Let's be honest with each other here. We are all a little crazy about our fan fiction fantasies or something that we wouldn't dare show to the rest of the world.
I for example am an avid Harry Potter fan. I'v been a fan since as far back as I can remember. I've seen all of the films and read the series at least 5 times. BUT like any logical fan would do, I'm involved with the idea of my favorite trio's lives after Hogwarts, so I resort to YouTube and watch fan made videos of Harry and his life 10 years later in videos such as this little gem right here !!
I was actually a huge fan of this because it showed actual conflict in the character's identities and lives that are relevant to all us fans that basically got old and are looking for some way to hang onto our childhood bond with this movie franchise that took us away from our boring world and into Hogwarts World of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Being a fan I encourage this type of work and video production. But when the thought of copyright is brought into this, it becomes a really messy grey area of who should profit from this and get credit.
In cases like this, I say that we fans should be allowed ti run free and hold onto things like this and continue finding ways to live in this fantasy world without looking too crazy or weird in the process.
Monday, November 7, 2016
Trump, Tweets, and Sharing - November 2
Never did I think that social media platforms would have such a big play in something as important as the Presidential election.
Why We Share
In today's day and age, we can't help but take to social media with anything that catches our attention that we might think is- funny
- informative
- relevant to a topic that is on the news
- or maybe we just want to show off something that we think is worth flaunting and bragging about - like mothers who post at least 3 times a week about their children.
Whether it be Snapchat
Or just shares way too much info with annoying #hashtags and odd topics of interest
How Social Media has Enabled Trump to Make a Surprising Run
The way in how Trump has used his social media platforms has been quite remarkable in how he has drawn insane amounts of support for "speaking his mind" and that isn't always a good thing
In cases like this, it scares the heck out of people how this nimrod can potentially lead this nation. He capitalizes on the idea of saying outrageous things that invoke responses from racist White America and being what most of his supporters would label "transparent" because of his lack of a filter. So this gives him some sort of an edge. While his PR team manages to run damage control, he seems to gaining steam as he goes on with posts that are aggressive and just not very well thought out.
And when you throw in a post such as this one-
I can only hope that we all pray for a better day.
I can only hope that we all pray for a better day.
Sharing
In a way, Trump has used social media to his advantage while also maintaining his image because of how he is playing to the wants of his not very well informed followers, which let's be honest, is pretty much most of us today! As much as I'd hate to admit it, he's using his social media presence to his advantage and targeting in on what his followers want to hear rather than justifying his "plans" with facts and explanations of process or clear plans of execution.
Crowd Sourcing Blog Response - October 2
When I think of where we stand as a society at the present moment, I like to think that we are a generation of overly absorbed individuals in how we are constantly interacting with different parts of the world in the palm of our hand. This is known as a cell phone. Duh.
By owning this mainstream device, it's insane to think that we have friends that we consider friends but aren't really our friends. Kinda makes sense, right?
Well, anyways, by being in a network of people that are constantly connected with you, you are more likely to expand your knowledge of a subject you are interested in or even solve a crime.
In Katie's post she brought up how crowd sourcing has been used to identify murder victims, find missing folks, and solve a few crimes in the process.
Crowd sourcing has become a way that we can com together for a common cause and achieve a goal but that isn't how things may always work out. Being that crowd sourcing has been used to the benefit of folks it is seen as a great tool. Buuuuut the thing is that not everyone who participates is what you'd call "certified" to help. Like any other tool or social networking scheme, it works just as well as you want it to. And that all comes back to you looking into the validity of your sources while also enjoying this thing we call the Internet.
By owning this mainstream device, it's insane to think that we have friends that we consider friends but aren't really our friends. Kinda makes sense, right?
Well, anyways, by being in a network of people that are constantly connected with you, you are more likely to expand your knowledge of a subject you are interested in or even solve a crime.
In Katie's post she brought up how crowd sourcing has been used to identify murder victims, find missing folks, and solve a few crimes in the process.
Crowd sourcing has become a way that we can com together for a common cause and achieve a goal but that isn't how things may always work out. Being that crowd sourcing has been used to the benefit of folks it is seen as a great tool. Buuuuut the thing is that not everyone who participates is what you'd call "certified" to help. Like any other tool or social networking scheme, it works just as well as you want it to. And that all comes back to you looking into the validity of your sources while also enjoying this thing we call the Internet.
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