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We use social media to communicate all the time — Snapchat to message friends, texting to discuss plans with our parents, Facebook Messinger to contact an old classmate. Realize it or not, there are social norms that we are all accustomed to. We use particular platforms to serve specific functions…

As a part-time Social Media and Web Content Specialist for a nonprofit, my eyes have been opened to the extensive planning, preparation, and strategy behind every social media post. There is no ‘off the cuff’ posting. Everything has a purpose and has to be well thought out. This past week…

The Bailey Oratorical is one of Juniata College’s oldest and most prestigious traditions. Started 112 years ago, the Bailey Oratorical competition gives students the opportunity to persuade the audience and hone their public speaking skills. The competition this past Tuesday did not disappoint. The prompt that each speaker was given…

In 2005, just five percent of Americans were users of at least one social media platform. Today that number has increased to over seventy percent! What makes social media so captivating? Why do we use social media? What is the main purpose of social media? According to various surveys and…

Who is your favorite influencer? Why that person? What do they do that stimulates a large following? Do they have similar interests as you? Do you relate to them? Do they have something that you don’t? Why do you admire them? Are they entertaining? What do they provide you? Social…

We Live in Public, a documentary following the life of Josh Harris is quite an interesting story, to say the least. Through a variety of business ventures, social experiments, and personal exploration, Harris demonstrated some of the crazy consequences of integrating life with the internet. During the 1990s, Harris founded…

Barack Obama was the first president to use social media. Elected in 2008, Obama was the first president to really have the opportunity to use social media as a tool to communicate with the American people during his election and presidency. During his campaign, he used social media to share…

When I was younger, social media almost exclusively referred to Facebook. There really wasn’t a whole slew of other options out there like there are today. I was taught by my parents, who have never had any social media accounts, that social media was a huge waste of time. At…