Read How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study by Sapna Meheshwari in the New York Times. Summarize the sequence of events. You may write in point form. This should be done on your blogs.
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Watch the following video to answer the questions you received in class today,. Questions
Do you watch any vloggers? What skills do you think a vlogger needs to have? What qualities and skills do you think the superstar vloggers have? Do you think it is easy to be a vlogger or do you think it takes actual work? What do you think the future of vlogging will be? Do you think the superstar vloggers will be as or more famous 5 years from now? 10 years from now? 20 years from now? Would you consider vlogging as a hobby or a career? Do you think that vloggers are vain and inane?
These people found fame in a unique way. They are referred to as social influencers and all they have to do is video their everyday lives. How is this even possible? Do you have a future in vlogging? What would you vlog about? Do you think vloggers are narcissistic?
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You have probably realized in this whirlwind of activity that you are not quite in Kansas, okay,English anymore. You are correct, and this is a good thing. You are in Literary Studies/New Media 10. The "new" piece to English 10 is the new media piece, which is designed to empower you as a consumer and content producer of media. What have we done so far? First of all, you should have a functional Wordpress blog. Your first post should be your autobiography that you wrote in class. Secondly, we have explored our digital footprints and, hopefully, you have googled yourselves and found nothing alarming. Furthermore, you should realize the value of creating a positive digital footprint. You can do this. Remember that you are a content creator. Thirdly...I hear you saying, "We have done more." Yes, you have! You have looked at terms related to media and you have looked at media from a historical viewpoint. |
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