The first thing I do when I start a new course is to check out the syllabus. I like to mark important dates on my calendar, see exactly what I’ll be learning, and look forward to exciting projects. When the syllabus for ASCJ-200 came out, I was thrilled to see that we were assigned aContinue reading “COVID-19 and Media Consumption”
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A Bunch of Know-it-Alls
In March of 2018, the world of social media and security collided as the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke out. When Facebook illegally sent millions of user’s information to a political data-analytics firm (Cambridge Analytica), political campaigns were able to charge themselves towards different groups of people on social media. As expected, there was a prettyContinue reading “A Bunch of Know-it-Alls”
Girl Meets Virtual World
During my time spent alone in quarantine, I feel like I habe constantly been online. From Instagram, to facetime, to google docs, my world has become more virtual than ever. In this new virtual life that I have been living over the past four weeks, I have also started to use social media in moreContinue reading “Girl Meets Virtual World”
Childhood Abuse and Sex Trafficking: The Correlation
Sex trafficking prevention is something that I have been passionate about for many years. I believe this intrest began due to the certian complexity surrounding the world of sex trafficking. I really wanted to understand this issue so that one day I could become educated enough about the topic to help rehabilitate and provide justiceContinue reading “Childhood Abuse and Sex Trafficking: The Correlation”
Same Confidence Different Decade
Marilyn Monroe: She’s the face of femintity, beauty, and sex. She broke barriers, shaped the thoughts of body confidence, and shifted ideas of femininity. No other photo but the iconic “Seven Year Itch” image shows these traits. After being assigned a photo alteration, I knew I wanted to use this image to not only showContinue reading “Same Confidence Different Decade”
These Niners Almost look like ’94 Super Bowl champs
Patterns break and as for the 2019 San Francisco 49ers, this reigns true. In Grant Gordon’s article “These Niners look a lot like ’94 Super Bowl champs,” similarities between the 1994 and the 2019 Niners are made and lead to the idea that in Super Bowl LIV, the 49ers had a shot to win againstContinue reading “These Niners Almost look like ’94 Super Bowl champs”
anti-social social club
Lexi: “Do you want to grab some dinner?” Me: “Yeah, I know, right.” I am insanely unskilled in the realm of multi-tasking. I can’t pat my head and rub my tummy or follow directions and write at the same time. In the age of social media, this is a huge issue. Between hitting up theContinue reading “anti-social social club”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”
WHO WE ARE 