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Social Media an Addiction?

Around the globe, many of the population believe that social media is an addiction in today’s society, including me. I do believe we are constantly connected to our phones, one way or another. Sadly, without our phones we feel lost. There are many times I do not know what to do if I did not have my phone on me. It is like an addiction. We are so engaged in what is happening on social media, like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to name a few, instead of what is going on within our world. We are so dependent on our phones and what others are dong with themselves it is hard to focus on general issues and problems when we can even fix ourselves.

Of course, people have the ability to look at their phones and social media whenever, but the issues comes to when is it really necessary? I cannot keep count on how many times I see people on their phones while driving. They usually are on their devices, texting, or even scrolling while at the stoplight. Not only does it put danger in themselves but others around them. Most states have even made it illegal now to be on a cell phone while behind the wheel.

Another reason why social media is an addiction is due to the fact that we do not want to fall behind on a topic or issue, especially if it is viral. People are paranoid on missing out on a discussion and also being able to voice an opinion on it. This proves why we are constantly refreshing the page and seeing anything unique or different happening around us.

Lastly, having these portable social media apps that we can take anywhere with us is a threat to all of us. With all the consequences it has, we still ignore the effects it has on us. If there was a way to reach out to let others know what the real damage it does, it can really change the outlook on this addiction.

Summary Writing Reflective

Reflection of Summary Writing

During these past few weeks, my college writing two class has discussed what is summary writing.  I have learned new and important things about summaries. Mainly, summaries, in my definition, are short described gists of a topic. It includes the setting, plot, characters, and most importantly the theme. Summaries should only include the main points, not a lot of details, and use less information. A summary can be about anything, but should basically just be an overview of the subject. More importantly the reader should show the main points of their summary. 

Documentary Project

What Did I Just watch?!

 

Documentaries! These films fascinate me because I am always intrigued to hear the truth, not something the media fabricates or exaggerates on. I would say I have seen several films that range in all different categories from food to animals to life in other cultures. If I were to count I would say at most five. My favorite documentary I have seen so far would be Food Inc. This documentary shows the real truth behind our food we purchase at our local grocery stores. This story explained to the consumer just how terrible the large corporations treat our animals before killing it for us to eat. 

The most recent documentary I watched, which was also for my documentary project, was Blackfish. Before watching this film I thought what could be wrong with Sea World and Sea Land? Is it really that bad? After watching the film, it touched me in so many ways that are unimaginable. Never will I visit Sea World or Sea Land, any of those kinds of amusement attractions again. These poor animals are hunted and torn away from their families in the wild at such a young age. By watching this story, it explains that the Killer Whale stays with its mother and family through its whole life. Researchers claim that each family of whales has its own language and the whales have a part of the brain that humans lack. This part of the whale's brain enables the mammal to have a high emotional state of mind therefore causing trauma not only to this small baby whale but to it's family. Not only are these poor animals ripped away from their families, they are tortured, starved and enslaved in a small holding tank so we humans can entertain ourselves by watching them do tricks!  We are paying big companies to watch this  marine animal jump and get us wet. I thought we were more educated than that.

 

This documentary shows animals and marine life should not be taken from the wild. It ruins their entire lives, from being locked up, taken away from their families, and put into a small habitat space to live in.  Not only that, but it also impacts them mentally. Not knowing where they are, and usually all alone can make someone go mad and yet we blame the animals when they go on a rampage hurting and killing.  How can we blame the human for ruining these animals emotional stability?  Overall, these types of environments and facilities should be banned for their lack of cleanliness, non-experienced staff, and unhealthy living environment for the animals and marine life. 

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 Below is a photo of one of  Sea Worlds widely known Killer Whale Tilikum. 1/3 of his life is to preform in a short social environment with his staff and viewers watching. He comes out during the show to preform this pose and after to be put back into his small holdings area until the next show.

The feel for this course

So far I have made it through my first week of sophomore year of college. 
This semester I am taking a total of five classes, which seems to be a little overwhelming, but I'm pretty sure if I work hard I will be able to handle it.  I was a little nervous for my second college writing class since I am not a very good writer, or at least I think so. But after going to this class this first week was actually pretty interesting. We are encouraged to write or post things on a blog,which I have never done, so please bare with me. :) Looking through this syllabus, this course is not easy. I believe I will have to work hard to receive a good grade. The syllabus talks about how we are going to improve our rhetorical knowledge and skills. I am glad we are going to be working on that, I know that is a skill that will benefit me in the future. Also, a few times the syllabus repeats "write early; revise often". I'm glad it does because I always tend to write papers early, but not revise and edit it a lot. So seeing this I know to keep editing it until it is at its best. Overall, as long as I try my best, show up everyday, and be engaged in the material, I will not fall behind in this class nor fail this course. 

Slacktivism

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Slacktivism:

Actions performed via the internet in support of political or social cause with little time involved. Showing support through internet. 

In my college writing class, we discussed and created our own definition of Slacktivism.

My group came up with this definition:

Feeling "Good Feeling" without doing anything

Quick and easy way access 

Least amount of effort participating 

Sometimes pointless activity 

We also discussed how it relates to twitter and other social medias. 

With how anyone can like, share, favorite, and also comment on it.