Tag: social media
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Algorithms aka Little Stalkers
This post follows Zeynep Tufekci’s article and observes how algorithms trace and creates profiles for its users and how that can impact what they see.
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Is My Algorithm Making Decisions for Me?
Can algorithms influence more than your feed? Exploring how computer code shapes what we see, what we want, and how others judge us.
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Are We Scrolling Without Even Realizing It?
Social media habits shape our emotions and opinions more than we realize. Learn how scrolling and lurking affect our daily lives and what we believe.
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Just Scrolling? How Social Media Shapes Our Feelings
Just scrolling can influence more than we realize. This week’s reading explores how social media habits shape our emotions and responses to information.
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Are We Really in Control of How We Present Ourselves Online?
Social media shapes our online identity more than we realize. Discover how platforms influence self-expression and how others see us. Blog post
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Dealing with Digital Anxiety
Some of this anxiety is related to a writer’s understanding of who their audience is. It’s not just inconceptual strangers–
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What Makes Digital Rhetoric Rhetorical?
From TikTok to personalized recommendations, digital rhetoric shapes how we communicate, connect, and influence each other online.
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Social Media as New Media
What makes social media “new”? Explore Packer and Jordan’s 5 characteristics of New Media and how they define our modern digital rhetoric and strategy.
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The Platform Using Me: How Social Media Reshapes Connection
Social media reshaped how I connect, making me realize the platform was using me, not the other way around. Changing connections forever.
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The Privacy Risks of Social Media
The internet can be a tricky place, especially when it comes to sharing content. Social media platforms make it easy to post photos, thoughts, and updates, but once shared, it’s no longer fully yours. After learning more about digital privacy, I realized how much control we lose when we post online. Many platforms have terms…
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Platform Importance
Every platform has a different vibe as well as a certain amount of constraints and affordances. All of this impacts the type of message.
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The Importance of Privacy Online
The need for privacy in your physical world can be carried over into your activities online and while writing in digital spaces.
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New Media
New media has certain characteristics that we need to define it as such. There are 5 characteristics that make up new media