Manjia Chen

Stay Home. Save Lives.

When coronavirus first started to outbreak in the U.S., it was around spring break for many universities including USC. Learning about how severe the virus is from my family in China, I decided to cancel my trip to Portland even though I’ve already booked the plane tickets and hotel. However, many friends I knew stillContinue reading “Stay Home. Save Lives.”

Platforms Are Watching You

How often do you see ads on Instagram? How often do you stop at or interact with those ads by liking them or clicking the links? How often do you really end up buying some things through their ads? Have you ever thought about how platforms collect your personal data and target advertise you? InstagramContinue reading “Platforms Are Watching You”

Stop Hatred: Coronavirus is a Global Fight

According to my Screen Time, I have been spending 4.5 hours a day on my phone lately, which is slightly less than normal times. The social media platforms I use the most are Instagram and Wechat, on which I spend an average of 2.5 hours and 1.5 hours per recent day. I get most ofContinue reading “Stop Hatred: Coronavirus is a Global Fight”

Director≠Male

When people think director, they think male. Dr. Stacy SmithProfessor, Annenberg Inclusion Initiative According to UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report , the percentage of male directors of theatrical films from 2011 to 2017 is much higher than that of female directors. I used a line graph to reveal the huge gap between male and female directors.Continue reading “Director≠Male”

Not Your Marilyn Monroe

The photo I chose to edit is the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe’s “flying skirt” shot by photographer Sam Shaw during the filming of The Seven Years Itch. Marilyn Monroe’s original name was Norma Jeane Mortenson. Regarded as a legendary sex symbol in American pop culture since the 1950s, Norma Jeane was famous for herContinue reading “Not Your Marilyn Monroe”

Trump’s Family Support: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

Article Still Standing, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Step Back in the Spotlight, was written by Maggie Haberman and Katie Rogers. Maggie Haberman is a journalist who works as a White House correspondent for the New York Times and a political analyst for CNN. She has won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting onContinue reading “Trump’s Family Support: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner”

Learning about My Socially-oriented Media Consumption

My Media Consumption in Twenty-four Hours Media Consumption Log S=smartphone C=computer T=tablet V=television P=paper R=radio Time of day Device (S, C, T, V, P, R) Path (How did you get there?) Content Source Time with content Action (share, comment) Location (where consuming content) With whom? (in person, virtually, alone) Were you multitasking too? Doing what?Continue reading “Learning about My Socially-oriented Media Consumption”

我的第一篇博文

做自己，因为别人都在做自己。 – Oscar Wilde 这是我新博客的第一篇文章。我刚开始写这个新博客，因此请继续关注。在下方订阅，以便在我更新新文章时您会收到通知。

自我介绍（示例文章）

这是一篇示例文章，最初作为 Blogging University 的组成部分发布。报名参加我们十个项目中的其中一个，立即开始撰写您的博客。您今天要发布一篇文章。不必担心您的博客的外观。如果您还没有给博客命名或是感到不知所措，也不必担心。只需点击“新文章”按钮，告诉我们您来此处的原因。为什么要这样做？因为它能为新读者提供背景信息。让他们了解您是做什么的，他们为什么应该阅读您的博客。因为这将帮助您专注于自己对博客的想法，以及您想用博客来做什么。文章可短可长，可以是对您的生活的个性化介绍或是博客宗旨说明，也可以是对未来的宣言或是对希望发布的内容类型的简要概述。为了帮助您开始撰写，不妨思考以下几个问题：您为什么要公开写博客，而不是写个人日记？您认为您会写些什么话题？您想通过博客和谁联系？如果您的博客成功写到明年，您想要达到什么目标？您并非一定要受此限制，博客的一个奇妙之处在于，随着我们学习、成长和与他人互动，它们是会不断演变的，不过如果知道从何处入手以及为何开始，这将会颇有益处，并且明确您的目标可能会激发您写其他一些文章的灵感。不知道如何开始？只需写下您脑海中闪现的第一件事即可。Anne Lamott 是一位作家，大家都喜欢她写的书。她指出，你要允许自己写出“蹩脚的初稿”。Anne 提出了一个很好的观点，先开始写，之后再去考虑如何编辑。在您准备发布时，给您的文章贴上三到五个标签来描述您博客的关注点 – 写作、摄影、小说、育儿、美食、汽车、电影、体育等。这些标签将帮助关注您话题的人在阅读器中找到您。确保添加“zerotohero”标签，这样其他新博主也可以找到您。