Social Networking

Social Media has escalated quickly, years ago there use to be just AOL messenger and Myspace, now there are thousands of different messaging and media sites that can be accessed from any form of technology. Sharing information online is as easy as typing a message and clicking a button to post your information. There are things that anyone should think about before they post in social media like, who is my target audience for this post, what response am I looking for from this post, is my spelling correct, is it appropriate for all my followers, will everyone understand what im saying, is it something I want to share and will I look bad later on after I post it, these are just a few things to think about when your about to post a status, tweet, or caption for a picture. There are also common rules that should be followed when it comes to social networking, like keeping personal conversations private, too many times I see full blown conversations taking place under someones new profile picture. No one wants to see all that so do social media a favor, and text the individual. Another issue that happens a lot on media, is the use of bad language, I have family on my social media accounts and Facebook is the main site that my family can see my information. If I am tagged in a picture and the caption is something that is going to make my grandma mad, then please refrain from tagging me in that post. Another issue is one with twitter, there are two different types of users on twitter, the ones who post once in every blue moon and then there are the ones that post every 2 minutes.

Over the semester we have had to create different products that help us show we understand the information being presented on certain topics. Creating the different products has helped me to better understand digital citizenship, it did so by the guidelines we had to follow, we needed to make sure that our posts were relevant to the topic at hand, we had to make sure that we thought about our target audience and what we wanted them to get out of the project we made, and we wanted to make sure that the information was short and to the point and that it was easy to understand. This is similar to digital citizenship because you constantly have to think about the information you are trying to present and if it is relevant and if there are any rules/guidelines, are you following them.

Social Media & Romantic Relationships

Are you really even dating if you Facebook status still says "single"? Everything is in the digital age, we get our daily new from social media, we communicate through media, media controls the simple aspects of our every day life. Social media has quite a few rules but add a relationship into the mix and everything gets complicated. When you in a relationship, everyone watches what you post and will analyze the words you use even the way you pose in a picture. A lot of times when people are in a relationship they tend to forget about respect when they are on social media, meaning a lot of people tend to rub it in others faces that they are taken, they do this by going to their partners account and commenting on every picture and liking every status, this is a way of "leaving their mark" so that others know not to mess with that person. Another thing that takes place in online relationships is that fact of having the same enemies. If you boyfriend/girlfriend does not like a certain individual then you too do not like that person. This also can be said about friends, if your partner is best friends with "Frank" than you become best friends with him as well. On the other hand, if the relationship ends then so does the friendships created with the relationship. 

During the semester we viewed a power point that talked about the life cycle of relationships, and it talks about having a shared social network, the main thing I took away from this was that the relationships our partner has, begins to overlap with the relationships we have individually. So the small friends group we had before a relationship now grows once we are in a relationship and we get introduced to other friend groups. 

Social Media & Crafts

Personally, I like to craft in my spear time, my sister was in a sorority and they did many different crafts while in the sorority, from making paddles to decorating an entire room for an event. When I think of crafting the first thing I do is turn on my computer and start looking on YouTube or Pinterest for ideas and examples. With respect to digital citizenship, I do believe that there are rules and guidelines when it comes to posting information about crafts on social media. One important "Don't" that should be taken into account is that its not okay for someone to copy anothers artists design, or work. What I mean by this is that when I am looking on YouTube or Pinterest, I am not looking to copy the exact work that I am viewing, I am using the sites as inspiration for myself. Another "Don't" with posting about crafts is not not spam, it is annoying and will turn people away. This ties back into my post about cooking, there are going to be followers or comments that are against some of the things being posted, the correct response is to accept that someone does not approve of your work, and move on. Not everyone is going to like everything you do but just because one person does not like one thing does not mean that the rest of your crafts are bad or wont get any likes.

When presenting these guidelines to users on social media, I would make a video about them, I would do this because, personally, I use videos to get my ideas for crafting so it only seems right to continue that. The video would involve someone creating a craft or going through the steps of crafting and then going through the steps of presenting their craft to the digital world. There would be Do's and Don'ts about blogging and this would help media users become aware of what they should and should not do.

A new source that I would turn to would be Instagram, posting short videos that explain the Do's and Don'ts of digital citizenship with respect to crafting.

Over the semester we did many different assignments that let us demonstrate our understanding of the information we retained for a specific week. During one of the weeks we had a group project where we looked at three different social media sites and the people that post on those sites. Doing that project helped me to understnad digital citizenship now, meaning, we looked at the sites that celebrities used and we decided if the information they posted was relevant to current events and if it was appropriate for their viewers.

Social Media & Cooking

1   A good digital citizen with regards to cooking should keep in mind that a single recipe from one person does not define all the recipes that come from that one person. For example, when a person posts a recipe that might have gotten bad reviews or the majority thought the product was bad, it does not always mean that that one bad recipe defines all of their other recipes. Another guideline that should be followed for cooking posts is that posts should be short and to the point, recipes should be easy to follow with clear directions and measurements regarding the ingredients involved. Along with having clear recipes, posts will have comments that talk about someone likes and dislikes about the recipe, another guideline talks about being able to accept dislikes. Finally, it is important to give substitutions for ingredients that might not be readily available to ones use.

2   These guidelines would be represented to uses of social media through the use of a digital graphic.

3    A new source I would use would be a video outlining digital citizenship related to cooking and what happens when someone does not follow the guidelines.

4   Over the semester we have gained a lot of information on social media as well as the topic of digital citizenship. One of the first articles that we read talked about the 5 questions that you should ask yourself before posting information online. The 5 questions are; Am I seeking approval, Am I boasting, Am I discontent, Is this a moment to protect, and Is it kind. These 5 questions have helped shape my opinions on what digital citizenship is and in this case, digital citizenship dealing with social media and cooking.