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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”

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”

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”

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”