Social Media and SocietySocial Media and SocietyHUM: 140HUM: 140

Ray BrannonRay Brannon

http://digital-rights.net/wp-content/uploads/books/Mandiberg-theSocialMediaReader-cc-by-sa-nc.pdf

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“This course will examine the best available evidence on how we can become empowered digital citizens and protect our well being.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BdQcJ2ZYY

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let’s get to know each otherlet’s get to know each other

Introduce yourself and share your expectations of this course on the Discussion Board

Add a wild prediction of the best possible outcome should their expectations be met. Be specific! You are allowed to be

silly!

My first experience with computers that cost hundreds of thousand of dollars and had only a fraction of the power of today’s smartphone.

For the Christmas season in 1978 Mattel Electronics introduces a handheld electronic game “Football”. The rest is history.

I had the first word processor software - WordStar, CP/M on a NorthStar Computer …so excited– today – garbage :-(

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HOW MANY TELEVISIONS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOW MANY TELEVISIONS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD?HOUSEHOLD?

1. 12. 23. 34. 4 or more

Data: Rideout, Roberts, and Foehr

HOW MANY COMPUTERS?HOW MANY COMPUTERS?

1. None2. One3. Two4. Three or more

And growing if you count smartphones!

HOW MANY VIDEO-GAME HOW MANY VIDEO-GAME CONSOLES?CONSOLES?

1. None2. One3. Two4. Three or more

ON AVERAGE A PERSON BUYS A NEW CELL ON AVERAGE A PERSON BUYS A NEW CELL PHONE EVERY:PHONE EVERY:

1. 12 months2. 18 months3. 24 months4. 26 months

“I got mine [Facebook account] around sixth grade. And I was really obsessed with it for a while. Then towards eighth grade, I kind of just -- once you get into Twitter, if you make a Twitter and an Instagram, then you'll just kind of forget about Facebook, is what I did.” - Female, age 14, from the Pew Research Center's 2013 Teens, Social Media and Privacy report

Every second, a new user signs up on

InstagramInstagram so he or she can see the 3,480 newly uploaded photos every minute. The number of photos uploaded each day is more than the number of articles currently published in the English Wikipedia.

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