny, I mean exposing themselves or their friends). Generally, spam accounts are private and followed by close friends only. There are also “backup” accounts where the account is private with zero followers, and its sole purpose is to act as a place to store personal photos. Sometimes, there will be another account that has a specific purpose, such as art accounts, performance accounts (ei. Singing, dancing, instrument etc), or even the slightly creepy fan accounts. Some people use Instagram as a portfolio and a way to gain publicity.
Even though all these accounts exist on the same platform, they each create a different affordance as to what is posted and even how the captions and hashtags are written. The affordances of main accounts are to showcase a cooler, aesthetic side. Photos will be meticulously filtered, captions will be carefully thought out with hand crafted hashtags, and pictures will be posted at “prime time” to get the most likes and gain followers. Spam accounts are more authentic and real, as people care less about their appearance. Captions will be rants, and photos will be posted with #nofilter and unedited. It’s interesting to see how different platforms will create different affordances and that same phenomenon can occur within the same platform.
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It me!
Three words that sum me up: short, stressed, and sleepy. I’m basically a cat in human form. No matter how much I sleep, I will still wake up tired. I love fall, cozy oversized sweaters, naps, and being bundled up in blankets with a warm cup of coffee. Quite frankly, I think that 90% of my blood is caffeine. I enjoy the presence of others but also quiet walks alone at night. Little simple things in life make me happy, such as smiling at a stranger. I’m not quite sure of what I want to do when I grow up, or if I’ll ever truly grow up. However, I do have a passion for all things digital, with a dash of dance on the side. I hate tomatoes with a passion, and I’m scared of dentists. I can be grumpy one second, and then bubbly the next. Although I have a cold appearance, I have an incredible amount of empathy and compassion. I’m rather monochromatic, but with bright eyes. The most important person in my life is my sister, I would wander the world aimlessly with her. I wouldn’t mind just getting hopelessly lost every now and then. I spend more time on YouTube than I would like to admit. My goal in life is to pet all the cats, even though I am allergic to them. I somehow always find a way to worry and get stressed about everything. I’m a hardworking, detail oriented perfectionist who really struggles with procrastination. There are many different edges to me that even I still haven’t discovered yet, and layers that I have yet to uncover.
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