Robyn Morita

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What exactly are you focused on about your social media strategy? Some of the things that I am focused on in regards to a social media strategy are, expressing myself in a way that can be both productive and fun for anyone who comes across my social media platforms.  In other words, I try to focus on how I can share my thoughts and ideas in a way that doesn't provoke arguments or heated debates in the comment section (if there is any.) I try to focus more on how I can get people to react to my posts in a positive way rather than posting something that can anger people. For example, I love photography, so I try to post the most aesthetically pleasing photos that I can in order to gain a positive response from my audience. Can you name and explain some of the basic principles of a social media strategy? Some of the basic principles of a social media strategy are learning about your audience, and how to gain a following.  In other words, one of the most important things about cre...

First level of Reading The first paragraph talks about the importance of having a website or blog site to act as your "home base." This is due to the fact that search engines count links when doing a search. So the more links you have that link back to your website/blog, the higher it will rank whenever someone searches for you. The second paragraph talks about having a "home base picture" of yourself or of an avatar that you create for yourself. This is important because if you use a single image of yourself (or avatar) for any post, comment, or tweet, etc. that you make online can be easily linked back to you. As such, people will be able to recognize you easily.  Second level of Reading The main point of the first paragraph is to establish why it is important to have a website/blog that works as your "home base." Your home base should not be your Twitter or Instagram page but your own website so that you can link your various social media profiles to.  ...

What is the purpose of a hashtag? The purpose of a hashtag is to organize key words in order for people to easily find the topics that they are interested in. In other words, a hashtag is primarily used for people to highlight specific key words in order for others, who are interested in that particular topic to search for with ease. This helps to eliminate the traffic of unrelated posts, and to help connect people with similar interests, more effectively. For example, my friend who loves anything Harry Potter can use #HarryPotter to quickly search for any news, art, trivia, DIY ideas, etc. regarding Harry Potter. Without having to scroll through any unrelated posts.  What other information do you need to consider to better understand hashtags? Information that you should know when understanding hashtags is to know what is and isn't necessarily a "hashtag."  In other words, understanding and choosing words that qualify as hashtags is important. Not only is it important to...

  What is a digital footprint? A digital footprint acts as a kind of bibliography of sorts on every single thing that you post, tweet, comment, etc. on social media and anywhere online. In other words, a digital footprint acts similarly as a physical footprint. As it shows where you've been/done in the past. This can be used both positively and negatively, which is why you should always be wary of what you post. For example, my friend, who is pretty obsessed with social media, will post and occasionally comment on other people's posts. Her digital footprint is pretty big and can easily be searched by anyone who is on her friends list. I, on the other hand, only go onto social media in order to keep in touch with friends who live in different states and hardly take the time to actually post anything. So my digital footprint is relatively smaller by comparison. What is the purpose of a digital footprint? The purpose of a digital footprint is to record what you post, tweet, or com...

  Preparing Your Content for Facebook Sharing I understand "shaping Your content for Facebook" to mean crafting your Facebook post in order for it to have more meaning. In other words, understanding that Facebook is a social media platform that allows you to casually post your ideas to your friends and family. As such, you should also be mindful that random strangers can also see what you post, and you should be careful as to the type of content that is okay to be seen by the public and content that should only be seen by the people on your friends list.  An example of shaping Your content for Facebook would be my friend who wants to invite her friends and family members to her birthday party. The easiest way to do this would be through Facebook where she’s friends with everyone she wants to invite. However, before she hits the “post” button, she double checks to make sure that her privacy setting is set for “friends only” meaning that only the people she’s “friended” will be...

What is the purpose of spreading your ideas with social media? I believe the purpose of spreading your ideas on social media is to reach a wider audience. What I mean is that, with social media, instead of just connecting with friends and family. You can also connect with people who have similar interests and ideas. This allows for more bonds to form through social media and also helps you to contribute to a community on social media. Bonds can also be formed through a mutual cause. For example, people who are suffering from cancer or friends and family who knows someone with cancer can join a community on social media. This allows for distraught family members to find comfort in others who are in a similar situation. Members of this group can also help to create awareness for cancer patients and survivors. With the help of socializing media members can reach a wider audience to spread their message and to get more people involved with the community.  What other information do you...

  What do you take for granted or assume about sharing? What I assume/take for granted about sharing is the idea that people who post stuff online, usually do it to be heard and seen. Whether it be for their close friends and families, or on a more public platform. In some extreme cases, some people will post stuff online in hopes to become internet famous, or the next big influencer. In other words, people use social media to share their thoughts and opinions on various topics. People also use social media as a way to “show off” a window into their lives. The food they’re eating, where they visited, who they hang out with, all get shared on social media. Most do it for fun or recreationally, while others do it as their main source of income, or try to. For example, a woman by the name of  Lissette Calveiro ,  put herself into $10,000 in debt trying to become an Instagram influencer. She bought expensive clothes, and traveling to different locations all for Instagram. T...

  I understand "remixing content" to mean, adding a new element (or elements) to an existing piece of media, in order to create something new. In other words, taking a photo or video and adding something new to it, such as a filter or stickers, and creating a new piece of media from it. An example of "remixing content" would be , last year, I took ICS 203: Digital Image Editing, and I learned a lot about how to photoshop and remixing my pictures in order to create a new image. It was a really fun class and the skills that I learned, were really useful especially in today’s world where remixed content is becoming as popular, if not more so, than unfiltered media. These pictures were taken from one of my ICS 203 projects. Here we had to chose two or three images and "blend" them together to create a new image. Here I had chosen a picture of a sunrise I took out of an airplane window, a waterfall, and some flowers. All three pictures were taken by me and ...

Media Awareness YouTube Playlist Articles Very good -  How can you be a more informed news consumer and fact-checker? Here are some tips.  - Fort Worth Star Telegram Partially trustworthy - Most Americans think they can spot fake news. They can't, study finds  - CNN News   Probably untrustworthy -  Local Connection: Fake News  - Hawaii News Now     All three articles tackle the concept of "fake news" in very different ways. However, they do have some similarities. First they all take note that "fake news" is a problem that should be taken seriously. Unfortunately, that's pretty much the only main similarity among the three articles I have chosen.  Fort Worth Star Telegram Article     This article talks about different tools and tricks that you can use whenever you are looking through news articles. In order to catch yourself from falling for fake news articles.  The reason I chose this article as an example of a "very good" art...

  How to spot Fake News Infographic Fake News and You Technology has advanced so much in the past few decades. Before, people were dependent on newspapers and news reports on the television to get the inside scoop on what was going on with the world. Nowadays, people have the ability to just look up information with just a few keystrokes on their phone. Anytime, anyplace. Unfortunately, with the growing convenience of the entire world's knowledge in the palm of your hand, the is also a growing increase on the amount of fake news.   Fake news is exactly that. False news that is being presented as fact to the public. Fake news has become a growing issue over these past few years and it has only gotten worse since the COVID-19 pandemic has become widespread.  There is not only the issue of fake news, but also a problem with biases. People who have strong biases tend to believe news that fits their agenda rather than listen to the truth even if it goes against their beli...

"Almost nothing is about what you think it is about--including you." With the possible exception of those human encounters that Fritz Peris calls "intimacy," all human communications have deeply embedded and profound hidden agendas. Most of the conversation at the top can be assumed to be bullshit of one variety or another. An idealist usually cannot acknowledge his own bullshit, because it is in the nature of his "ism" that he must pretend it does not exist. In fact, I should say that anyone who is devoted to an "ism"--Fascism, Communism, Capital-ism--probably has a seriously defective crap-detector. This is especially true of those devoted to "patriotism." Santha Rama Rau has called patriotism a squalid emotion. I agree. Mainly because I find it hard to escape the conclusion that those most enmeshed in it hear no bullshit whatever in its rhetoric, and as a consequence are extremely dangerous to other people. If you doubt this, I want ...

The Keys to SUCCES(s) Infographic First Level of Reading S imple - To stick to the main points of the topic and to bring attention to the core of the topic. Rather than having longwinded explanations and unnecessary filler. As well as, being careful to not oversimplify and "dumb down" your topics. U nexpected - Ruffling feathers, so to speak, in order to grab people's attention. One way to do this is to leave topics up for discussion and/or interpretation in order for people to become curious to find the answers. C oncrete - Using imagery in order to solidify an idea into your audience's minds. One way to do this is to give plenty of examples and/or analogies in order for people to better understand what you are trying to say.  C redible - When talking about a topic that involves data it is best to provide evidence to help back up your claims. When you provide evidence from credible sources your audience will be more inclined to listen.  E motion - Bring out people...

The Golden Rule Example: Always putting your things away so that others won't trip over them. Especially in the living room. First Level of Reading   "Avoid All Problems and Use Public Domain Images" Basically, to avoid getting in trouble with copyright infringement and plagiarizing someone else's work. Which, would then lead to legal ramifications. You can avoid running into trouble, in the future, by using images that are available to the public domain. This means that anyone can use these images without having to pay  royalties or even having to credit the main source. Just because these pictures are free to use, doesn't necessarily mean that they are low quality pictures. There are lots of pictures with decent quality free to use. It may take longer to search for the perfect images but it will definitely be beneficial to you in the long run.  "Just Because Other People Do it Doesn't Make it Right" Just because some people manage to get away with ...

  Depth 1. I understand "depth" to mean providing a deeper meaning of a subject.   2. In other words, a statement that goes beyond just a simple explanation. Instead, providing it's purpose and underlying concepts hidden between the lines.   3. An example of someone exhibiting depth with social media would be my friend on YouTube talking about a specific book, movie, or video game that she really loves. She will give a brief description of the topic in question, then she will give her own opinions and/or give her own interpretations of the work to her viewers.   Breadth 1. I understand "breadth" to mean allowing for interpretations from different points of view. 2. In other words, creating an open discussion on certain topics and subjects. Thus allowing people to voice their own opinions from all perspectives instead of focusing on one insight over all others.  3. An example of someone exhibiting breadth with social media would be my frien...

  What is the purpose of a collaborative connection? The purpose of a collaborative connection is to meet people with similar goals and/or interests in order to create bonds to help each other achieve their goals. Collaborative connections, as I interpret it, a community of like-minded people reaching out to others just like themselves on social media and creating bonds and sub-communities. People connecting online and supporting each other in a positive way and thus working together to achieve a common goal. For example, a group of cancer survivors or friends and families of cancer patients can form a sub-community online to connect with each other. Consoling and comforting those in times of great hard-ships, and maybe organizing events to help raise awareness or money for families in dire need. If you decided to make a collaborate connection online what would happen? Ideally, what I would want to happen would be to maybe create a connection online, I would want people to of cours...

What is a community, what is a connection, and how are they related?   1.       A community, to me, is a group of people. For example, people who live in the same area, or go to the same school. A c onnection, is when at least two people meet and find out that they have similar interests and thus form a bond. These communities  usually  use connections (typically social media) to meet like-minded individuals and thus creating friendships.  In other words,  a community is the physical group of people, while a connection is the metaphorical bond that binds the community together. Connections are usually made in public settings, but now more connections are made through long-distance thanks to social media. Where there is a wider platform that stretches all over the globe and thus creating a wider community and, in turn, more connections. An example would be when I went to school in Whittier, California for a couple years. I was part of the Whittier ...

INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS Clarity I understand "clarity" to mean to be clear and understandable. In other words, being easy to follow and understand so that the viewers can follow along. You can also achieve clarity by asking questions when something is unclear or can be easily misunderstood. An example of someone exhibiting clarity with social media would be my friend advertising for a fundraiser on Facebook. My friend would then give the details of what the fundraiser is for, when/where it is going to be, and other information. This way everyone will be on the same page and will know what to expect should they wish to participate. Let's also say that I don't know how to get to the location, I would then ask, "How do you get to the fundraiser?" or something like that and my friend will then post detailed directions so that everyone will know how to get there. Accuracy I understand "accuracy" to mean as factually correct as possible. In other wor...