Weekly Q #4: To what extent does social media use to undermine self-confidence? I thought some of the girls I went to high school with knew how to fake tan really well and they were very talented at dumping makeup on their face like a clown to hide their insecurities. Little harsh, but hey, maybe…
Weekly Q #2: If someone or something is not online, does it exist? (consider the question seriously) What is the minimum visibility online that someone in his or her 20s needs to live and work in the United States? Could you detach yourself from media enough to feel uncomfortable or sad; to feel disconnected; to…
This video was posted just yesterday. I thought this was a fun video showing how our dancing crazes are always changing and evolving! I’ve seen most of these dances but once I saw the Solja Boy I knew that’s where my generation started making an impact. Fingers crossed twerking is on it’s way out though…
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/world/europe/neknominate-drinking-game/ Just in the last 48 hours, my newsfeed has been blowing up with “neknominations” from all my guy friends. What is it? It’s a bizarre internet craze right now where guys are filmed chugging or ‘necking’ alcohol in various ways and it is spreading worldwide. For example, one of my friends who was nominated…
One of my friends shared this YouTube link on Facebook and as an advertising and marketing minor, I was of course immediately interested! This is a perfect example of rhetoric. The original commercial uses all available means of persuasion. It draws you in with the delicious looking burger, but seeing isn’t always believing!
Short Essay #1: 2 page New New Media autobiography and a timeline of adoptions and uses of 3-5 different platforms I think it is mind blowing how my generation and generations after mine have grown up with new new media playing as big of a role as it does in our every day lives. …
Weekly Q #1: Who cares if anybody studies and thinks about new new media (other than to like, accept and use it?) Why do you care? Beyond those that anybody might casually entertain: what (as a college student and a Communication major or minor) are your questions and interests? What makes those questions and interests…
Jac Williamson 