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Become an influencer and start your personal brand
Having a personal brand can impact you positively if you advertise yourself appropriately. Take trying to become an online influencer today as an example. Your personal brand does not necessarily have to be known for selling a unique tangible item. Your personal brand can ideally be yourself if you grow an audience on social media…
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Q: Social media and mental health are not linked
Answer: FALSE Studies have shown that using social media frequently is linked to increased symptoms of mental illnesses such anxiety, despair, self-harm, and loneliness. Inadequacy, low self-esteem, and social comparison can result from regular exposure to well crafted pictures of people who appear to be happy and successful, especially in younger people who are still…
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Social media is taking a toll on student mental health
Here is a video news segment of college student interviews on what they believe is causing the decline of mental health due to social media. Student mental health is in crisis and is said that by every metric, student mental health is worsening. Why does any of this matter? First, mental health is important for…
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Unit 11: Current Issue in Emerging Media. (Semester Wrap Up)
There is always one major concern that is thrown into discussion while discussing emerging media and that’s privacy, user data, and security. The issues and concerns surrounding emerging media and new technology is trying to keep people secure and safe online. With media growing at the current rate it’s at now It will begin to…
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Unit 10: My Thoughts and Opinion on Sports.
When it comes down to sports I was never an extreme fan or obsessed with them in any way but I do like them to an extent. I have teams I like such as The Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL, Phillies in MLB, and Manchester United in Soccer so I do enjoy sports to an…
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Unit 6: Social Media & Its Influence In our lives.
Social media and its heavy presence today most definitely has major affects in all of our lives. In todays world the first thing most people do after waking up in the morning is check their phone. Data from www.reviews.org shows the following: 83% of Americans use their phone as an alarm clock. 80% of Americans…
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Unit 5: Why Should We Increase Media Literacy?
Yes, people should increase their media literacy skills and habits, but why? Increasing media literacy is important for several factors. One factor being that there is a lot of misinformation spread and published in todays world. Since the explosion and constant growth of the internet it is very easy for anybody to post or read…
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Unit 2: Thoughts on Media Literacy & Why We Should Study it.
Becoming literate within the media and studying media literacy is an important concept people should educate themselves on in todays world. This is important because the media and the news is just about everywhere today. Media has became so prevalent that it’s literally carried around with us on a daily basis from the comfort of…