Class Reflection - Last Post of Semester

12/9/2010

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This semesters Emerging Media class offered a diverse subject matter which I found to be very helpful. I learned about up and coming media that I can use in my personal life and when entering the work force. The construction of the weebly as well as maintaining a personal blog was something that I had not done before which I really enjoyed and plan on keeping up with.

I also really enjoyed creating a personal interest site surrounding my passion for horses. I have a lot of content on this page that would be useful to show future employers in the form of writing and design samples.

Although this class was not taught in the traditional academic matter I still found the content to be valuable. Many interesting speakers were brought into class with a diverse range of interests and expertise. I enjoyed the speakers a lot. I found many of their stories of success to be very inspirational and hearing about how they built their businesses from the ground up was wonderful.

I look forward to learning more about emerging media in the future and felt this class gave me a good foundation. The only thing I wish were different about the class would be having check points through out the semester so students know where their grades are at instead of only receiving one letter grade at the end of the semester.

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Non-Profits and Social Media

12/1/2010

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December first is the World AIDS Day. AIDS affects hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone. This illness is very serious and life threatening, as the majority knows. The causes and preventions should be made known to the public in order to help stop the spread of this fatal illness.

In honor of World AIDS Day many non-profits are turning to social media to raise awareness. Active celebrity social media users such as, Lady GaGa, Ryan Seacrest, and Justin Timberlake are going silent on their social media sites in order to help raise over a million dollars for AIDS research. This project was started by singer/ songwriter Alicia Keys on behalf of her charity Keep a Child Alive. The celebrities will start using their social media sites once a million dollars has been raised.

I find this use, or non use, of social media to be very cleaver. Twitter users are addicted to what their favorite celebrities have to say, and depriving them of that entertainment is a great idea in order to encourage people to donate to an honorable cause. The preparation behind doing so must be key in order to for to know why the use of social media has stopped and what they can do to help donate.

Great use of social media for a good cause!  

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