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The Real Users Don’t Have a Profile

Facebook knows us: where we shop, where we eat, what we like, what we don’t like. As soon as we sign the user contract, we agree to this. We know that Facebook collects our data, but what do they use it for? Facebook makes its money through ads, that’s why…

Facebook

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Facebook

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·May 2, 2021

Where Violence Thrives

Throughout this semester, I’ve written a lot about Facebook; how it mines our data, how it interfered with the 2016 election, how it makes us become addicted to the validation it offers. All of these aspects of Facebook are, undoubtedly, bad, and can have severe effects on society, but the…

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·Mar 31, 2021

Social Dopamine Podcast Teaser

I’ve chosen to make a podcast intro for my project 10 assignment. The purpose of “Social Dopamine” is to talk about the ramifications of social media not only on users, but on society. The podcast would focus on current events surrounding social media giants and their owners and how…

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·Mar 20, 2021

Green and Serene

My favorite place to relax on campus is the greenhouse. Here are a few lush, green pictures from inside.

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Green and Serene

My favorite place to relax on campus is the greenhouse. Here are a few lush, green pictures from inside.

A large tree shades a koi pond in the greenhouse (Photo by Maya Savedra)

Published in Maya G. --Savedra

·Mar 20, 2021

Profile

When I was younger, I wanted to be a photographer. My dad bought me a small red camera, and I took pictures of anything I found interesting or wanted to remember. Here are a few pictures of my favorite things: the greenhouse on campus, a beautiful tree, and my friend…

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Profile

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·Mar 9, 2021

Choose Your Weapon

Throughout time, humans have created terrible weapons of war. In WWI, Germany had mustard gas, burning the skin, eyes, and throat of anyone exposed to it. Twenty-one years later in WWII, the U.S. had the Atomic Bomb, which killed hundreds of thousands in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, we have a…

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·Mar 3, 2021

Maps

Lab 8 This map shows the top Facebook-using countries in the world as of January 2021. India uses Facebook the most, but the U.S. follows right behind. Why do American’s still use Facebook so much despite the numerous other social media platforms available? One reason may be because around one-third of Americans get their news from Facebook. In fact, 53% of Americans get at least some of their news from social media in general.

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Maps

Lab 8

This map shows the top Facebook-using countries in the world as of January 2021. India uses Facebook the most, but the U.S. follows right behind. Why do American’s still use Facebook so much despite the numerous other social media platforms available? One reason may be because around one-third of Americans get their news from Facebook. In fact, 53% of Americans get at least some of their news from social media in general.

Published in Maya G. --Savedra

·Feb 27, 2021

Lab 7

Part 1 This chart shows that Facebook (green) overtook Myspace (red) in 2009 and rose in popularity until about 2013, when it began to fall in popularity. YouTube has been more steady in it’s popularity rates, and is now coming close to Facebook’s popularity as Facebook declines. Part 2

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·Feb 19, 2021

The Validation Machine

Every now and then, the discussion around social media and mental health creeps into the public discourse. I never paid much attention to that conversation. It didn’t seem to affect me that way it seemed to affect others, so I went on merrily scrolling. But over quarantine, I started to…

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