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M6: Developing Your Page

As President Duterte addressed the announcement in the TV, I was happy because the classes were suspended for a week. It felt like everything that is happening to me at that moment were good. I was dating this girl. I'm performing well in class. Our organizations gig was successful. Well, I was terribly wrong. The week long suspension turned into a month. Little did I know that everything were going downhill from that point onward. The quarantine took its toll in my relationship with my parents and my mental health. Everyday was the same. I locked myself into my room. I had no perception of time to the point that I don't even know what day it was already. I had an unhealthy lifestyle. I would watch shows or play games 'til 4am in the morning. The internet was filled with drama and negativity. I had multiple "quaran-flings" that lead to multiple heartbreaks. I lost my passion and creativity. Things that I once loved slowly drifted away. I had no motivation. I just kill time. Sometimes, I would cry myself to sleep and just kept on sulking everyday. Passing days keeps getting darker because we were uncertain of what the future may bring. There is no definite solution to the pandemic we are suffering from. Then I had enough. I realized that I can't keep doing THIS to myself. I started trying new things. I learned new recipes, worked out, rekindled my passion for drawing, and I started writing songs and poems again. It was a tough battle, but slowly I got better. Reconciled with my parents. I also met a girl who is now my girlfriend. She taught me that I am worthy of being loved and I should also learn to love myself. We still have no definite answers about when this pandemic would end and we are all in the same battle, but this time I have a better mindset.

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M1: Engaging your Audience

By asking the people you interviewed to post the stories or content you made, this helps you to reach more audiences in different areas or fields. The people you interviewed have their own circle or following and their followers might see your content. You can use these types of people as a stepping stone for your content or stories to be noticed. Different forms of collaboration can also help because you can form meaningful connections with other content creators. Through this different audiences may also come storming to see your content. By tagging other content creators in your work can also help in boosting your work’s popularity. This is also similar to collaboration because there is a high chance that the type of people that watch their content will also see yours. Posting follow ups will also boost your content to skyrocket to their screens because it gives updates to your previous work. Just like in Marketing, it is important to know your target market. This helps you to create content that are suitable for your viewers. Evaluating your work is also good for content creators because this is where they can see the feedbacks of their viewers so they can improve their content more. @bertongbigtime

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A1: Intro to Digital Publishing

1. Why do you think Raffy Tulfo's videos gain so much views? Because Filipinos are obsessed with infidelity stories. These stories caters to a majority called the “Aling Pusing.” Aling Pusings are your normal housewives who leaves the TV or radio open to listen to them while doing chores. Infidelities are things that happens every day in real life, Aling Pusing and many more Filipinos can relate to these kinds of stories. Watching his videos also stimulates a cathartic effect to our brain. Raffy Tulfo’s videos are also accessible to everyone. You can see it in every platform and you’re just one click away from watching one, be it on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc. 2. Do you like this format? Why or Why not? Although the show helps out a lot of people in mediating their quarrels, but it also exploits one’s privacy. For me, the show earns a lot of money by exploiting other people’s private quarrels and I think that they’re very aware of that. But I am also impressed with their PR team because “Nakuha nila ang kiliti ng madla.” It also saddens me that people like Aling Pusing sees them as someone you should always run to while forgetting about proper court trial and due process. After all, “Ang hustisya ay para lang sa mayayaman.” @bertongbigtime

This is an exercise for our Digital Publishing class. Thanks for your understanding.

M2: How to Become an Overnight Sensation

It all comes back to oddity in news. There's a saying that if dog bites a man, it's not news. But if man bites a dog, it's news. Although sleeping is something everybody does on a daily basis, it is pretty much normal. But to broadcast it to the public is not normal, since sleeping is viewed as being vulnerable and private. Paired with an engaging audience, contents like these are very effective and is more likely to become viral. Audience engagement is very important because it gives the viewers the sense of gratification that they're being noticed by someone. Their opinions and comments are being heard. Thus, the content becomes more interactive and entertaining.