Ramblings of an Insominiac

It has never been more apparent that social media is causing loneliness and depression for the youth in our society. Here is yet another resource telling us that social media can be more harmful than people think. 

Do you think the internet is making us lonely?? What can you say about your usage of the internet and how drastically it has affected your life?

In today's society, we have never been more interconnected. There are so many different ways that people are able to communicate with one another. Why then is it so common for people to feel loneliness?? 

This topic was brought up in one of my classes, but I have honestly been thinking about it for much longer. Why are so many people completely absorbed in building their online profiles, and showing the world the best parts of their lives? 

Think about the missed experiences and wasted time that people don't have because they're too busy on Facebook or any other form of social media. 

Need more information about the collective intelligence of a transmedia audience? Check out this informative video as Henry Jenkins puts things into a different perspective!!

Let me know your thoughts about the video! What is your take on the topic??

Care to learn more about media ownership? Check out this informative video as it goes extremely in-depth into how complicated some of this ownership can be! 

Are you at all surprised?? Did you have any idea how crazy media ownership was in our society today??  

Let's learn more about Participatory Culture with Henry Jenkins! it is absolutely fascinating how much impact this concept has had on the way things are today! Who would have thought that the amateur press association could have paved the way for so many different types of media produced/released in today's society?

With the topic of New Communication Technology in mind, I think it's important to take a look at the impact storytelling can have on your audience.

Check out this TedTalk with expert Ashley Fell as she talks about Why storytelling is so powerful in the digital era!

How much have you thought about participatory culture!? How about its relation to participatory media/technology? 

Check out this TedTalk with expert Henry Jenkins where he goes into detail about participatory culture in addition to new media literacy as well as its relation to civic engagement!

Facebook is an absolute powerhouse in today’s society, but who in the world could have anticipated the sheer vastness of information being poured into the platform. 

Like the following videos discuss, the amount of information Facebook has access to is scary, and the fact that the company has been selling our data is much worse. The sheer impact Facebook has made in the world is incredibly daunting, and the number of users is absolutely incredible. 

Two of the following videos are of interviews with Media Scholar, Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies. Professor Florez talks about the technology age of today, and what these incredible advancements mean for our culture. He also opens your eyes to how integrated society has become with technology. The last video discusses the use of A.I. in some of this technological advancement and raises the question of “How far is too far?”