Video for the group: (Podcast)
Question:
-Describe the key characteristics of any discussed social media platforms.
-What features & characteristics of existing media technologies make them effective for personal
learning?
Hey folks, my name is Zihan Bai, but you can call me Amy. I am currently studying major of psychology and am a fourth-year student. I would say I am a bit old fashion don’t use social media a ton. I only used WeChat, YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, and Spotify sometimes. However, I can not live without social media. I had learned a couple of social media key characteristics such as content creator, building a profile, and instant communication. Social media also created several media terms or slang that make conversation easier. Content creator basically means users or anyone can create posts and post videos online. It brings human connection closer especially during pandemics. For example, when we study online or family/friends are living in another city, we can reach out to them easily. Even without being around us all the time. When they see the post that we share, they will know what is going on in their life. Creating post also help social interactions and express emotions or even solve personal problems. For example, one time my old house pipe broke, and the house got overflowed. Then, I just make a post looking for help in my Facebook group. A couple of minutes later, there are a bunch of people message me to help take a look and find a 24-hour plumber as well. People don’t let you wait. If I was trying to fix the problem myself, it might take a day or two. In the teaching system, teachers are posting information all the time. It will get to students faster and easier for them to make changes as well. Furthermore, people build profiles on different websites to find jobs. It helps build the economy worldwide. Creating images, text, videos, and symbols are easy tools. It is probably easier to send a face emoji because it is a direct express feeling instead video calls or meet up. Sometimes people say it is hard to see what other people think but emojis or symbols make direct connections.
Question
– How does the technology allow you to enhance/develop your digital identity/reputation?
-What are social considerations that should be accounted for?
How Technology Enhances Our Digital Reputation
Digital Identity is the image that we project to the entire world and is crucial to our communal and business success (Hall, 2021). This allows us to create our identity online and hopes that others will recognize us online. Kelly notes that most of us are using social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram in one way or the other (2019). These social media platforms enable us to build our online identity through the messages, pictures, and information we post online. Similarly, through the accounts we follow and are tagged, individuals who use social media platforms build a reputation for themselves (Hall, 2021). In essence, the advancement of technology in the social media sector has provided us with an opportunity to build our image which can be leveraged to secure employment or business contacts.
Social Considerations in Building Digital Identity
One of the social considerations when creating a digital identity is the possibility of such an identity being the basis of profiling. This implies that one has to be careful with regards to the information they leave behind online as this might be used to discriminate against them. Another social implication of digital identities is the issue of unsolicited consent. Khatchatourov & Chardel (2019) argues that digital platforms, especially social media, involve exposing tones of personal information online that most companies extract and use without the consent of the owner of the information. This brings the issue of privacy breaches as most companies tend to take ownership of the information in our digital identities without our knowledge.
Question
-What are the ways the technology tracks and uses your data – how can this be used to benefit a PLN?
-What are the strengths and weaknesses of the privacy, security, and acceptable use policies for the social media platforms.
My name is bingxin Xia, I will talk about discussing the social media platform usually contains many arguments. People will start a debate on a certain topic, PresentING THEIR own arguments upfront and giving corresponding evidence to support their arguments. In many cases, however, when people get too emotional, the discussion turns into a personal attack. People often bring their own prejudices about certain regions or certain social groups into their debates.
Modern media can make it easier for people to learn, they provide the following help to make it easier for people to master the knowledge they need. First of all, many media allow the existence of dual pictures. That is to say while looking at the gestures or expressions of the lecturers, we can also see the slides they made. Therefore, we can more easily understand the relatively obscure content. In addition, modern media also provide a variety of subtitles. If we hope to master the knowledge, it will be taught by foreigners, and our foreign language ability is not enough for us to understand the content taught by foreign lecturers. In this case, we can better understand the knowledge mentioned in the lecture by reading the subtitles.
There is a teacher from Austria(Who’s Hu) on the Chinese website bilibili. The young Austrian taught learners how to make western food, such as ice cream or pizza. This youngster quickly attracted many fans and ranked high on bilibili’s food teaching list. The audience liked the young Austrian not only because the food he made tasted good, but also because he could teach in Chinese throughout the course. His Chinese pronunciation is accurate, clear, and easy to understand. This allows many Chinese who want to learn authentic western food to learn authentic western cooking methods.
Food bloggers, including this young Austrian, usually use appetizing images as the cover of their videos to attract more followers to learn how to make these dishes. In addition, they also like to simplify the steps of making these delicacies as much as possible and use common ingredients to replace some exotic ingredients to ensure that learners can easily obtain these food-making materials. In order to get more attention, they also tried their best to reproduce the food of some restaurants. They try to choose well-known dishes from well-known restaurants, and the more refined they look, the better. After they successfully reproduced, they filmed the process of making this dish, accompanied them with their detailed explanation, and then presented the video to the audience. To facilitate the audience to learn.
Bloggers usually use the number of followers and the number of followers to determine whether they are successful. If in a short period of time, their number of followers has skyrocketed, it means that a certain video they made is quite popular. Others weigh their success by the number of ads they receive. Getting enough ads means they can make more money. At the same time, if the advertising company is willing to find them for cooperation, it means that the advertising company recognizes their teaching videos.
Who’s Hu. White Sausage Breakfast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdv4xNV8j7M 2022
Question:
Provide examples of individuals who have used a PLN to become leaders in a field of interest, and discuss their presence on the platform?
How do they use social media platforms to build their reputation/presence?
Hello everyone, my name is Tengfei Shi, my major is economics, and this is my last semester at Uvic. Many individuals have used PLN to become leaders in a specific area, and we want to introduce Pamela Reif as a famous blogger in the physical fitness area, She is 23 years old and from Germany. She joined YouTube in 2013 and has 8.83 million subscribers to date. Pamela is not only a blogger but also a fitness teacher because she created the efficient fat-burning exercise by her name, which is practiced by many netizens.
Pamela’s success has a lot to do with the spread of social media. In 2012, as a high school student, Pamela noticed that her video about food and selfies on Instagram was getting a lot of attention, and she realized that fitness could get more attention on social media. So she decided to make some exercise videos and post them on social media, and just a year later, she has half a million followers.. so After that, Pamela decided to create her own fitness channel on YouTube in 2013. Pamela makes her work stand out from the rest of the bloggers by highlighting the details in her videos. Clean and beautiful backgrounds, simple and clear post-production(Brock,2019). At the same time, Pamela keeps up with frequent updates and actively interacts with her fans. On average, she updates her YouTube account four times a month and her Instagram account 15 times a month. She shares her workout plans on Instagram, encourages others to practice together, and posts workout videos on YouTube. In terms of fan interaction, Pamela will guide her fans to re-share fitness and training, so that one-way fitness videos can become interactive two-way content and further improve the spread on social media! And improve her PLN quality. Those followers on YouTube who have successfully lost weight will share Pamela’s channel with their friends. Her Intimate interaction with her fans has also increased engagement, and finally become one of the top fitness bloggers on YouTube.
Brock, D.(2019):The Journey To Top Blogger : This course will give you great tips how to become a top blogger and generate a passive income., Scribl, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=6375604.
Question：
How would you know that your PLN is a success?
Hello everyone, my name is Tianxiang wang, you can also call me Wang or Huni. I’m a senior in economics and I’m a big fan of social media software like Tiktok, Instagram, and WeChat. My question is about how to know one’s own PLN is successful. I think page views and click-through rate are the most important things in Tiktok, and a lot of click-through rates can increase the exposure of the video so that more people can see it. There may be various advertisers among these people, and they will contact you to cooperate if they like your video. Earning money from videos is also an important factor in proving success. Views and comments and followers are more important in Instagram. Many celebrity entertainers, company leaders and government officials like to post announcements, plans or people of preference through Instagram. The number of fans in instagram can be said to represent the popularity and the success of the account. A large number of followers is beneficial to the speed and influence of the information you publish. If you have tens of millions of fans, a sentence, a video or a photo you share may be recognized and promoted by millions of people. One of my favorite Instagram bloggers is Edison Chen, who has 3.11 million followers. His account is edcee3000, where he often shares photos of his family and art. His work is fashion brand clothing, the clothes he wears and the brands he designs are loved and sought after by tens of thousands of people. The most used social platform software in China is called Wechat. Its main sharing features are videos, photos and texts that only friends can see. The social reach is limited, but the amount of likes and comments is the most important way to succeed. Good sharing can be recognized by friends and increase daily understanding and joy. A lot of social costs affect how people socialize. Wechat can be a good solution. Only friends can see and share. On the one hand, it protects privacy, and on the other hand, it allows shy and vulnerable groups to better show themselves. This is where it is very successful, and it is a very successful embodiment. If you are a professional media social platform worker, among the most used social media software. Your PLN brings you a lot of income, so it must be the most successful for you.
Reference
Leave a Reply