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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Life is not fair. Sometimes undeserving people get hurt. Unfortunately, sometimes these people are children. Lots of times those survivors have scars, some visible, for others not so readily visible scars eat at their psyche. Survivors of human trafficking, kidnapping, and witnesses to murder include some of these children.

Thankfully, services such as NCTSN exists. At NCTSN the mission is clear, “to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families, and communities throughout the united states”. I can personally attest the need for this organization. After witnessing my fathers murder during a home invasion, just days after my 15th birthday, I was orphaned and destroyed psychologically and emotionally. Nightmares and flashbacks still haunt me, even after decades of counseling services.

NCTSN is a victim advocacy and reference service. They offer a multitude of services from cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools, to healthcare and legal advocacy for juveniles.

After doing an extensive search, the NCTSN appears to be the only service of its kind. (Which I found surprising, as well as sad.) Other similar programs exist, but all for adults or veterans. Nothing else geared toward these troubled children.

NCTSN is available on several different platforms, Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, among others. With Social Media being as prevalent as it is today it is imperative that any business diversify its online presence as much as possible. By spreading its online identity more people are accessible.

This organizations strategy appears to be an active hub if you will. The NCTSN website has numerous links and contact points. Being the only online service of its kind, NCTSN is a great starting point for any child dealing with PTSD or PTSD like symptoms. The website acts as a “one-stop shop” for children with damaged psyches.

With only 23 k followers on Facebook, I would have to say those are relatively small numbers, especially when one considers NCTSN has zero competition in their respective field. By comparison, The Cancer Society of New York has 80 k followers on Facebook.

The NCTSN website is a conglomeration of links and resources. With that being said, several working relationships must be intact. With services such as trauma treatment to family-youth-provider partnerships, alliances must be formed.

If I was to try to offer my advice I would recommend trying to push for more popularity, 23k followers just is not enough. Ask of Hope for Children states, “300,000 Americans under the age of 8 are lured into the commercial sex trade every year”. 23k Facebook followers barely scratch the surface. Adoptuskids,org sources state “More than 400,000 children are in foster care in the United States”. I find these numbers quite alarming. Especially as I and American Adoptions can attest, “US orphanages have been replaced with an improved foster care system and private adoption agencies like American Adoptions”. The problem with this method is most of these children are dealing with serious issues, as one would expect of any child in an orphanage. Most people wanting to adopt a child would prefer to steer clear of the troubled youth for it is “easier” to rear children. Leaving the most neediest of children to linger in group homes alongside other juveniles being locked up for criminal offenses. (I know this for a fact, as I myself, spent 2 1/2 years in said boys homes. My only crime being that I was an orphan.) Organizations such as NCTSN are desperately needed because, to be honest. These beautiful young souls are slipping through the cracks only to be swept under the rug.

https://www.facebook.com/NCTSN/

https://twitter.com/nctsn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/nctsn

https://www.youtube.com/user/nctsn2015

https://www.pinterest.com/NCTSN/

https://www.instagram.com/nctsn/

https://www.nctsn.org/, Accessed February 13th, 2019

https://www.americanadoptions.com/, Accessed February 13th, 2019

https://www.adoptuskids.org/, Accessed February 14th, 2019

https://showhope.org/2014/03/24/4-statistics/

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Oprah Winfrey appeals to me as a digital immigrant simply because I know who she is from before the digital (computer) age. Everyone knows who Oprah is. And her approach is very humanitarian. Just a mention by Oprah can make or break a business. On Twitter, Oprah has 41.9 m followers. Based on the numbers I would definitely say she has a heck of a lot of online influence. From her own website to her OWN network, she has the influence of millions with just her list of “Oprah's favorite things” from her webpage. As we all know Oprah has her own website, properly named, Oprah.com. On this website, one can find shows on her network, sign up for OWN life classes, read and watch various home, health, and lifestyles videos and articles, and even enter sweepstakes. All of this leads me to believe Mrs. Winfrey herself, while she may have help due to the masses, but she's quite active in the goings-on.

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Hello Class and Professor,

It doesn’t take much digging to see that false information/fake news absolutely affected the 2016 presidential election. False propaganda littered the internet. In the required reading from Pew Research Center, “5 key takeaways about the state of the news media in 2016”, from looking at the graph it is easy to ascertain the 20% increase in digital ad revenue. This increase in ad revenue is quite indicative of the increasing significance of digital media, and its influential role in the world. With Facebook being a major contributor of news sources, it becomes extremely obvious to see the connection. Digital media sites posted several unsavory articles attacking the Democratic Party, through unethical news sites posted on Facebook. The Washington Post states, “about 4% of President Barack Obama’s 2012 supporters were dissuaded from voting for Clinton in 2016 by belief in fake news”. When we weigh into the equation the fact that the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are traditionally democratic, yet each was won by Trump, by less than one percent. This leads one to believe even the slightest impact on potential constituents could have a devastating effect on the election. Every vote was needed for Clinton to advance into office, and any dilution of the democratic voter reservoir held precious sway over the election. You see, Trump needn’t win the votes of Clinton supporters, just to prevent democratic voters from casting a ballot for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

With current state of affairs, President Trump is under investigation by Robert Mueller, with Russian collusion at the center of investigations, the truth shall be revealed. If found guilty Trump could spend his final days in prison.

Issac, Mike. Facebook mounts effort to limit trade of fake news. December 15th, 2016. The New York Times

Barthell, Michael, 5 key takeaways about the state of the news media, June 15th, 2016, Pew Research Center

Ritchie, Hannah, Fake news of 2016, December 30th, 2016, CNBC

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#NECfakeNews

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Hello Class and Professor,

It doesn’t take much digging to see that false information/fake news absolutely affected the 2016 presidential election. False propaganda littered the internet. In the required reading from Pew Research Center, “5 key takeaways about the state of the news media in 2016”, from looking at the graph it is easy to ascertain the 20% increase in digital ad revenue. This increase in ad revenue is quite indicative of the increasing significance of digital media, and its influential role in the world. With Facebook being a major contributor of news sources, it becomes extremely obvious to see the connection. Digital media sites posted several unsavory articles attacking the Democratic Party, through unethical news sites posted on Facebook. The Washington Post states, “about 4% of President Barack Obama's 2012 supporters were dissuaded from voting for Clinton in 2016 by belief in fake news”. When we weigh into the equation the fact that the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are traditionally democratic, yet each was won by Trump, by less than one percent. This leads one to believe even the slightest impact on potential constituents could have a devastating effect on the election. Every vote was needed for Clinton to advance into office, and any dilution of the democratic voter reservoir held precious sway over the election. You see, Trump needn’t win the votes of Clinton supporters, just to prevent democratic voters from casting a ballot for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

With current state of affairs, President Trump is under investigation by Robert Mueller, with Russian collusion at the center of investigations, the truth shall be revealed. If found guilty Trump could spend his final days in prison.

Issac, Mike. Facebook mounts effort to limit trade of fake news. December 15th, 2016. The New York Times

Barthell, Michael, 5 key takeaways about the state of the news media, June 15th, 2016, Pew Research Center

Ritchie, Hannah, Fake news of 2016, December 30th, 2016, CNBC

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Andrew Belliveau is from Lynn, Ma and the founder of the Gastraparesis Pie Face Challenge. He started this challenge because when he was ten years old he had to fight thru three medical conditions. He made this challenge for the medical condition that he considers to be the most debilitating of the three medical conditions that he had to fight they at such a young age. Gastraparesis caused him to have twenty-four seven nausea and vomiting episodes up to twenty times a day for three years. He hopes that starting Gastraparesis Pie Face Challenge campaign on July 27,2016 that it catches on like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Campaign did. He also hopes that one day a cure will be found for this condition. Pies have been thrown in faces all around the world. Notable participants include David Price, Andrew Benintendi, Brock Holt, Jackie Bradley Jr, Chris Young, Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox. Also Did I Gregorious of the New York Yankees and form MLB player David Ross. Several media personally as Barstool Sports, CBS Sports, NESN and multiple other Boston media personalities have participated in this challenge as well. As of January 2019 this challenge has raised an upwards of eight thousand dollars for G pact. The GP Pie Face Challenge has also been featured on ESPN, People, Inside Edition, Sports Illustrated and Bleachers report  as well as several media outlets in Boston, Connecticut, New York, and Texas. In addition to all of that publicity the GO Pie Face Challenge has also been covered by  Bleached Report and several newspapers such as the Boston Globe and New York Daily News. This challenge also has it’s own Facebook page and Twitter account that millions of people are following and posting to  daily.

The rules are as follows:

1) Record yourself smashing a cream into your face

2) Challenge as many of your friends as you would like

3) Post your video on your personal social media accounts and on the official challenge page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gastroparesispiefacechallenge/

4)If you challenged does not take the challenge within twenty-four hours he or she must donate a call or to G pact a nonprofit organization that helps Gastroparesis patients and conducts research on the condition

5)If you see this video and are not personally challenged do not wait around to be named someone’s challenge. Take the challenge yourself!

6)Have fun and remember be creative!

Gastraparesis is a very serious condition that many people have and that we still have no cure for and not many people are aware of I Did not know what it was until I did this research on it. Could you imagine having any of these symptoms all the time feeling full soon after starting a meal, feeling full long after eating a meal, nausea, vomiting, too much bloating, too much belching, pain in your upper abdomen, heartburn, or poor appetite. Well the people who have this disorder have these symptoms constantly.

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I suffer from this disease. I have been hospitalized approximately 8 times in the past year. The last being January 2nd of this year. It has caused me to suffer from pancreatitis, and I just had my gallbladder removed. My heart goes out to anyone and everyone living with this condition.      

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I have elected to write about the NFL's breast cancer campaign. Crucial Catch is dedicated to the education and screening for breast cancer. In October of each year the NFL host Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The players and coaches around the league all participate by wearing the color pink on team uniforms. NFL stadiums across the country open their respective doors and host free screenings and educational seminars all geared towards breast cancer. A percentage of revenue from related merchandise sales is donated to the American Cancer Society. Each year approximately 3 million dollars is raised and donated to the cause.

While all of this sounds great, the NFL and its Crucial Catch Campaign has come under fire. There has been an outcry saying the NFL is not giving enough of the proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Sports Illustrated says, “According to data obtained from the NFL by Darren Rovell of ESPN, the NFL takes a 25% royalty from the wholesale price(1/2 retail), (and) donates 90% of the royalty to the American Cancer Society”. Ultimately, after everyone has taken their due cuts only “8.01% of money spent on pink NFL merchandise is actually going towards cancer research”. When all numbers are crunched the NFL donations amount to roughly “one ten thousandths of its revenue share pool.

Then to complicate matters further, Steelers running back Deangelo Williams’ mother lost her 10 year battle with cancer. When Mr. Williams asked to wear pink all season to honor his fallen mother his request was promptly denied. In addition, Mr. Williams said neither the owner nor the people “upstairs” attended her funeral or even said anything to him in regard to the passing of his mother. The only exceptions being Coach Rivera and Dave Gettleman.

The NFL is such a big entity everything they do is scrutinized with utmost diligence. Fairly recently, as we are all aware, Colin Kaepernick and several other players decided to peacefully take a knee during the singing of the National Anthem to protest police brutality. This small gesture erupted in to a national crisis. President Trump even became involved, fanning the flames even farther. My point is, the National Football League never lost a beat. Stadiums are constantly full, merchandise is still selling, and revenue is coming in, just as it ever was. Even an outcry for a boycott fell on deaf ears.

In October of 2017 the NFL decided to include all forms of cancer in its Crucial Catch campaign. Was this influenced by the bad publicity or was it the next logical step in the eradication of the disease? We may never know the answer to that question, but it's definitely something to ponder.

For several NFL employees, coaches, and players alike the Crucial Catch campaign takes on a personal tone. Derrick Henry, Bill Cowher, and Dak Prescott are who have lost family members to cancer and for them and others like them, the campaign is a paramount. Some even take it a step further and donate personal time and money to the cause.

Originally the campaign started in 1999 when the NFL partnered with the the slogan “Real Men Where Pink” Susan B. Komen Foundation. Dubbed the “Pink Ribbon Campaign”, the alliance was formed. The NFL at that time was going through a PR nightmare as 2 NFL players were being charged with murder, Ray Lewis and Rae Corinth, and the NFL wanted to “soften” its image. Being involved in breast cancer met that criteria, plus it connected with the female fans. 40% of viewers were women at the time.

Social media has grown considerably since 1999, as has the Pink Ribbon/Crucial Catch campaign. Social media has paved the way for the campaign knowledge to be shared with family and friends. Where once if information was desired one had to contact the foundation or some similar means to do so. Now a simple hashtag will give you everything you need and more.

I don't know what the future holds for either organization, but the mutualism appears to benefit both parties. The NFL receives a public relations boost and reaches female viewers. While the American Cancer Society gets publicity and a portion of the proceeds.

https://nflcommunications.com/Pages/NFL-Supports-National-Breast-Cancer-Awareness-Month-With-A-Crucial-Catch-Campaign.aspx

https://www.si.com/thecauldron/2015/10/26/nfl-breast-cancer-month-deangelo-williams

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Merry Christmas Class

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Both SEO and SMO are designed techniques to improve social media traffic. For this assignment I went to the experts in the field, GoDaddy.com. While social media was still in its infancy (1997) GoDaddy.com established itself as a major player for web design and go to site for web domain names. SMO/SEO is GoDaddy’s field of expertise. If one is looking to advertise service or wares this is the place to start; domain names, websites, marketing, and web security are just a few of their services. GoDaddy has grown over the years to become one of the biggest companies in the world through aggressive advertising and being ahead of the curve. They saturated the market with their name and logo. GoDaddy had the foresight to see the relevance of owning this market. Candice Michelle gained quite a bit of fame doing her famous twirl during commercials. The only fault I can see, is for a company specializing in web pages, their site lacks the “eye candy” one would expect. Otherwise , this company literally wrote the book on how to use SMO/SEO tactics successfully.

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“Breaking Bad” tumblr post

Hello Class and Professor, 

After careful deliberation I elected to go with the despicable actions of Chris Benoit. In June of 2007 Chris Benoit (a famous WWE wrestler) killed his wife and son, and then himself over the course of a weekend. Vince McMahon and the WWE went into immediate damage control. All media with Mr. Benoit was recalled, all toys with h

is likeness, clothing, etc. was removed from store shelves. Even videos of his in ring performances were removed. Downplayed was the damage done to his brain and discovery of advanced CTE. Unmentioned was the fact his career had led to his mental collapse. 

In another heinous event TMZ leaked a recording of Hulk Hogan using racist comments after finding out his daughter had started dating a black guy. Again WWE went into damage control, distancing themselves from the “Hulkster”. Removing all merchandise and even writing him out of the history books. (Which is nearly impossible as Hogan was the equivalent in wrestling as Elvis is to  rock and roll.

WWE has countered this negativity by forming and contributing to numerous charities.

https://community.wwe.com/

https://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-news/2018/01-12-2018

https://www.etonline.com/news/169295_brooke_hogan_defends_her_dad_hulk_hogan_racist_rant

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/us/27wrestler.html

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My husband and daughter are passed out as I do the morning routine. Why is it my favorite? It’s family. My social media has mostly family in one way or another in it.

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Sleeping beauty 

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This mans triumphant return to football after beating cancer was compelling and inspiring. I was linked to this gentleman by my love for the Chiefs.