Throughout the course of the semester I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to participate in many activities in both Barcelona and Europe. In Barcelona I was able to take a tapas and paella cooking class, visit all of Gaudi’s most famous pieces and places, spend many afternoon at the beach, and see street […]

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Being able to pick just one influencer to focus on for this post was honestly a challenge. As much as I hate to admit it, I follow a lot of influencers and celebrities on Instagram. Although I do not purchase any products that many of these Instagram Influencers and celebrities promote and post about, I […]

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From the time I was in about 7th or 8th grade, I can barely even remember which because it is so long ago, I have had social media. I began my relationship with social media with Facebook. After creating my account I remember stressing over what my profile picture would be. I sent various options […]

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Summary: When I saw that our assignment was to watch an episode of Black Mirror, I was excited as I have watched the series multiple times. In fact, Nosedive is one of my favorite episodes. In short, the episode depicts a technologically centered society where its residents are able to “rate” one-another. These ratings are […]

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Assignment: When asked to create a Wikipedia page, I was rather intrigued. Whenever I need to research new information and need to access it quickly, I usually turn to Wikipedia at first glance. It gives a brief summary and introduction of the topic, which is usually sufficient for surface level information. So, when asked to […]

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On the social networking sites I have discussed in past blog posts, there is one key component that has been left out of the conversation: user generated content, UGC for short. Essentially, this is content that users on the site produce and post. In recent weeks a new fad of UGC has taken the internet […]

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For this blog post I am going to be discussing the popularized “Pepe the Frog” meme. The one I specifically chose shows Pepe crying because “mom says no” and then drinking a glass of champagne because “dad says yes.” I chose this meme because it is incredibly relatable, although it is often the other way […]

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One of the most talked about topics within the realm of the internet is what is known as net neutrality. Net neutrality is a rather charged term that essentially encapsulates the idea that internet service providers should treat all data equally, meaning, they should not discriminate based on content, platform, user, etc. The idea of […]

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