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Mod It: Mastery

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#mod it: mastery

Vidify Your Life

#vidify your life

The Man who Investigates Me2

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#the man who investigates me

What color is the dress?

5 #GivingTuesday

Giving Tuesday was a hashtag that was started by 92Y and the United Nations Foundation. It began in 2012 in response to rampant consumerism around the holidays. Many charities now use the hashtag to raise money. $10.1 million were donated to charites on the first hashtag giving Tuesday.

4 #BringBackOurGirls

Bring back our girls surfaced when a militant Islamic group in Nigeria kidnapped school girls. This hashtag was created to unite people to fight to get these girls back home. There were many critics of this hashtag though. The critics called people who used this hastag as lazy activists. The first lady Michelle Obama even used this tweet.

3 #icebucketchallenge

This hashtag was a way of bringing awareness to a disease called Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). If you got called out to do this challenge you could either do it or donate money to the ALS Association. People would pour ice water on their head then challenge three people to do it. This hashtag was everywhere. It was a successful hashtag because it raised millions of dollars for the ALS Association and brought awareness to ALS.

2 #lovewins

Love wins was a hashtag created after the supreme court made gay marriage legal. This led to many social media sites putting stuff on their sites promoting gay marriage like rainbow filters and emojis. President Obama even used this hashtag after the Supreme Court decision.

1 #BlackLivesMatter

Black Lives Matter was a hashtag that brought to light the race relations in this country. The main goal for this hashtag was to raise awareness of the bad things that black people have to go through on a daily basis They were protesting police violence against black Americans This was a successful hashtag because it led to protests all over America and political talk about the issue.

#what color is the dress?

The Man Who Investigates Me

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#the man who investigates me

Mod it-Literacy

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#mod it: literacy

Digital Time Travel

When looking back at my usage of social media it surprised me. When I first joined Twitter I mostly posted songs or messages to my friends. I did not really use Twitter that much. when I started, it was just a way of keeping in touch with my friends. Then I discovered how useful hashtags can be. Then that is when everything took off and I began watching The Young Turks. I would not recognize my online self back then because over the years I have become kind of a political junkie you could say. I also do not use twitter to talk to my friends that much anymore. I mainly use Facebook for that now. Now, I mostly use twitter to talk to members of The Young Turks. There is one constant though; I have always made funny posts back then and still today. Also, I nearly quadrupled my following count when I started posting about politics. Also, I went through a dubstep phase also. Back when I fist started using twitter my posts were sporadic and they had no order. Now I post at least once a day if not more and almost all of the posts are about politics. I would also post more about the weather back when I started using Twitter but now I hardly ever post about the weather. I also retweet more today than when I started. It is crazy how much we change online from when we started through today. The Young Turks might be responsible for my change to more political posts also. This mission has really opened my eyes to the notion that we are always evolving on social media.We usually want everybody to see the best us that we can be. Here is the first music video I posted way back when I started Twitter.

#digital time travel

Watching the watchmen

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#watching the watchmen

#Deliberate Deliberations

Squeaky Dolphin

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#watching the watchmen

4/20 Liveblog It!

1:30 - started class by watching a video by the Guardian called what does NSA surveillance mean for the future of the internet?

1:33 - Everybody has something to hide.

1:37 - Whistleblowers should be punished by paying a fine.

1:45 - Congressional oversight over the NSA was very weak.

1:46 - Failure to issue a subpoena shows how weak the oversight of the NSA was.

1:50 - Journalists start to self-censor when they think they are being watched. Journalists are meant to be watchdogs of the government but now they are working with the government because of that fear of being watched.

1:55 - In order to have a secure conversation today, it needs to be in person away from technology and other people.

2:12 - discussion

2:18 - Journalists should not be punished for doing their job!

2:19 - I don’t think whistleblowers should be punished if what they did was for the common good of the people.

2:20 – Now I can work on my homework for this class. 420!

#Liveblog It!

Beyond the Limits

I attended the keynote speaker lecture at the No Limits conference last Friday. Dr. Meenakshi Gigi Durham was the keynote speaker. She talked about sex, violence, and ethics in the age of digital media. The event began when the head of woman and gender studies introduced Dr. Durham. She thought it was ironic that she was talking at the No Limits conference when the main focus of her research is about the limits of women in society. On one of the slides in her presentation was the saying “well behaved women seldom make history.” I agree with that statement. People only hear about the women who “misbehave” or push boundaries like Rosa Parks, Malala, and Amelia Earhart. If all women were well behaved we wouldn’t have had the 19th amendment! She showed a cartoon with two dogs that said, “Nobody on the internet knows that you are a dog.” I thought that was funny but she is right. People can be whoever they want to be online.

Dr. Durham then starts talking about cybersex and how it allows people to live out fantasies. The body and technology are mutually dependent on one another. Cultural views of sex lead to the development of technology. She then said that, “Masculinity and femininity are defined in machines (technology).” I thought this was interesting. You see this in magazines when they use Photoshop to make a model look skinnier and to fit our cultural norm of beauty. Technology is all around us and affects every area of our lives. It is a very complex system. She mentioned that when people make changes to their body they are actually changing their body to represent their true self. This was a very interesting point and never thought of it that way. “People are free to virtually sculpt their perfect body” ,Dr. Durham noted.

She then went into the explanation of the Greek myth of Pygmalion. He was the best Greek sculptor of women. She mentioned that the design of female characters in games by male designers leads to women with big breasts and large butts. She gave the example of Grand Theft Auto V. Then she went into discussing sexting. She said, “When children sext they don’t see a problem with it because they see it as affection, like a love letter back in the day.” Dr. Durham then showed a New York Times article called The Price of a Stolen Childhood. It was a very sad article. The article was about a father that raped his daughter and sold those videos on the internet. It was extremely disturbing. This was to show that the internet can be dangerous, for children especially, but it can also make people feel powerful and give people a sense of belonging to something.

The thing she wanted us to take away from her presentation is this notion of embodied vulnerability which affects everyone. Overall I thought this was a good talk. She knew her topic well and explained the information in ways that everyone could understand.

#beyond the limits

Going Dark

#going dark

School's out (but not) forever

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#school's out

No Limits - Liveblog

5:07- Carly introduces the keynote speaker

5:10- Dr. Durham starts her presentation on sex violence and ethics in the age of digital media.

5:12- Well behaved women seldom make history.

5:13- You can be whoever you want to be on the internet.

5:15- Cyber sex allows people to live out their fantasies.

5:23- Masculinity and femininity are defined in machines(tech). you see this a lot in magazines, T.V. shows. In magazines they Photoshop the image to make the models skinnier and "more beautiful" to fit our cultural norms of what is beautiful.

5:27- Technology affect all areas of our lives.

5:30- Dr. Durham mentions a Fox reality makeover show called The Swan.

5:32 When someone makes changes to their body they make it as a representation of their self.

5:32- Dr. Durham explains the Greek myth of Pygmalion.

5:35- shows a video called Miss Digital World.

5:41 when children sext they don't see a problem they think of it as a sign of affection.

5:42 shows article the price of a stolen childhood.

6:00 end of presentation.

#no limits #no limits - liveblog

3/7 Liveblog It!

1:30 - A fellow digizen gives a presentation on war games like Arma 3.

1:35 - Games like Arma 3 are definitely encouraged by the military because it leads kids to think of war as a fun and competitive game.

1:47 - Watching a video called Can Virtual reality Change Us? Drone operators are disconnected from what happens on the frontlines.

1:49 - To unwind they play videogames!

1:55 - The Army Experience Center was not a good idea because it could have adverse effects on kids. The kids will become habituated to war.

2:08 - The Army wouldn't have invested in the Army Experience Center if they weren't going to get some benefit out of it whether it be an increase in recruits or funding.

2:09 - The Army Experience Center is a recruitment tool!

2:10 - I wonder if there is any severe weather I can chase today.

2:16 - War games don't show the personal side, social lives, of the soldier like missing your family, fear of dying, or the boring parts of war.

2:20 - Now I can study for that exam I have tomorrow.

#liveblog it!

CDC 6600

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#if at first you don't succeed

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