Kaci Burden

Scrolling through every social media outlet a fake news link always pops up. If its from the election to celebrities to even whats going on in the world; people are always creating websites sharing made up information. It was interesting because my roommates and I were eating lunch in our apartment and we were all looking at our phones. One thing that has been across all social media outlets is whether or not Kylie Jenner is pregnant with Travis Scott's baby . We went to Google and multiple websites showed up. Clicking the link on some of them showed pictures that she had posted on her Instagram and pictures of TMZ that were clearly photoshopped. Her stomach was blown out and stretched completely. Even though the original picture is very easy to find. Another story that was spread widely was that Beyonce faked her pregnancy. Obviously she didn't fake her pregnancy because she came on an awards show and exposed her pregnancy along with she did actually have a baby. Fake news is

In April of 2017, the Pepsi Ad including Kendall Jenner blew up across social media and the news. Many memes and backlash occurred after Pepsi released the controversial ad. In the ad, a protest was occurring and Kendall Jenner at the end grabs a Pepsi and hands it to the officers and the protest is over and celebrated. I believe that Kendall Jenner was in the wrong but people didn't focus on the advertisement as a whole. During the protests, even before Kendall Jenner joined in, people were running and jumping and smiling while protesting for Black Lives Matter. I thought that controversy should also be focused on them because never have I seen a protest occur that people were running with signs with a huge smile on their face. I know that Kendall Jenner was criticized the most because she was the big name in the advertisement but I believe the other actors be held accountable too. Photo by Jazzybell  Via Wikimedia Commons  

This week in class we discussed online movements. We also picked groups for our collaborative project two. I am part of food group. The Black Lives Matter movement is a huge movement in the media right now. It is discussed throughout many social media platforms, has been discussed on different tv networks, and even has been written about in songs. Celebrities have been promoting this through social media and even in outfits for award shows. I believe this online movement has a large platform but should be taken more seriously. All Lives Matter is something that came up a lot last year and at first I was very for it until realizing that it was making fun of Black Lives Matter. I think based on Twitter, it made this movement very big. The hashtag went big for a really long time which made many people see it and caught attention of celebrities. Also the many protests with the hashtag got people noticing it on the television.  Photo by The All-Nite Images  Via Wikimedia Commons

This week in class we discussed online gaming. The company we discussed was Riot, League of Legends. Researchers looked through the game to see the effects of toxic and trash talk in the game. They used different codes to see if people would stop talking badly on the game by having people report others and have different check points in the games with different colors. I don't know much about online gaming but when I was younger I always played Webkinz and Club Penguin and they had censors for people that would speak badly. If teens on the site continued to have toxic behavior on the site they would block the character from the site. I believe that every website should have this based on the fact that their will always be teenagers and people that speak this way. Or I believe they should make games where they know people are talking this way for a more mature age. Make the game get information about your age before allowing you to join. Photo by Gamingforfun365 Via Wikimed

A sociologist by the name of Erving Hoffman defined the process civil inattention. It is the process where strangers who are close in proximity show that they are aware of one another without showing recognition. People just have their own personal boundaries. It is through brief eye contact when approaching a stranger. It is acknowledging each others presence but nothing more than eye contact. I do this everyday. I walk by people in class, on the street, or even someone that lives in the same building as me. I also do this on social media. I scroll through Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat and see posts every day. I don't always interact with their posts . Many people comment or like each post which is small interaction but not every single post you see. Also when sending posts between friends. Such as taking a screenshot or share the post via messenger isn’t interaction with the person it’s interaction with someone else.  Image by HabibullahQureshi Via Wikimedia Common

My group presented the Tuckman's 5 Stages with the show Friends. I had never watched the show Friends before but I watched a few episodes so I could be on the same page as all my group members.  Overall, our group got along well and split up the work evenly. Some members had difficulty doing it at the same time. The only bad part was the presentation. This was my first presentation of College and I get very nervous in front of a lot of people. Public speaking isn't my strong suit so it was hard till it was finally over.   Image by: Tom Mrazek via Wikimedia Commons