- Instagram Conversation...Do You Have Instagram Envy?
- Read the article "The Agonies of Instagram" and answer 2-3 of the following questions on your blog.
- Respond to 2 other blog posts...and ONE from Ms. Leavitt's class!
- Do you use Instagram? If so, to what degree do you identify with the ideas described in the article?
- Do you think people put too much, too little or just enough energy into the way they depict their lives through photos on social media? Explain.
- Do you ever look forward to events because you know you will post photos afterward?
- Is there anything wrong with that?
- The article quotes David Coggins, who says he doesn’t think people should post “trophies,” or photos of expensive things or places few people get to visit. What is your take on this suggestion?
- Feature Article Elements Breakdown
- Partner or alone
- Were you surprised by your findings?
- Solidifying your article ideas for NEXT class
- Look at how this will affect your grade...it's the only major assignment this quarter.
- 94...0 on assignment...new average 47
- 94...50 on assignment...new average 72
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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I'm not an avid Instagram user...in fact my only post is of Ms. Leavitt's dog Frank. I think my hesitation toward using it is because it is a facade of reality...as well as the audience is too darn diverse. As soon as I registered, I had invites to follow, as well as people following me. This included close friends, but also family, students, former students, former coworkers, and people I barely know. Had I known more, I would have filtered my audience...because does everyone in my life get to know everything about me? This leads me to wonder if teens, both just entering and just leaving high school, really understand the power of audience. Do they...do you...understand the assumptions and opinions even one image can elicit on a social media site such as Instagram?
ReplyDeleteI do have an Instagram but I don't ever use it . Part of it is because I'm too lazy and the other part is I feel like every picture I post needs to be interesting and look good, or else people will be like "why would she post this photo?". Just like everything else in there world there is judgement on Instagram. This kind of connects to your last sentence, do people really understand the assumptions and opinions other people get from your photos? It's easy to judge a book my its cover, and just as easy to judge a photo that may to you have no meaning behind it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement of others not really knowing the message they are sending. I think most people post not thinking of what could come along with it. I also have an Instagram but don't really use for that reason. But also like you said I don't want everyone to know everything that's going on in my life.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of Instagram, but I don't have or use it. I'm sure that I wouldn't have know about the audience that was looking at my photos. That seems like a big deal. They should probably put something such as a setting that you could probably have only people you know or want to see it.
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