Alexandria's Blog (AK)

Fake News: What Should We Do About It? Singapore recently adopted a sweeping law that will carry warnings on sites like Facebook that when people post information, if the government deems it as false news, it will have a flag on it. Most people find this as a problem because it eliminates the right of free speech. This law also prohibits people from posting comments that go against "public interest." I find this new law in Singapore to be a little bit extreme because it does impede the publics' right to free speech. If the United States were to create a law like this one I fully believe that there would be a dramatic increase in deaths, riots and other harmful activities. Instead of going to the extreme and having users delete their comments and flag their posts, there should be other ways to battle the "fake news" that is circulating around. There should be and Artificial Intelligence system made so that there is a two factor authentication for people pos...

Research Paper Synopsis- Social Media is causing teens and young adults to develop anxiety and depression. The last assignment that was given in class was a research paper on whatever topic I was interested about. Could you guess what it involved from my previous posts? There's a trend... and it definitely has to deal with social media. I took this chance to really dive into the risks that social media is having on teens and young adults. What are the two main concerns you ask? They are depression and anxiety. Now some of you may be thinking that there are a ton of factors in life that could cause these two conditions, but social media is at the crux of it. Social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat are the applications to blame for teens and young adults anxious behavior because it is an escape from reality. I see a lot of people reaching for their phones and retreating to social media sites in group settings just to pass by time and entertain themselves. Beca...

Closing in on the End You all may be wondering why I am titling this blog, Closing in on the End. It is because I just wrapped up the last exam in my Intro to Digital Media class. It is such a bittersweet feeling that truly has not hit me yet, but I am so glad I took this class. I learned about different terms and I previously did not know about and have read some amazing articles that have really made me be more aware about so many different topics on media and how it is changing our lives and world. I would say that my favorite book to read that was assigned was Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins because it talked about so many concepts about three different cultures coming together and the evolution of them all. My favorite articles that I read in this class were "Does the Internet Make You Smarter?" by Clay Shirkey and "Is Google Making Us Stupider" by Nicholas Carr. If you read my other posts, you could probably guess that just because I wrote on different ...

Transmedia Storytelling: Is it Important?? Recently I learned about a new topic that I have not heard of before: Transmedia Storytelling. When I first heard this term I thought it meant something totally different from its actual definition. If you're like me and you did not know what this term meant, you're in the right place because I am about to tell you. Transmedia Storytelling is the concept of telling a story or plot across all different types of media platforms and all coming together to form one huge storyline. An example of this could be The New York Times covering the story that incorporates video interviews with people that are vital to the story line, and have other interactive features that add on to the story. If you want a better idea of what Transmedia Storytelling is watch this link . I personally like the idea with Transmedia Storytelling because it aids in adding value to the story to learn a little bit more about the situation or event that occurred. Now...