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Asaleh Alshaibi
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Apr 26 2018
Piracy
To be honest, I still remember the good old days where I had my iPod and I would struggle with downloading music from ITunes because I had to purchase them. That’s when my friend told me to simply type in google download songs for free. That’s when websites like “LimeWire” and “Mp3 Skull” came up. …
Apr 19 2018
Groups and Communities
Out of what I understood from the articles they explain how the youth is attached to social media. The effect that social media has on groups and communities has pros and cons. For example there are online websites that allow the youth to work in groups together virtually. A con would probably be is it …
Apr 12 2018
medium is the message
According to the article, the many different forms of messaging has converged into one. Including oral, visual, and written messages. In the forms of television, print media, and the radio. These new inavasions have sky rocketed the humanity with wireless communication. Which connects us together better than ever before. Examples of these are international trade …
Apr 12 2018
Class Activity Summary
1. What was your activity? Please be specific on what you asked the class to do and what you hoped it would accomplish. Our activity was we took 4 envelopes and randomly put Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat in each one. We divided the groups into four and we asked them to write three things …
Mar 29 2018
Class Activity on Youth and Social Media
Today we will be discussing the pros and cons of how social media effects the youth and also the aim. The activity will be based on how creative the groups can be in bringing ideas to known social media websites!
Mar 29 2018
Assignment 9 Youth and Social Media
Based on the reading, “Its Complicated”, teens whom are raised in a technological environment are considered “digital natives”. But adults are considered “digital immigrants” because they weren’t raised in a technological environment and were not raised to adapt with technology at a young age. As we see now kids at the age of 3 are …
Feb 23 2018
Assignment 3
In this generation most of the daily news is built on a social media platform. Also, there has been a convergence with social media and politics. For example, when Barack Obama was running for elections in 2008, he wanted to reach to the youth. So he used the media such as television advertising for his …
Feb 15 2018
Assignment Two
We are living in a world where we see and hear media everywhere. Savy bloggers are taking over how we receive our daily news. Our first sources would be just looking on our phone. There are apps such as New York Times and Briefing, etc. But the youth tend to use Twitter and Facebook to …
Feb 08 2018
Assignment One
Is social media harming us? Yes, it is. There are many reasons. First the founder of Facebook is held responsible for the many suicidal and violent actions that are posted on Facebook. There are about over 2 million people on Facebook, so its hard control and put restrictions on every violent videos. But he can …