social media course week q introduction spring 2014
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Social Media and SocietySocial Media and SocietyHUM: 140HUM: 140
Ray BrannonRay Brannon
http://digital-rights.net/wp-content/uploads/books/Mandiberg-theSocialMediaReader-cc-by-sa-nc.pdf
Welcome to Social Media Me Welcome to Social Media Me cclick on my picture belowlick on my picture below
Notice my page rankings are at the top. On the next slide click on the picture to find out more about me. You can do up your rankings too.
This will become import in “branding yourself for future employment. Click on picture and go here.
I recommend to all of my students that they check out individual professor
rankings at www.ratemyprofessor.com
before they take a course. It is anonymous and reflects
the power of personal opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8bAyLpfmEA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
“This course will examine the best available evidence on how we can become empowered digital citizens and protect our well being.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BdQcJ2ZYY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUeL3n7fDs
let’s get to know each otherlet’s get to know each other
Introduce yourself and share your expectations of this course on the Discussion Board
Add a wild prediction of the best possible outcome should their expectations be met. Be specific! You are allowed to be
silly!
My first experience with computers that cost hundreds of thousand of dollars and had only a fraction of the power of today’s smartphone.
For the Christmas season in 1978 Mattel Electronics introduces a handheld electronic game “Football”. The rest is history.
I had the first word processor software - WordStar, CP/M on a NorthStar Computer …so excited– today – garbage :-(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJp4_bxHOgU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
HOW MANY TELEVISIONS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOW MANY TELEVISIONS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD?HOUSEHOLD?
1. 12. 23. 34. 4 or more
Data: Rideout, Roberts, and Foehr
HOW MANY COMPUTERS?HOW MANY COMPUTERS?
1. None2. One3. Two4. Three or more
And growing if you count smartphones!
HOW MANY VIDEO-GAME HOW MANY VIDEO-GAME CONSOLES?CONSOLES?1. None2. One3. Two4. Three or more
ON AVERAGE A PERSON BUYS A NEW CELL ON AVERAGE A PERSON BUYS A NEW CELL PHONE EVERY:PHONE EVERY:
1. 12 months2. 18 months3. 24 months4. 26 months
“I got mine [Facebook account] around sixth grade. And I was really obsessed with it for a while. Then towards eighth grade, I kind of just -- once you get into Twitter, if you make a Twitter and an Instagram, then you'll just kind of forget about Facebook, is what I did.” - Female, age 14, from the Pew Research Center's 2013 Teens, Social Media and Privacy report
Every second, a new user signs up on InstagramInstagram so he or she can see the 3,480 newly uploaded photos every minute. The number of photos uploaded each day is more than the number of articles currently published in the English Wikipedia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oD0lrp_bBE