Demarko R. Learning Journal

      I found this weeks reading very informative in explaining how social media apps make a profit. At this point in the world, the basics of social media is nothing new to us. As Lipschultz (2020) stated, "balancing the need to keep up and health concerns from living online are real (p.184).  Social media is the center point for most of our lives, spending hours on a single app just to see whats trending. Over the years social media has only grown bigger, which "lead to people investing in new technology that is increasingly connected to social media" (p. 185). The innovation of social media has opened doors for many people looking for entrepreneurship. Many social medias have offered a very convenient way for people to promote themselves or businesses. Instagram and Facebook are one of the main social medias that I know of that have dedicated areas on their apps for people promoting their businesses, with Facebook's market and Instagram's dedicated shop sectio...

      The readings from the past couple of weeks have created a totally new stand point in how I see social media, blogs, wikis, and how a basic web search can affects how we are viewed. My first thought of a wiki was the website Wikipedia. At first glance, I was confused on why we would want to learn about something our teachers/ professors always warned us about, only to find out that a wiki can be very useful in almost any situation involved with sharing information within a group of people. I found the past couple of readings very educating and in some cases entertaining. When I was first introduced to We are Date by Cheney-Lippold, J (2017), I would have never thought that an algorithm based off of what we have searched on the internet could determine what age, sex, and even ethnicity it thinks we are (p.8).     Not too far off from an algorithm that determines who we are from a search on the internet, Is how social media companies collect data from us and ...

     I chose to use Instagram because, even though I do not use it the most, it is one of my more preferable social media platforms that I use. According to the app activity tracker, I used Instagram on an average of 39 minutes a day through out the four day time period (which I have listed below). I only use Instagram from my Apple iPhone, since there is an app that makes it convenient to use. I tend to only use the app when I am bored and need to pass some time. From what I have noticed as I tracked myself, on the week days, I use the app when I first get into work or when I take lunch for work.       The app usage on the week days are much shorter than the weekends because I tend to have a lot less free time on the week days. When I get off of work I head straight to the gym and after the gym I head home to do some school work. On the weekends I tend to have more free time and I find myself using the app at random times. Usually if something catches...