Social Media and my Internet use Homework Project! Activity #4

After looking at my friends and my Facebook page, I have noticed that out of everything that gets shared onto there walls that usually it's funny videos or vine's that are shared, things like people falling over or ranting about things they see on the internet. Occasionally you see music videos or remixes/mash up's of songs, once there was an old song from the 90's and someone had remixed it together with another song that'd just came out, the amount of friends that shared that was crazy. 

I believe that people share these types of media because it comes under the genre entertainment, people enjoy to see it on there walls, this could be because it makes them laugh and they enjoy watching it. Furthermore it could be that the song is new and they want people to hear it or they want their opinion. Even if it's an old song the friends that share it might just like the song in general, like when you hear a song from a long time ago so you share it and put " Who remembers this ?" or "This used to be my favourite song". Come to think about it I see that on my friends pages too. But who benefits from what my friends share ? The people that created the music or made the video, because they get credit from the viewers and views which gives a chance for that to grow out into further Social Media's and more shares = more views = more notice. If it was a funny video that had gone viral, like " Deez Nuts" or Andy Tate then the person that benefits from that would be that person themselves, they become famous or well known and from there anything could happen.

Sometimes you do see people post/share a campaign or petition, a couple of months ago everyone shared a petition on bringing back the Inbetweeners for either one more film, series or even just a special episode. People do share inspiring videos that make you think how lucky we are, or how seriously horrible others lives are. About how the young children in poverty starve and how we have everything and they have nothing. You might have seen the video where it shows how someone with money in China lives and someone in poverty in China lives, and by doing this it makes people think and sympathise. As well as benefiting the company appealing for the aid of public it's benefiting the people that live in poverty because money is being donated and given to them. This happens a lot and sometimes I have seen friends/followers cry over videos like these.

Finally, people share adverts to do with things that they want all the time, this could be a new pair of trainers they want, or some clothes they've ordered recently. I see this on my friends timelines on the occasion but I can't remember a time I've ever done that either. The shoes could be a new brand or new make which could benefit the Brand ( Nike ) ( Addidas ) because they are promoting there new shoe/clothing and because people follow the latest trend on Media and Social Life. The company probably know that by the person posting the photo other people will "follow the crowd" and get some too. Even if it's an old brand of shoe it will probably come back into fashion at one point so they are still at advantage.

I would like to finish by saying, all the benefits I have just described, are in some way also benefited just by Social Media alone, not just the people who share and post them.

Thanks.

Social Media and my Internet use Homework Project! Activity #3

I use the internet in different ways all the time, sometimes I use it to check my social media or listen to my music, it could be shopping for things, school/home work and anything else I want to use the internet for. I'll admit, I do spend a lot of my time on the internet, sometimes it could be for a useful purpose but most of the time it's just because I'm bored and want something to do. Or you could just say for no reasonable explanation. Just wasting my "valuable" time. Even if I'm at home on the sofa or out with my friends, laid in bed when I can't sleep, lunch and break time at school,  I'll be on the internet. 

Social Media is probably my most visited genre on the internet. I always have to look at my Facebook, Snap chat and Instagram first thing in the morning, last thing before bed, I literally don't feel right if I don't because I have to keep up with all of the gossip and banter that goes on in the world on Facebook. I think that's the main reason I got Facebook, before I had no idea what the latest gossip was but now I have my social media's I know pretty much everything that goes on as I think my media teacher realises. Thinking about it, the time I spend on social media kind of worries me, the fact that I spend at least a quarter of the time I'm awake on Facebook or something. I click the Facebook app at least 30 times a day, no exaggeration. Just to reply to someone's message or like someone's photo. As soon as I hear about it I'll be straight onto it because I'm just nosey. I think Social Media has increased my attitude ( in a bad way )  and how nosey I can be, this shows that being on the media can affect how you act or treat someone in some cases.

When I'm on the internet, I hardly ever use anything else, unless that's putting some music on in the background of my Facebook session, or watching YouTube videos that I find funny or interesting, I never find anything interesting or funny so it has to be good. If I'm not doing that, it'll be shopping for my scooter, camera or any essentials that I might need. Also there's the odd revision and homework that I do online. But now I'm in GCSE Media I think that the amount of time I spend doing homework on the internet will increase. However, this is a good purpose to use the internet.

People are saying all the time that the internet is distracting children from their school work, or stopping children from going out with their friends for a couple of hours. Personally I agree. Every so often I'll admit I check my phone in lesson time, to see if I have any notifications or messages that I don't really need to look at, but I will because the internet is like an addiction, I have to take a look. This isn't a good thing, I'm missing out on revision tactics or information that could be key towards coursework or my exams. The worst bit about it is that it's things I need to know. That's why I've started to turn my phone off during lesson time. Another scenario; I could be having a family dinner, or my friends wanting me to come out but I'm too busy on my device surfing the internet. We all know it's tradition to keep our phones off the table at dinner. It's the rudest thing to do at the dinner table. 


I'm not saying my internet use is bad, but I could cut down on how much I use it. Alright if it's for homework then that's an exception, but the time I spend on Social Media's. 

Thank you for reading my blog on what I've noticed about my internet use, how it affects me, how long I use it for and everything else.

Social Media and my Internet use Homework Project! Activity #2

This is the Wordle that I have created for my Social Media and Internet Use Project. The Wordle includes names of the websites I logged onto my Activity #1 blog post.

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