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Blue Jasmine / Amazon.com Two years ago, 2 a.m., another heart-felt conversation about the latest drama, with the nearest party available. I was fueled by the liquid courage typical of vodka cranberries and the feeling that it had just not been my year. Of course on paper it would probably go…

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This list was formulated through scientific research and compiled on an accurate scale of whose closet I’d most like to raid — because really, what is friendship without the clothes stealing and outfit envy? 1. Leighton Meester. s_bukley / Shutterstock.com Unlike her Gossip Girl alter ego, Leighton Meester is a…

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Social media usage has been steadily increasing over the years according to PewResearch. Social media has effects on people’s behaviors and beliefs, with Facebook users more likely to be politically active and more trusting (PewResearch). Of course, with social media at an all-time high it’s impossible to see an end. That is something society will […]

The L.A. Times recently reported a study conducted by Harvard University: In a series of experiments, the researchers found that the act of disclosing information about oneself activates the same sensation of pleasure in the brain that we get from eating food, getting money or having sex. It’s all a matter of degrees of course, […]

Naturally people will ask what is the concern? Social media is a tool designed to connect us, not some uncontrollable force. The above video addresses some of the anxieties concerning social media. Does it really serve to connect us, or does it isolate us as we become more immersed in social media than our real-life […]

  Facebook changed the face of social media in a way that can be described as astounding. By December 30th of 2004, less than a year after Mark Zuckerberg released the Facebook onto the World Wide Web, Facebook had a million users. Only shortly after Facebook was released to high school students and then the […]

Welcome to the modern world, where technology is improving with every passing day and the internet is a staple of a majority of American’s lives. In a time dominated by the need to connect, interact and access everything with the click of a button, it should not come as a surprise that social networking has flourished. […]

The Rise of Social Media Presentation My presentation on the rise of social media, and the future of social networking as a whole. 

Inspired by The Circle, my final project will focus on the rise of social media in the past few years, its cultural impact and if there will ever be a time where social media will die out. I aim to address social media’s importance, especially with the younger generation and how social media has transcended beyond a […]

Utilizing tools like Google ngrams has really broadened my ideas by looking at the rise of certain words and trends. Looking through various articles on the digital age, I’ve found that my interest has increasingly turned to social media and social media’s influence on both the younger and older generation. I don’t know what kind […]

There’s an idea that everything that’s put on the internet, should be free and accessible for the public’s general usage. In today’s world where we can easily find entire copies of books online for free, it seems as though “free culture” is already starting to take root. Lawrence Lessig, one of the pioneers of this […]

The Circle by Dave Eggers is a metaphor for the increasing role of technology and social media in today’s society. Readers are encouraged to view the effects of technology through the eyes of Mae Holland, a young woman who has just managed to get a job at The Circle. Initially, The Circle is a utopia of young […]

The Agony of Instagram- Post I found this article about a week ago and posted it onto my own Facebook page. I figured that it accurately captures the great problems with Instagram and how we live in such an image-based society that entirely depends on how others perceive us. The post talks about Instagram-envy and […]

My digital story about the relationship between my parents who are my personal heroes. The story took so many turns as I filmed them and found it so hard to pick out 3 minutes from all of the clips. In the end I was happy with the product which I felt was genuine and an […]

Last week I had no idea where to start with my digital storytelling. After class discussion last week, I decided to do my digital story on the people who inspire me the most- my parents. The thing I find most interesting about my parents is the difference between their upbringings, and how they met. My […]

The challenge I chose to complete was the mind map. The images are tacked to a board I have in my room, and they represent my different thoughts. The watch shows my constant worrying over time. The women represent my friends. The tiny images of the Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa and Big Ben […]

Dawn Maestas’ Digital Story The interviews on StoryCorps really caught my attention. The layout of the site and the striking portraits are just a couple of reasons I ended up clicking through over 40 interviews, and wondering where the time went. Of all the stories I heard, Dawn Maestas’ was one that I remembered so […]

8 a.m.- Wake up and alternate between Twitter, Facebook and Instagram 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.- Decide between whether to tweet or not, ultimately end up tweeting. 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.- Vow to do homework, instead distract yourself with Buzzfeed articles. 5 p.m.- 7 p.m.- Work on homework, end up on a Wikipedia article […]