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Comment on Grannies & Guru’s: Cyber Identities Online by oluwatofealadeadeyefa

oluwatofealadeadeyefa — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:41:25 +0000

I find this funny, one of the reasons I am grateful not to be in the same country as my granny and also that our internet in Nigeria is bad so a waste of money for an older woman on a strict budget to purchase. the cyber-world definitely allows for vanity and opportunity to present the ideal self we are all interested in being. It reminds me of a discussion we had a few weeks ago in class about all of us in class being very picky about the pictures we upload and are tagged in when it comes to social media sites. Transparency is the last thing we actually use social media for, which makes is a little tricky as well that potential employers usually want to check out what employees are doing online since we are not really representing our true selves online.

I hope there are enough people your nana’s age on facebook so she has friends she can actually connect with.

Comment on We are what we consume or we consume what we are? Maybe neither. by mlalpr

mlalpr — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:03:46 +0000

What a great piece, Fabiana!
It just makes me think of how a person is perceived online through their ‘online presence’. Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn are all great examples of social media, but they are all used for entirely different things? Where are we really ourselves: When we are out and about? When we work? Or perhaps when we are ranting our daily updates through Twitter?
I like this idea that you projected in your article about the identity we are constructing online vs. our natural identity. It makes the reader really think about entering with an already established identity, so we can either mimic it or make a new one. I feel like with the way technology is now people do not develop into their identities they tend to more conform to how they see things.
This is not only reality, but it also is a little disheartening when we think about what is most popular with music, television, and clothing these days. I say it is a quite contrast to the years prior to social media – perhaps it could also be a coincidence!
A much as you want to remain professional online, it is hard not to hashtag events in your life that give you that relational feeling with your peers (Cover, 2012).

Cover, R. (May 01, 2012). Performing and undoing identity online: Social networking, identity theories and the incompatibility of online profiles and friendship regimes.Convergence, 18, 2, 177-193.

Comment on The news about the news by jessicabruce2012

jessicabruce2012 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:48:12 +0000

Thanks for the response Kelsea,

You made an excellent point in your response saying “the news IS the way we see the world” and you couldn’t be more correct. The ideas of our society is created by the news so it would be naive to think that everything we encounter is not distorted or changed through our media outlets.
I think the game “telephone” is a real world example of how we receive our news. As we all know, we only played the game telephone to hear the dramatic change in the message. Would it not be fair to say that a similar thing happens as a message (or story) is filtered through different news outlets?

Comment on The news about the news by kelseamacneil

kelseamacneil — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:27:56 +0000

Jess — I really enjoyed your post. I too have major issues with the controlled and patrolled news that we receive.

You raise some really interesting questions that make me never want to watch CNN ever again – ha. One of the points that you raised was How does our news affect the way we view the world… and in my opinion, I think the news IS the way we see the world.

Courses in my undergraduate degree in poli sci changed the way I look at news forever. An international policy class forced me to read articles and newspapers from other parts of the world. The way we (Canadians) see ourselves is not how the world views us. For example, several years ago Canada was given the “fossil” award at an international global climate conference due to our lack of commitment to green processes (Tar Sands, etc.). This article I found was from a british paper. I searched (for hours) to find an article or newsclip which covered this in Canada and came up with nothing.

To me, this was a big issue. Being one of the nations on the bottom of the totem pole for environmental impacts globally is definitely something I want to know as a Canadian.
This is just one example of controlled news.

A really great overview of the article and idea of the importance of asking questions when it comes to news coverage. Thanks Jess.

Comment on Creating Community Through Networking by kelseamacneil

kelseamacneil — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:06:51 +0000

Thank you ladies.. I agree that networking really has no limits.

Monika, thank you for sharing the video! Really fantastic. And I have experienced similar opportunities purely from the power of networking.

Liz, the “undervalued” factor is exactly one of the reasons that I wanted to focus on networking for my final presentation. I feel that not a lot of research has been done in this area and it could be useful for further opportunities.

Comment on Creativity: Evolution vs. Revolution by mattdgp

mattdgp — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:55:22 +0000

Hey Tofe, The same chapter from Mediated Society has really stuck with me as well. Specifically this idea of “what is banal is magical”. To quote directly (2011, p.117), “Media technologies are therefore revolutionary and magical only when they become banal and popularized”. The example referred back to electricity and how revolutionary it was in its day and now we take for granted only recognizing its impact on our lives when it’s missing. So it’s quite the paradox – the more common a technology becomes, the more revolutionary its impact on our daily lives.

Comment on Is three a crowd? by mattdgp

mattdgp — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:29:47 +0000

Hey Steph, great read. While I may not share your love of the mixer I echo your perspective that any time a corporation gives money to a charitable cause there is good to be had. Even though the exact, true motivation of the corporation may not always be from an altruistic place. It seemed within the consumer packaged goods industry for awhile many brands were wrapping their products in pink from Country Harvest grains breads to Cottonelle toilet tissue. Again, I have little concern no matter the motivation provided the program is clear, simple and actually delivers benefit to the cause. I remember once evaluating a social media program where the brand would only donate if a certain number of “likes” were reached. There was a revolt on the page from users demanding the donation be made no matter what. Cause marketing is great – brands and companies just need to be careful in how well they deliver.

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Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:24:27 +0000

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Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:24:03 +0000

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Comment on Is three a crowd? by smileysteph

smileysteph — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:47:32 +0000

Thanks so much Elizabeth! Online communities certainly don’t eliminate the need for traditional marketing channels but they do provide smaller entities with the opportunity to have a much greater impact – especially in relation to cause-related marketing activities.