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me in the morning trying to process the intense symbolism that appeared in my dreams

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@kiren_sfsu @EmergingSocial1 Hi Kiren,
I enjoyed reading your thoughtful answers and agree with what you said about the last reading. It’s like playing “God” and that has never worked out well in films. We can’t simply change DNA just because we can, we definitely have to think about the consequences.

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the meaning of the photo. The viewers are able to determine what the image means to them and what they believe, based on how they interpret it within reason to their own social experiences (Kidd, 105).

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@EmergingSocial1 #co575 This week we took a look at disabilities and meme culture in social media. But let’s first take a look at what a meme is. A meme is usually a photo shared in social media, that becomes widely circulated. This week in our readings, we learned about how a

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purchase or enjoy alcohol because they might be living on gonvernment benefits and aren’t fit to enjoy it. Overall, memes and images are part of our social structure. There are people who took the photo and shared their meaning and then there are viewers who look and interpret

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@william18955000 @EmergingSocial1 Hi William! I also felt disgusted when learning about deepfakes. It’s something that I hope goes away for good, because of the many consequences that come with it. But I appreciate how you talked about a time when deepfake being used was amazing because of someone who passed!

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world and I hope this technology never gets re-released and/or created again.

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@EmergingSocial1 #co575 This week’s class subject is about deepfakes. In Dr. Alaoui’s lecture, “Deepfakes are a form of human image synthesis where an existing picture or image is superimposed into a video to change the identity of those depicted in the video.” Well how does this

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and the app creators quickly shut it down after the article started a viral backlash. After reading this article, I felt disgusted and also a bit nervous. If technology like this is possible, no one is safe and imagine what people would do with it. There are sick people in this

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@Nbrunicardisfsu @EmergingSocial1 Hi Nicole, this was a great summary of all the readings and what stood out to me, was your summary of the reading from Racked. IG filters are most definitely biased towards euro-centric beauty standards.

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police brutality against black people” (Kidd, 179). During this events of police brutality, most people will record and upload these videos to social media for the world to see how unjust the police are acting. This will create a national outcry and help push the movement forward

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@EmergingSocial1 #co575 This week in class, we are learning about a social movement called “Black Lives Matter” and how it began. “Before Black Lives Matter become either a hashtag or a movement, it was a turn of phrase in a love letter from a black woman to black communities

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movement and their activism is public and widespread. Social media has especially played an important role for this movement. Because social media is widespread and widely available to most people, it can be use to increase, “the visibility of racial inequalities, particularly