Category: BCM 110
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Emojis Changed the Way I Used Instagram
As a teenager growing up in the 20th Century, using and adapting to the vast variety of social media platforms is second nature at this point. With every platform having its own unique layout, features and audience it is inevitable that a user of multiple platforms will portray a different side of themselves depending on…
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Citizen Journalism.
Prior to the invention of smartphones and other forms of wireless communication, the way that people transferred important news and information in general was in person and via face to face interactions, this was where people would recount events and retell stories from their own unique perspective. Examples of this include Roman bath houses in…
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The Public Sphere > The Private Cube
When trying to figure out where my public sphere is and where I discuss and converse about all the affairs throughout the world I really didn’t have to think too far out the box before deciding … Snapchat is where it’s at. Snapchat is the place where I can take stupid videos, add a stupid…
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Media Industries & Ownership
I like the news I consume and digest just like the sandwiches I consume & digest… cut right down the middle and even on both sides. When asked about where I consume most of my news the answer is simple. Everywhere. The truth is that when I’m looking for news I am always on the…
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representation & interpretation
How is the cover of one of the most controversial albums represented and interpreted? They say a picture tells a thousand words and in the instance of an album cover this couldn’t be truer. The fact is that a single glimpse of an album cover is enough to evoke happiness, thought or even nostalgia into…
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the influence of an audience.
“In a crazy way, being a part of an audience requires us to be apart as people.” When looking for a time I was part of an audience to write about I struggled to find one, not because there’s so few but rather because there are so many. My mind eventually leads me to my…
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