Valerie Smith

Communications & Cultural Studies @ Concordia University

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

@i3ZPqiywvnjPXVi I think it depends on the hierarchy of the company & your relationship with your coworkers. Personally, I wouldn't befriend a coworker on social media if I didn't think that they were more my friend than my coworker....if that makes any sense! But, I also wouldn't lie #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

Although I believe that citizens have a right to privacy, I also believe that people should be held accountable for the information posted online. If you want to give your employer a false reason for absence, don't post the real one online #COMS427 #besocialmediasmart

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

@alexislahorra Social media has personally helped me view beauty and ugliness as something internal rather than external. I think that someone who is truly beautiful is someone that cares, is compassionate, intelligent, and wants to use their platform to shed light on difficult topics. #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

@alexislahorra Although I agree to an extent, I believe social media, if used properly, can open our eyes & challenge our notions of beauty & ugliness. People I used to find visually "beautiful" are now "ugly" to me due to their failure to use their platform to help better the world #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

Is anyone else having issues connecting their @Twitter account to @pickweaver? #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

According to DLA Piper, countries with the most data protection regulation include Canada, the United States, Australia, Sweden, Norway, the U.K., Ireland, Portugal, Spain, New Zealand, etc., while countries like Indonesia and India have very limited laws and regulations #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

DLA Piper has a very cool site that allows you to compare data protection laws from countries all around the world! Check it out.
https://t.co/VGD97ve0B4

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

Here's the article about crossing the border. This is very important with the new cannabis legislation. Border agents should not be able to access your private information like that #COMS427 https://t.co/aJQoETgOVe

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

Border patrol in the U.S. have the right to go through your devices. So, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada advises Canadians either leave devices at home when crossing the border, or to delete all data in order to protect Canadians' privacy. #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

Weird, however, that the President of the United States has yet to lose his job when there is so much incriminating content online from and about him, that would cause him to lose his job if he wasn't (arguably) the most powerful person in the world #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

Would you trust @facebook with your love life too? #COMS427 https://t.co/JcglhR0SkH

[Ghada Touir @GTouir]

Very interesting to read #COMS427 ! Emojis and Digital Literacy?
Why I use emoji in research and teaching https://t.co/6XX66IXYk3 via @ConversationEDU

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

In my opinion, open source software and products are so important to a healthy development of the Internet, however, much like most tangible things in society, access- thus digital divides- are culturally determined #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

The digital divide in Canada is so big due to the oligopoly of Internet and communication providers keeping prices extremely high in city centres and even higher in rural communities. Read more: https://t.co/b00VVtYR0J #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

Personally, I find myself identifying with three of the five groups of Internet users outlined by the Oxford Internet Survey: I am an e-Mersive, a techno-pragmatist, and cyber-savvy ......I think..... #COMS427 #ReadingA (Dutton & Reisdorf, 2019).

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

@freevtyakker I have already informed a couple of my friends and even my mom about the #6ingredients to differentiate real news and fake news and everyone loved it and believes it's an extremely useful tool to know in our present media environment #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

@sarahmorstad I love Dr. Rob Williams's 6 ingredient guide, however, we are all communications students who are trained to think critically. SO, my question is: how do we educate 'regular' people to spot cues that unpack whether or not news is legitimate or not? #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

@AddarioRosa #glossier was the brand I was thinking about when I wrote this tweet. They're a textbook example of how brands can use social media to garner an engaging relationship with their clients and influencers for a higher ROI #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

Who else is like me and tends to become more loyal with brands/companies that cultivate a relationship with its customers, and a strong brand image over social media? #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

@martucci_22 I think that they should add a bookmark and keep the heart because I often don't like things that I'd otherwise bookmark because I don't want people to think I "like" something that I just want to be able to refer back to #COMS427

[Valerie Smith @studentvalsmith]

"social media marketing capability [...] is [...] a firm’s competency by generating, disseminating and responding to information gathered from customers via social media channels to improve customer engagement and thus satisfaction, loyalty, and retention"(Venciūtė, 139) #COMS427