Day Six
Documentation Criteria
Produce a blog entry of 250-500 words that addresses the following questions:
What? Describe the types of online media practices you engaged with and produced today. This many include (what you listened to, watched and created online). Write this description as if you are explaining to someone step by step what you did. Explain what you did like for instance if you added a video to YouTube. What was the content of the video? This part sets up the context for the next two questions.
How? This part focuses on the authoring, publishing and distributing part of your activity. For instance, if you are adding a photo to Instagram – What did you take the photo with (what type of camera)?, How did you author the content then publish it to that service? How did you distribute the content you added? Did you link it to other social media services like Facebook, or a blog, for example.
Why? This part concentrates on the question ‘What do I do with online media?’ For example, why did you post a photo to Facebook? Was it because you wanted to show family and friends what you were doing that day at that particular time? Another example – Why did you watch a particular video on YouTube? Was it for entertainment purposes or to learn something?
Media Usage Overview
- Facebook Messenger
- Spotify
- Blackboard
- Premiere Pro
- WordPress (my own personal blog)
- My Media Factory Blog (Media 1 + Networking Media)
- VSCO Camera
- Snapchat
- Gmail
- Uber
- Youtube
- Netflix
Focus: Twitter (and #Hashtags)
What? Today I just scrolled through Twitter. I don’t check twitter very often (I have an account with 115 followers) but it usually just involves me re-tweeting other’s content that I find funny. I don’t really know how to engage + traffic individuals (ie: gain more followers) on twitter, so for now, I am just retweeting content when I hop online.
How? I mostly follow fashion bloggers, youtube influentials and my friends. I usually re-tweet content that I would want other people to see on my feed (eg: inspirational quotes and funny or relatable content). I also ‘like’ content if I don’t want it to directly show up on my feed but I still want to interact with the post.
Why? I enjoy twitter for the easy accessibility and it’s use of hashtagging as a main source. Particularly when news breaks out, twitter is one of the first sources that people go to. I often check the news (I follow ABC, for example) in the morning on Twitter and catch up with the rest of the world. I also enjoy twitter for the photography aspect and how people can share their photos online, especially with creatives or individuals that are unknown to them (one of the downsides of facebook).
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