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At an event in New York yesterday, Instagram announced their newest feature, Instagram Direct, which seems to be an avenue for them to compete in part with the explosive popularity of the photo-sharing app Snapchat.

I thought this was interesting because it looks like Instagram wants to compete with Snapchat, so they created a new feature called Instagram Direct, which allow users to send pictures to specific people.

- Michael

I thought I share this fan made animated video of a trio of Let's Players on YouTube called the Runaway Guys. The reason I chose to share this video is because Let's Playing is popular on YouTube. Let's Playing games on YouTube is an interesting thing and I think it's a wonderful topic to bring up in any online or social media class.

-Michael

Where people interact freely, sharing and discussing information about their lives

This has a nice timeline that talks about how social media sites came to be.

- Michael

An interview with the head of marketing of up and coming gaming social network site Anook. Follow me on Anook: http://www.anook.com/iamxeyla

Here's an interview with the head of marketing of Anook. The interview is very good because it addresses why people who like to play video games should use this social networking site, instead of Facebook or Twitter. I recommend people to check this out.

-Michael

I recently found out about this social networking site called Annok and thought this would make a great project for future classes because Anook is dedicated to gamers. Basically, Anook allows users to follow games they like and they can create communities or other types of groups called "Nooks". Users can follow other "Nooks" to socialize and build relationships. I think it would be interesting to see a group tackle this social networking site like the Tinder or Etsy group did.

-Michael

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhgCV1cfmOc Kevan is back with another episode of Scambook TV. In today's episode, Kevan reveals one super easy tip to boost your Facebook security and protect your account from hackers. He tells us how to close your Facebook Active Sessions....

I think this website can be helpful because it offers tips about how to protect Facebook from hackers.

- Michael

Password protection is easy with a password manager like Bruce Schneier's Password Safe or the Portableapps.com version of the KeePass software. Using a dirty public PC? Scan it first with free ClamWin antivirus software.

Hey guys, I thought I post this on the Tumblr because it relates to the presentation that Kayla and I talked about for our Peer Teaching Assignment. It talks about password protection and different tools that can help secure you're passwords.

-Michael

Here's our final project.

-Amanda, Ruby and Albert

Here's our final project. Enjoy your winter break guys!

-Mo, Natalie, Michael

Analysis of the Etsy Community Experience

Enjoy!

-Casey, Charlotte, Eva, Nadia, and Pierina

#Etsy #Experience #field research #gmu

This blog reflects our examination of the relationship between the social media sites and television...

Here's our finished product!

By Elizabeth, Amy, Kaitlin

Katie Garrison Jackie Valenti Kiera Leddy Megan Mason Kayla Hanigan

Presentation Tomorrow

Hey guys, it's Mo. Amanda and I are looking forward to teaching everyone about copyright and streaming videos tomorrow!

Please be ready to look up your favorite movie or one you'd like to see on YouTube in-class when we present. No cheating though, just have the title ready; don't actually type it in on YouTube just yet!

Thanks!

-Mo and Amanda

How do different social networking websites stack up when it comes to news? How many people engage with news across multiple social sites? And what are their news consumption habits on traditional platforms?

I found this article from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project (Pew Internet) that explores how people engross themselves with the news on social media websites. Facebook, according to the article, is " the largest social networking site among U.S. adults, and with half of its users getting news there, is also the largest among U.S. adults when it comes to getting news."

I found this article really interesting because social media use to obtain news and information has become popular, especially with younger adults. I must admit, Twitter has provided me with news and information about world events, entertainment, films, and sports. I feel that social media websites are helpful when it comes to obtaining news.

Overall, I think this article is interesting and helpful for understanding social media use.

-Michael

Does Spotify pay out?

As a marketing major who will most likely be working with online trends and business patterns when I graduate, I found this new concept of a "sharing economy" to be a trend worth paying attention to.

I have a similar experience with this concept. When I was looking for off campus housing online when I transferred to GMU, I visited a website with house listings. Upon finding and committing to my house, the girls living there informed me that our landlord is a profitable investor that owns a series of houses in various subdivisions that are already payed off, so he simply reaps in the benefits of our rent money. While this isn't an exact example of the sharing economy since housing falls under a different category of economics, it reminded me of the example from this article where it was pointed out that some people even buy cars simply to rent them out.

The internet has transformed and expanded society's way of thinking in a lot of ways. Peer to peer sharing is just another way that people can find access to products now, because instead of only having Walmart as an option for example, now people can scout for the same item on Ebay. This now goes for rentals too. Liquid bike rentals is a great example of this. Liquid is a site where people can find bikes for rent while being connected to their facebook, where they can make judgements on the validity of their renter. This is helpful and revolutionary for people that don't want to buy products can now pay less than they would if they were to buy the product.

(accidentally posted to my tumblr last class)

-Nadia

As a marketing major who will most likely be working with online trends and business patterns when I graduate, I found this new concept of a "sharing economy" to be a trend worth paying attention to.

I have a similar experience with this concept. When I was looking for off campus housing online when I transferred to GMU, I visited a website with house listings. Upon finding and committing to my house, the girls living there informed me that our landlord is a profitable investor that owns a series of houses in various subdivisions that are already payed off, so he simply reaps in the benefits of our rent money. While this isn't an exact example of the sharing economy since housing falls under a different category of economics, it reminded me of the example from this article where it was pointed out that some people even buy cars simply to rent them out.

The internet has transformed and expanded society's way of thinking in a lot of ways. Peer to peer sharing is just another way that people can find access to products now, because instead of only having Walmart as an option for example, now people can scout for the same item on Ebay. This now goes for rentals too. Liquid bike rentals is a great example of this. Liquid is a site where people can find bikes for rent while being connected to their facebook, where they can make judgements on the validity of their renter. This is helpful and revolutionary for people that don't want to buy products can now pay less than they would if they were to buy the product.

-Nadia

"Just as internet shopping forced Walmart and Tesco to adapt, so online sharing will shake up transport, tourism, equipment-hire and more."

After reading the article The Rise of the Sharing Economy, I was surprised just how much the internet is affecting aspects of our lives that were essentially untouched previously. Beforehand, I knew nothing about peer to peer sharing and the internet. I, like many of my peers have used amazon and ebay before to purchase things but these peer to peer rental interactions are taking the power of the internet to a new level. I think its cool that we can now use websites such as Airbnb to participate in the "huge new “sharing economy”, in which people rent beds, cars, boats and other assets directly from each other, co-ordinated via the internet". It has many pros because individuals are renting out their possessions that aren't being used on a daily basis for a cheaper rate then consumers would receive it if they rented from a business. This main pro to the peer to peer sharing economy branches out into other forms of how this act helps our generation to stop being so wasteful and in turn taking a step toward being more economical. For example, by sharing cars we lessen our footprint on the environment and in turn ease traffic. However, a big con would be how much more dependent on technology and the internet we would be. These peer to peer interactions are organized on the internet and the internet is used to find background information (in the form of background checks, facebook profile look up, and other social media). This just leaves me wondering, How much more dependent on the internet we can possibly be or will be in the future?

-CM

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