Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaFinal ProjectFor my final project I created an outline of a social media campaign with overall tips for how to run each platform and then concluded with…Dec 8, 2015Dec 8, 2015
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaBrands and ChangesThe arrival of the internet brought many changes with it other than the social media takeover. The way we view television and the content…Nov 30, 2015Nov 30, 2015
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaMemesI had no idea that the word meme had any scientific origins. It was interesting to see how the term accurately describes internet memes…Nov 24, 2015Nov 24, 2015
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaOrganizationFrom both of the readings I drew the conclusion that as a society we have trouble organizing ourselves and that is the root of many of the…Nov 16, 20151Nov 16, 20151
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaPublishers and FiltersI think the TED Talk, “Beware online ‘filter bubbles’” is something everyone should listen to. It is so easy to believe that our point of…Nov 2, 2015Nov 2, 2015
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaSocial Media’s Greatest Strength and WeaknessSocial Media has helped spread work of enlightening ideas with positive messages, but it also gives us insights to the dark corners of the…Oct 26, 2015Oct 26, 2015
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaIs Twitter Really a Revolution?Social Media has definitely helped spread news of revolutions but it is unclear to me just how much it has helped in the actual push for…Oct 19, 20151Oct 19, 20151
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaPrivacy: A blessing and a curseThe privacy the internet provides is both a blessing and a curse. Through apps like yik yak and formspring there has been a lot of bullying…Oct 12, 2015Oct 12, 2015
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaAlways on and Perfect StoriesAfter reading the articles, I felt pretty strongly about some of the ideas brought up in “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely” and “The Always-on…Oct 5, 2015Oct 5, 2015
Courtney GilbertsoninEXP50: Social MediaWhat’s Still Private?After reading the three articles I was surprised to realize just how numbed I have become to ad targeting and the accumulation of my…Sep 28, 2015Sep 28, 2015