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Final Blog: Online Presence

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     Growing up, being a part of Generation Z, at least half of my life has revolved around using social media, posting, communicating with my friends, and constantly scrolling to see what’s new. Personally, I check most of my social media apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and Twitter multiple times a day and spend much of my free time browsing through those sites. For me, social media is a way to keep in touch with friends, creatively share content, or something to watch/look at for entertainment. Social media is truly a part of my every day and when I spend time off line, I realize just how much I use it. I use social media as a way to look back on memories, photos, times with family and friends, or sometimes even online shopping. For my social media pages, I always have been cautious around what I post because I have always grown up being told that whatever one may post on social media can never truly be deleted. Perhaps everyone has experienced the embarrassing kid photos
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Final EOTO: Confirmation Bias

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     Every individual has a unique view, a different perspective, and different beliefs that filter what side they may choose to see in different situations. A term most commonly thought of when viewing this is confirmation bias, broadly known as a “tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one’s existing belief or theories.” When viewing the layers of confirmation bias, individuals can refer to times within their life when perhaps they made a decision based on their beliefs or had a disagreement with someone who believed differently from them. Regardless of the case, or if an individual was even aware of the fact that they were using confirmation bias, there remains an interesting psychology behind the reasoning of people believing so strongly on something that gives them a sense of comfort when that belief is made true. In life, people need beliefs and opinions to make up their identity, to have a confidence in feeling prepared or predicting an outcome. Psychology plays
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Eight Values of Free Expression

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     2020, a year for change, innovation and a time for one to reflect upon themselves, who they are and what world they want to live in. 2020 has proven to be a year filled with many obstacles or challenges in which people have had to face head on, limited interactions, restrictions and a new way of doing things. In many cases, popular social media sites such as Instagram or Snapchat have created a way for people from all around the world to stay connected to one another, keep entertained, and create meaningful content. However, though social media can be a great way in today’s world for people to communicate with ease, it can also serve a bigger purpose, it can provide a platform for impact. The death of George Floyd has impacted the year of 2020, bringing people from all around to speak up for what they believe in, spread the word and need for change. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak many people felt limited as far as ways in which they could safely contribute, but thanks to social me
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Diffusion of Innovations Theory: Snapchat

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      The Diffusions of Innovations Theory discusses the ideas behind how, why and at what rate new technologies our developed and used within our world. I recently researched the impact new apps such as Instagram played as far as using it as a new form of communication, but another popular app doing the same thing is Snapchat. Snapchat was founded in 2011, almost a year after Instagram, by Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, and Bobby Murphy. Snapchat has grown increasingly popular over the years, having about 360 million users and counting, and providing an outlet for digital communication. The world is constantly evolving, new changes, new innovations and new generations seeking what’s next. Perhaps, this ever-changing society creates the demand for new technology innovations and explains the reason for the rapid spread of using such devices or even creations for others. People thrive on communication in their day-to-day lives, but the way in which a person communicates changes and theref
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EOTC Key Post: Instgram

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     In today’s world, technology has taken over all forms of communication and created a new way for people to interact with one another. One of the largest growing social media platforms, in which has allowed for people from all around the world to connect with each other, is Instagram. Instagram was developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, first launched on October 6 th , 2010. Before Instagram, Facebook, another popular social media platform was one of the most popular at the time, but people constantly wanted the “next big thing,” and Instagram was the answer. On April 9 th , 2012, Facebook, Inc. bought Instagram for a total of one million dollars and has sense gained over 600 million users and counting. In my generation, people prefer the option to communicate online or digitally with one another, rather than the typical face-to-face communication. Instagram provides opportunities to make this interaction more personable and convenient for users by allowing them to share ph
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Blog 5: Antiwar

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     Throughout history war has been a common event in which people have become highly familiar with when dealing with conflicts and other hardships. Wars have been fought, lives have been lost, and more people have developed a dream of peace within our world. Antiwar activists, in particular, have strongly voiced their opinions upon the subject of peace, stopping wars, and bringing the attention of the people to the truth of what is happening in our world. However, there are many people who can agree on the matter that antiwar activist’s websites and other articles are not heard of; one must specifically seek out this information in order to find anything on it at all. Perhaps this reasoning is because in certain cases these activist’s share their strong opinions that tell the truth of violence that is happening within our world that many people wish to block out or ignore all together. There is also the stand on the fact that antiwar activists shine a certain spotlight on the gover
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Blog Post 4: First Amendment

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          In times of confusion it is common for people to participate in discussion, which could lead to other forms of speech regarding the initial subject, or actions expressing how individuals feel about the matter. The recent tragedy over the death of George Floyd has sparked these responses around the world and led to protests demanding the need for change. The initial protests were sought to be peaceful, a time to receive justice, a time to educate those around the matter who were unaware that those issues are still present, but in some cases violence came about. In some areas, in which protests were occurring, groups of protestors participated in acts of violence, looting stores, and damaging other property within the area. The First Amendment creates the right to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly to allow protestors to speak up for what they believe is right, what they believe needs to change and allows a chance for people to heal together. However, though these righ
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