Kayla Swift

Media 450: Social Media

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@GudGradesAlways That was a great article! There were definitely a lot of concepts to take away from the course, but similar to what you attached below, affordances were one of the key concepts we learned in the class. It was definitely a key takeaway for me too! Great post

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@zachwhite2111 @Cmoore1970 Face-to-face interaction versus online interactions are very different contexts between seeing someone’s face and body cues versus open interpretation online ! It’s also cool that we’ve come a long way now that we’re able to communicate long distance at all

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@henkel_alexa This point also stood out to me during our class. I found myself even limiting my screen time/ being more aware of consumption due to that documentary. At least we’re more understanding of how the digital algorithms and business’ work!

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One of my biggest takeaways was the awareness of how apps and companies create an “individualized profile” of each user in competition to sell your attention. Although I was already aware of this, the documentary was very eye-opening and now I’m hyper aware #450SocialSP24

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The people of flint took to Social media to share their fight for clean water. The use of hashtags, and focusing on the storytelling approach garnered lots of attention. How does storytelling types of media make the viewers feel more connected to act on a campaign? #SocialSP450

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@izzybothwell949 I think this article is really fascinating and it shows how different our culture is used to having online interpersonal relationships. Especially since Covid, we’ve been trained to work on hybrid formats, and it seems that it’s still working out great for others! #450SocialSP24

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@AshleeBleier That was a really sweet article, it’s fascinating that one can look at a picture of someone they don’t know but choose to meet in person. Online dating can be a true roulette because we can’t see F2F body language online, but in the end it still works! #450SocialSP24

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@nathanielhoeye Like Kendall says, it’s frightening that the media controls where we choose our digital formats
& our modern media ideologies. I remember back in 2014 when MySpace and Tumblr were the most popular. Now it seems that Twitter and other platforms are dominant #450SocialSP24

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#450SocialSP24
Baym brings up how the “self” plays into the window metaphor, saying that a true self isn’t one thing- it exists in many worlds, and plays many roles. Applying this to online personas, how does being online make us change “personalities” in different communities?

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@nathanielhoeye #450SocialSP24

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@nathanielhoeye I definitely agree that the people matter more than the space, a forum can be completely “fleshed out” but have inactive members that leave the online forum desolate. If the members are the highlight of these spaces, how can media-moderators encourage engagement on these spaces?

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@hieuegnew This term in the readings also stood out to me. Many people are expected to give their undivided attention,
/ feel obliged to always reply to messages rather than Lurk. It’s interesting how online etiquette has changed #450SocialSP24

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@GudGradesAlways I never thought about it this way! In a different Media Class, we are learning about how technology companies can manipulate certain trending topics online to promote a “warped reality“ which promotes technology products. This might be more common than we think #450SocialSP24

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Markwick & Boyd says “we constantly vary self-presentation based on an audience reveals authenticity as a construct; are we more or less authentic with her book club, or gym partner?”

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How different do we act in terms of authenticity compared to posting on a close friends story versus on a different “persona“ profile (what we want a wider audience to see?) #450SocialMediaSP24