Jacqueline Wylde

[jackiewylde]

Participation 5

Closing Thoughts

I though overall the material we covered was interesting, and informative. Since social media is such a large part of my life I found a lot of the material we covered was relevant to our lives. Some of the things such as social bookmarking, I didn’t know about and may start to use in the future. I also didn’t know about a lot of the social media sites that people talk about in their presentation, and went and checked out/started using some of them.

Most Surprising Thing I learned / Change Of Perception

 One of the things I learned that stands out to me was from one of the first lectures. I have always found it interesting how older generation critize us for our social media obsessions. Many believe we are unsocial in person because we are always on our phones. With all the criticism I started to believe that all this social media was having a negative impact on society. Then you showed us a picture of people on the bus from a long time ago, and everyone is reading the newspaper not speaking to each other. Therefore we haven’t really become more unsocial, we are just absorbed with a different medium of media. The class on personal branding also changed my thinking on how I present myself online. I changed some of my user names for its not as easy for people to search my profile. I also deleted some of my pictures/tweets about drinking in case future employers decide to search me.

 Most Interesting Topic

The topic I found most interesting was the selfies! I enjoyed this class so much because I’m a selfie addict therefore I found it interesting to learn about. I’ve always just assumed I must be a narcissist; therefore it was nice to learn that there are other motives behind taking selfies. I’m also doing a project on selfies for another class therefore I found the information we received in class to be useful. It was fun to be able to take an actual selfie during class too!

[jackiewylde]

Personal Media Reflection #5 


Kony 2012

It use to be easy to be ignorant about tragedies going on across the world. Before the Internet you would have to actively seek information, or tune into the news. Though the news often sugar codes and censors tragic or unpleasant news. Now adays when social media takes hold of an event or deems it important, it is hard to ignore. With Kony 2012 it was top trending on twitter, and constantly on my newsfeed. Anything that becomes a phenomenon on the Internet starts to get brought up in daily discussion. Walking through the hall you could hear people discussing it, and it was brought up in many of our classes. This relates back to the course material, on our discussions of the power of social media. Social Media is such a huge force and has so much power, like it said in the video there are “more users on Facebook then there were people living on Earth 200 years ago.”

One of the major benefits of using social media incentives is vast awareness it can create. The video posted on YouTube has been viewed 99, 175, 220. That is way more awareness then it would have been possible to get by people going door to door or doing seminars or presentations. Social Media allows you to reach a vast amount of people in a short amount of time. It also allows you to reach people from all over the world with different experience, background and an unique ability to come up with solutions. Social media is not afraid to hit a nerve with people; in fact it is often made to purposely cause an emotional reaction. Therefore all shocking and disturbing details are released to the public. In the video when the boy talks about watching his brothers neck being slit, its disturbing and cause viewer to become emotionally attached to the story. Therefore more likely to get involved with the cause and advocate change. Whereas news stories on televsions purposely avoid upsetting viewers causing them to leave out important details. This causes people to get less emotionally attached resulting in less action and change.

Though there are some major draw backs to social media incentives. Now adays anyone with a video camera, and a YouTube account can basically become a news reporter. Though not all of these people make videos or documentaries for the right reasons. Some people just want attention and lots of views/comments. Therefore they make videos or statements that may not be necessarily true. People tend to blindly believe what is posted on social media, therefore it can cause huge misunderstanding believed by a vast majority of the public. Often statements retractedin the lies/exaggeration in the original post don’t get half as much attention as the initial video. Also there are a select group of inflencial people who control what becomes social media popular. Therefore that select group decides what is important and what issues are going to get awareness. For instance people like Ellen Digeneras and Opera have a large following therefore if they post a story on their twitter/FB it will receive huge awareness. Though everyday people can make a difference, it is just on a smaller scale. I see petitions on my friends post on FB, and often read and sign them. One of the ones I recently signed was for Whale to be set free from Marine Land. Another issue is that only people who have Internet access are included in these phenomenon’s and have the ability to be involved in the change. 

  Zuckerman’s Blog Post

I thought the criticism about Kony 2012 was interesting. He pointed out a lot of good points against the Kony 2012, like how the Invisible Children spends less than a third of the money they’ve raised on direct services in northern Uganda and bordering area. Also how the here are no Africans on the Invisible Children board of directors and few in the senior staff. These are things you would have not known from watching the Kony 2012 video. That is one of the positives about social media incentives compared to news stories. It starts discussion and everyone has different points of view. The stories rarely remain one sided for long before some one publicly objects to it and points out the flaws. Ethans response created even more discussion. The comments came from both sides of the story. Some were offended by ethans accusations saying the were incorrect and his facts where wrong. One commenter suggested that a complex narrative would have cause viewers to do nothing, and an attention-based advocacy was the way to start. Whereas others agreed with Ethans comments, and commented how its sad people blindly follow anything posted on social media. I read a discussion based off Yahoo Answers. The asker was wondering if the video was a scam, most of the user answered yes it was. People felt very strongly about their responses. One of the people stated “it is all propaganda by the media, brainwashing young kids who have no idea what is actually going on.” She posts a link to a VICE article crisizing Kony 2012. I often watch vice documentaries, and find them to be quite knowledgeable therefore that article did sway my opinion quite a bit. All the comments agreed that Kony 2012 was misleading and a scam. By the end of reading all the negative feed back, Kony 2012 has lost most of its credibility to me.

   http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120307220458AAmAhJ2

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/should-i-donate-money-to-kony-2012-or-not

The lesson Kony 2012 has taught me, and probably many others is that Social Media is a powerful tool that can either cause your campaign to flourish or destroy it. Social Media can create huge amount of awareness and cause millions of millions of people to get involved. Though with all the discussion will come criticism. Therefore you must make sure that your campaign is being honest and or else people will find out and expose it causing your campaign to lose all its credibility. 

[jackiewylde]

Participation #4

How The Relationship Has Changed

Before the web when people wanted information on a business they often had to rely on the limited information in a pamphlet or business card or even had to physically go to the business. The only way they could contact the business was by phoning, if they were able to find the number. Now a days, one can type in any corporation into google and lots of information will come up. You can find the contact info, business description, directions to the business, info about products/services, pictures etc. You can even talk to people in discussion boards who are users of the product or service to give you their feedback. 

Social Media

Social media allows you to get a taste of the businesses personality. Users can use corporations social media to find upcoming events and sales. It also allows consumers to contact the company and get a responds quickly. I had a bad experience with CAA. They told me they would be there in 30 mins, and didn't come for 4 hours. I tweeted at CAA complaining, and they actually responded within a couple hours apologizing for the incident and giving me the e-mail to contact them with my complaint. 

Gamification

Corporations use gamification through social media to get word of mouth advertising. Many corporation hold contests on their Twitter and Facebook. They play off of people competitive desires, to encourage them to get involved and share it with their friends. I recently just shared & liked Walt Disneys post on Facebook to be entered to win a free trip to disney land. 

Users Reviews

It allows users to give their feedback and experience with the product. I love user reviews, it allows me to see what consumers like me think of the product. Often businesses will amp up their product or leave bad side effects out. Therefore it is nice to hear the truth about the product before purchasing it. Since users can easily post their opinion for thousands of people to see, it is forcing corporation to ensure they have quality products and respond to consumer complaints. An example of this is on Ebay, where users can rate the experience and post their comments on the product. Other users can see the rating and comments and then decide if they still want to use that seller. 

Challenge or Reinforce?

I believe that overall social media challenges culture industries, because it gives users the change to speak up and take a stand. If companies are treating consumers poorly people will post about it on social media and their business will suffer. This forces companies to ensure they are treating consumers properly and creating quality products. Although this being said, corporation are smart and have found ways around it. They use social media competitions to trick consumers into marketing their company for them. They also pay blogs to post positive reviews about their product. 

[jackiewylde]

Personal Media Reflection #4

QuizUp. 

Is a trivia game that you can play on your mobile device. It has hundreds of topics, ranging from Names The Animal, Space, Physiology, Love, Car etc. They basically have every topic you could think of. I really enjoy the game, its fun to compete with people, though the questions are really hard. 

The game allows you to sync it with Facebook, so you have all your friends on the game. You can battle your friends in real time, or the game will match you with your perfect partner to compete against. The game asks a question and you have 10 seconds to respond, after the times up it tells you whether you got it right or wrong & what your partners answer was. There is 7 rounds. After the game you can choose to pick another partner, rematch your current partner or message them. Me & some of my friends have on going battles, and get quite competitive with each other. We rarely message each other on the app unless it is to make fun of each other for getting a really easy question wrong (one of my friends got a racoon mixed up with a squirrel on name the animal). I have some on going battles with strangers too, we never really talk or message each other. Though since we have played so many battles together in some way I feel like we are buddies.  You can create a profile that has a picture of you, and a catch phrase. It also shows your achievement and your win/lose percentages, and your friend count. I have 56 friends on it, which is quite a bit for a social game that only came out a couple weeks ago. You can also see the outcomes of all your friends battles, and the topics they are playing in the feed. Which can be sort of embarrassing since I lose most of my games and like playing "cats" or "space" category. 

Therefore the game could be quite social if you utilized all the features. Though I mainly just play one game against a stranger and switch partners the next game. I also rarely respond when random people message me on the app, I find it sort of creepy. I typically only send direct challenges my close friends on the game. Though it is nice to be able to play them and feel a connection with friends I don't get to see often without having to get into a long conversation. 

Tetris Friends. 

Is similar to tetris though you play it through Facebook against your friends. The game gives you the option to play marathon, 2 minute frenzie etc. It then shows you your score and ranks you amongst your friends. Back in high school my friends and I would get sooo competitive over who had the top scores. The app doesn't allow you to message each other, though instead we would just write on each others walls or message each other through Facebook when we wanted to talk about the game. They also had another interactive feature, that allowed you to battle your friends in real time, called tetris battle. It was a 2 minute game where you tried to send the most complete rows to win. Every time you sent a row it would mess up the person you were playing against game. The game is really intense and things would get pretty heated. For Tetris Battle you can choose to play against your friends or get match against similar ranking strangers. 

Overall.

I believe the incentives for games to be social is that it makes it appeal to users more, therefore causing more people to sign up/download it. Most of the games I play I heard about from a friend. People tend to follow the trends and play what their friends are playing. I often try to convince my friends to get the games so I can challenge them. Also people tend to be more competitive when playing against real people therefor they are more likely to buy the "coins" that help them win. Making the game more money. 

I believe social games are so popular because humans are social creatures. Even the shyest person enjoys being social to some degree. Therefore these games give us a way to be social and feel connected to people whether its against friends or strangers. For people who are shy it is a non-intimidating way to have some social interaction without having to have the pressure of having a full out conversation with someone.  

[jackiewylde]

Participation #3

When I google myself the first person who comes up is my doopelganger; a women from the United Kingdom who has lots of tattoos and pictures of puppies. As far as doopelgangers, she is not a bad one to have. She looks nothing like me and lives in another country therefore I doubt people would confuse us. 

On social media I mainly post pictures, therefore this is my main source of personal branding. On my Instagram I am often posting selfies, therefore I may come off as narcissistic to some. On Facebook I post lots of pictures of me and my friends whens where out. Branding myself as someone who is social and likes to have fun. I maintain this by adding pictures often, almost weekly.

 For people who follow me on pintrest and tumblr they can see what I am interested in from what I reblog. I reblog lots of posts about fashion, and cute animal pictures. Therefor I brand myself as someone fashion and animal lover.

My social media defiantly reflects early life casting because if you go on my Facebook you could scroll down my page and see all the events and milestones that have occurred since 2007. Users can see how I have changed over the years appearance wise and maturity through my pictures and posts. Whenever I go out I post pictures, whenever something exciting happens to me i'll post a status or tweet about it. Therefore basically the last 7 years of my life are posted on social media. I even find it interesting to go and look back through my old post and pictures to remind myself of what was going on in my life. 

[jackiewylde]

Personal Media Reflection #3

Article


The entry I choose was about Free Will. This topic is of interest to be because there is much debate about whether our actions are predetermined through genetic predispositions or whether we have free will over our choices.  The tone of this article is informative. It explains that free will is a difficult concept to define and that there is many different points of view, it then goes to explain each point of view in detail. Though it is a bit lengthy, and hard to understand for the average readers.

Talk


People are requesting more detail in certain sections, particularly about the meaning behind what falls into the category of chemical restraints. In another conversation Brews Oshare is accusing Snowded of imposing his own personal taste & suppressing content on Kants view. Snoweded is arguing that Brews version was too long & contained too much OR. These people seem to have an ongoing feud between them as Snoweded claims “If you disagree Brews then you know the routes available to you as you have been down them oh so many times before on oh so many articles.” Therefore the tone seems to be a little spiteful. People are taking both sides making it hard to know which side is right. I clicked into each of the names, Brews is a professor whereas Snoweded didn’t have much information on his page. Brews also gets involved in most of the talks on this subject seeming quite knowledgeable. Therefore I would have to believe Brews is the more creditable choice. Though it is hard to know whether the facts people post on their pages are true. How do I know Brews was really a professor and as qualified as he said he is? Another thing I used to decide how creditable the users were was the barnstars they received. Snoweded has gotten more stars on his honesty & ability to remain neutral; therefore maybe he is the better source.

History

The article developed in 2004, by 195.92.168.166. The article only discussed 2 theories, the determinism vs undeterminism. Whereas, the one from 2014 has four different categories. There is more uncertainty in the 2004 article with less facts and science to back up their beliefs. In the initial article their was only a quarter of the content and was made up of only 6 categories. Some of the edits were grammar related such as “the word after” or style related such as “made headers into headers.” Though most of it had to do with the content such as “Attempt to clarify wimpy, vague objection” or “Removed assumption that compatibilism is correct.” The grammar related changes always seemed to be tolerated. It was not tolerated when someone added content that stated that one theory was more right then the others. Bias content was quickly removed. In general the contributors were different individuals. This article over the past 10 years has probably had hundreds or even thousands of contributors rather then just one group working on it.

General
 

I use Wikipedia probably a couple times a week. I often use it for trivial facts such as finding out how old a famous person is or finding out the name of an actor in a movie. I also use it for projects, often to find out the history of a company when doing research. If I plan to source the information I will scroll down to the bottom of the page and use one of those site since Professor frown upon using Wikipedia. I use Wikipedia as a reader, I have never contributed nor do I think I ever will. The issue with Wikipedia is that anyone can contribute to it. Therefore not everything on the site is true or unbiased. I had always assumed that their was only 2 or 3 contributors to an article therefore I believed it contained lots of bias. Though after looking at the history and seeing how many people work on & edit the articles it makes me feel like they are more creditable. Any false content is quickly removed. 

[jackiewylde]

Personal Reflection 2

I must agree with the arguments made in The Problem With Twitter. We tend to believe every tweet as if it was from a valid news source. I for one am guilty of this, and it has put me into some embarrassing situations. Most twitter users check their timeline first thing in the morning, similar to how older generations would read the newspaper. Not only do we see what are friends are up to, but what is trending and going on in the world.  We have adopted a way of thinking that if someone tweets something and it gets a bunch of favorites or retweets, it must be true.  For instance I follow a twitter account called Wildest Facts, at first I Googled some of the facts and they all checked out so I assumed the account was legit. I would tell my family and friends these weird facts, swearing they were true. Until I got called out and embarrassed quite a few time when my “true” facts didn’t quite check out. For instance one of the tweets on the account right now says “Your birthstone says a lot about your personality, see what your birthstone says ‪http://wildestpics.com/1aHrsLF .“ This is most definitely not a true fact. Another thing I saw on twitter was how Samsung paid 1 billion dollars to Apple in nickels. It was all over my timeline, I was about to retweet someone’s tweet about it, but at the last minute I decided to Google it. I then found out it was completely made up and was glad I saved myself the embarrassment unlike many of my peers.

  I personally disagree with the article Quitters and the Unfiltered Feed problem. I follow 409 people and counting. On the average week I would follow between 3-5 additional accounts. Though I am CONSTANTLY on Twitter. Following 409 people means that if I leave my TL unchecked for 30 minutes I will probably have 100-200 new tweets waiting and I end up wishing there was more. I don’t feel obliged to read every tweet, I skim it and read the tweets that pop out or are from someone of interest. What I hate most is when I am on the bus or waiting on someone and I go to refresh my tweets and there are only 3 new tweets. How am I suppose to keep myself entertained with that? Though I do agree I sometime miss tweets from my friends, but I regularly check all their accounts for I will end up seeing it within the day. Also if someone is spamming my feed, I don’t feel going to their account and unfollowing them is thhaaat inconvenient, though an unfollow button on the expand would be nice. I understand this being a problem for people who check their twitter every couple hours or less a day, you’re not going to have the time or patience to scroll through 600 tweets in one sitting and therefore would miss out on a lot of good tweets. It would be a good idea for twitter to allow users to switch between a unfiltered and filtered TL. The filtered TL could show tweets from the accounts they tweet, favorite or visit most often.

  As for the third article, isn’t this the whole point of Twitter? If not I am doing it wrong. Probably 90% of my tweets consist of over dramatic first world problems. My top hashtags would have to be #TheStruggleIsReal #GunnaNeedTherapy #ScreamCry. People can easily relate to the little things that go wrong in other peoples lives. No one wants to follow someone who is constantly bragging about how amazing their life is. By over exaggerating the anguish of the situation it allows one to bring some humor to a situation that would otherwise just be unenjoyably. I hope it is generally understood that there is a healthy amount of sarcasm in these tweets. 

[jackiewylde]

Participation 2

I mainly follow my friends and celebrities I like. I follow my friends because I enjoy seeing what my friends are up to since they all live in Guelph. I follow celebrities because they often give update of new album releases or concert dates. It is different then traditional media because it is only 140 character. You typically don’t get the full story and can often lead to misunderstandings. Often I look at the trending tweets then I go to Google for further research if the subject interests me. Twitter is good to get quick updates or facts, but so good for getting in depth detail. The top trending right now is SuperBowl. Obviously sports are a big part of our culture. But the interesting thing was that a lot of girls were tweeting. Most of them were tweeting about the Budweiser Commercial. I follow lots of animal account an retweeted a tweet about the Budweiser commercial, goes to show how brand can use animals to get additional attention via social media. I use twitter to mainly update people of what I am doing. It allows my friends at home to see what’s going on in my life and still feel close to me without having to have a long conversation. I use twitter evenly between my phone and my computer. I am constantly logged on with both devices so it just depends where I am. If I am at home or in class I use my computer, but if I am out and about I use my phone. I love Twitter, I think it’s a great way to keep in contacts with friends and entertain myself. Twitter has changed the way we receive news. I don’t have cable therefore instead of watching the news I log onto twitter and am able to quickly see what’s going on in the news. By allowing me to decide who I follow, I can tailor the news I receive to my interests. Twitter is also great for a good laugh or a good dose of cute animal pictures. 

[jackiewylde]

Personal Reflection 1

ICTS & Social Media

Is there a particular type of ICT that I use most often in my network? Does it vary across different strengths of relationship?

 I tend to use my cellphone the most to communicate with my network. I believe this is because I always have my phone on therefore it is a convents way for me to be able to stay in touch with people at all times through out the day. Also I can use my phone to communicate with people through Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

I use my cellphone more for people I am close with because sending a text is more direct and personal. I use my laptop more for acquaintances because I don’t have their numbers, and tend to only talk to them over social media.

  How often do you see these people in your network? Does it matter if they are close or an acquaintance?

Very Close: All of my very close friends I see at least a couple time a week face-to-face. When we see each other we will spend a couple hours together, talking about our day and what’s going on. I think the face-to-face time helps us maintain strong bonds and know in depth what’s going on in each others lives. Though I don’t see my parents and some other bestfriends from home(not listed) as much and no matter how much time passes without face-to-face we pick up right where we left off.

Somewhat Close: I don’t see my somewhat close very often, only for a coupe hours every couple months. I use to see these people everyday in high school and was very close with them. Though getting to have that face-to-face time every once in a while helps us remain somewhat close.

Acquaintances: I see some of my acquaintances more regularly then my somewhat close friends, though the face-to-face time is more shallow. Tend to stick to small chat, therefore it doesn’t strengthen our bond.

  What role does social media play in your network? How is it used to maintain your network?

Very Close: Social media allows my very close and I to communicate quickly and conveniently. My roommate Chantal and I will often Facebook message each other when we are to lazy to walk 10 feet to each others rooms.  Often before going out I will skype my friend Monika and show her my possible outfits instead of having to drive to her house to show her. My classmate Kelsy and I use Facebook message to quickly plan when and where we are going to meet up. I don’t use social media to look at their profile to see what going on in their lives, because they would have already told me in person.

Somewhat close: Since I don’t get to see them regularly I will often go on their profiles and go through their pictures to see what’s going on in their lives. When I am in town I will often shoot them a Facebook message to see if they want to meet up. Most of these people I wouldn’t be friends with anymore if it wasn’t for us keeping in touch and planning get together on social media.

Acquaintances: If a post of theirs or pictures comes across my timeline I may comment on it or like it, though I wouldn’t go actively seek their profile. Sometime too much interaction with an acquaintance over social media can make it awkward when you run into each other. Its weird when someone likes/comments on all your social media posts then doesn’t really talk to you in person.

  Measure of Closeness

Why are some of those networks very close, somewhat close or acquaintances?

Very close: My very close friends are people I spend a lot of time with and share a lot of common interests with. My parents are considered my very close because they are family.

Somewhat close: People I use to be very close with in high school though rarely see anymore. Its hard to remain very close without the face-to-face.

Acquaintances: are friends or roommates of my friends. They are people I have met and somewhat know. Since they are friends with my friends I am kind to them though we may not necessary have anything in common or any desire to become friends.

  What frames those meaning of closeness?

Very Close: Could sit in silence with them and not notice. I feel comfortable telling them all the details of my life, no matter how embarrassing. I could talk to them for hours and not run out of things to say. I would have a sleep over with them.

Somewhat Close: If a long silence occurred I may feel uncomfortable. I tell them stories about my personal life, though some things I filter out. I could talk to them for hours though would probably start running out of things to say. I would go over to their house or invite them to mine.

Acquaintance: Even a short silence during conversation would make me uncomfortable and I would try to fill the silence. I tend to not talk about my personal life with them. I would run out of things to say after 5 minutes. I wouldn’t go to their house.

  How does the placement of your network on the rings/circles work with measure of closeness?

All of them are in the ring that correlates to their category except my parents. I consider myself to be really close with my parents, though there are some things you just don’t tell your parents. Therefore they fit into the category of I tell them most things, but some of its filtered. I also don’t have as much as common with them, and don’t enjoy all the same activities.

  Social Capital & Support

How diverse is your network in terms of role, occupation? What kinds of skill sets or knowledge can you draw upon in your social network? What kind of ‘connections’ do you have?

My network is mainly built up of people I previously or currently go to school with. Being a full time student this is where I meet majority of the people in my life. They are all studying different things therefore in a couple years I may have connections throughout multiple field of work.

Currently my mother is my biggest source of connections. She works in real-estate and during the summer I work part-time for her. Therefore if I wanted to go into real-estate I would have lots of knowledge about the business and have many contact who could assist me. Also through working with her clients I met many people form all different fields who could become future connections. 

How diverse is your network in terms of demographics? Do you think you share similar world view or opinions or are you very similar?

Majority of the people in my network are of similar demographic. All of them are under 25, except my parents. All are female except my Dad and Sam. All are Caucasian except Marika & Shay. All live within a couple hours of each other, except Brianne and Brooke moved to Florida.

All my very close and I share similar world views and opinions. In general we look at the world in a similar way, hence why we get along so well. None of us have any strong political or religious views. Same goes for my somewhat close. As for my acquaintances, I don’t tend to get into conversations with them that are very deep. Therefore I wouldn’t know if we share similar world views.

I don’t enjoy confrontation or conflict therefore I tend to stick to people who are similar to me rather then people that challenge my ideas or opinions.

Who can you call in times of need? Does the kind of support offered given vary depending on the type of relationship.

In time of need I would go to my very close for help. I can depend on them for basically everything. For car trouble or financial issues I would be more likely to go to my parents, and for personal advice or to just talk I would be more likely to go to my very close friends. I can also turn to my somewhat close in time of need for advice or to talk. Though for some of them I would feel strange asking them for money or for help with my car. Not because they wouldn’t help but mostly because there are so many other people I am closer with that I would call first. I don’t feel much support from my acquaintances nor would I offer them much support. If my car broke down I would call CAA before I called one of my acquaintances.

What kind of reciprocity exists in your relationship? Is it balanced or not?

Most of my relationships are balanced in how we give and take. I think in order for a friendship or relationship to thrive you need to have a balanced give and take most of the time. I have had people in my life who tried to just take without giving anything in return, though I quickly cut those people out of my network.

I would say the most unbalanced relationship would be with my parents. They do a lot for me with little in return on my part. Though I feel that tends to be the case with many parent-child relationships. 

[jackiewylde]

Hello fellow COMM2P91 class, my names Jacqueline & I'm a 3rd year Business Communication student. I'm 20 years old and was born & raised in Guelph, Ontario. My future aspiration is to go into corporate event planning.

How Social Am I?

The top three social media sites I use are: 1.Instagram 2.Twitter 3.Facebook

The Good My favourite thing about social media is being able to share my life with, and view my friends and families lives that I don't get to see on a regular basis. It is also convenient, for example when returning home from vacation instead of having individual conversations with all my family and friends I can tweet about it or post an album for them all to see. It allows me to feel connected with people in my lives even though we may not see each other much, I can still see what going on in their lives through their Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Another thing Facebook is benifical for is communicating with groups, whether it is a school or friend group. During group projects we often use FaceBook to quickly share information and toss around idea. My friends from home & I often use group messaging on Facebook to plan trips or birthdays since it is often difficult to get us all in one place to plan things.

The Bad TIME CONSUMING! Although social media is supposed to be for quick interaction, I manage to spend so much time on these sites endlessly scrolling through the feeds. It can be a huge time waster, especially during exam time.

Another negative about social media it is that it takes away from face-to-face communication. Instead of going to visit a friend to catch up, you send them a message or creep their Facebook. It takes away from some of the human interaction that builds strong relationships.

Lastly the need to be constantly updating your social media has started to take away from the enjoyment of real life. I am defiantly guilty of this.  Its hard for people nowadays to enjoy a moment without feeling the need to stop and tweet about it or upload a picture to Instagram. People spend more time proving their having fun on social media then they do actually having fun. This is a video one of my friends posted showing, how social media has caused us to forget to live in the moment.

http://www.artthesystem.com/2013/12/after-i-saw-this-i-put-down-my-phone.html?m=1

Importance To Me Social Media isn't as much important to me as I am addicted to it.  These sites are a convenient way to interact and keep in touch, though I seem to find myself using them to waste time. I wish I could spend less time on it, as I would probably lead a more productive life. But sadly I can't live a day without it. Its the first thing I check in the morning and last thing I check at night.

Though as I said earlier these site are a great way to stay informed about your friends lives with minimal effort. People now adays are busy and sometimes it is just not possible to fit everyone into your schedule. I can go months without seeing my friends and family, but when we see each other I don't feel like I have missed anything because I see their post on social media daily. I think it has really enabled me and my group of friends from Guelph to still stay really close despite us being scatter in different cities, some as far as Australia.