Self-Reflective piece

I see my writing developing in this class. Probably cause there was so much of it, it had to improve! But practice make perfect, right? Im glad though because writing wasn't my strongest field, but with guidance i've seen a lot of my mistakes and how I can fix them. This class has been so helpful,fun and very interesting. Professor Navarro was very detailed when he graded my assignments, this really helped realize what mistakes I made so I try to make sure I don't make them again. Im sure that I will continue to improve for the rest of this semester. Are we going to have many more writing assignments?

5 Questions

Riana’s Questions
 1)in your opinion, do you think you’re addicted to fb? Do you think you can live with out FB for a week?

 2) Does facebook act as a distraction or pose as a barrier to you completing an activity? if so, how? Can you remember a specific instance where it was a distraction? What were the consequences to these actions?

 3) In your life did facebook ever create any conflicts or problems between you and family or friends? Can you provide an example.

 4)Has facebook blurred or changed your view of friendship? if so how? After using social networking websites for x amount of time can you tell me what you think a friend is right now?

 5) How has facebook positively or negatively changed your social skills? If so how?

UGC Remix

This is based on the movie Titanic with Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio A remix in music is usually something new added to the original song, it can be examples such as a new underlying beat, a faster tempo or a added new verse by a different artist. In this case, the "remix" or twist of the video is that it takes a very tragic situation, makes it humorous and ironically, accurate, even though the humor is really stupidity at it's finest. This remix can be a way of connecting with humans in that it is somewhat enticing to us. Not only is it entertaining and funny, it uncovers a new view of the situation, not necessarily a good view, but a different view none the less. In a sense, it kind of provides an escape or a relief from the actual drama and sadness of it all. These may be the reasons why this remix provides a connection with people and why they would watch it. I don't often come in contact with remixes in my daily life.

UGC

I chose this video "Don't Fit in if you want to stand out." The name pretty much sums up the main idea of the video. Though it may not be as entertaining and funny as the videos my classmates posted, it is very motivational and in my opinion, just plain true and relatable,we try to hard to fit in when we are born to stand out. Which I think makes the video VERY effective. I honestly don't even think that this video would be produced by "traditional" media, because it goes against the norm, it promotes uniqueness, which I think is completely contrary to what media promotes. All I see in in the media being promoted are things like style, and technology, just to name two. All I hear is a silent voice that that screams, "THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE WEARING, THIS IS WHAT IS "IN-STYLE," YOU NEED TO BE BUYING AND WEARING THESE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING, OR YOU WILL BE CATEGORIZED AS DIFFERENT!" "IF YOU DONT BUY THIS NEW GADGET YOU WILL BE LOST IN THE WORLD!" Even television shows do it subliminally, you see a character you love, you love their style, or personality. This is enough to make you want to conform to how they are or how they look, i'll admit, I do it to an extent. That is the kind of world we live in, a big world of conformity where uniqueness is yearned for.