Just Jenny

 For this discussion I chose to focus on the online argument between country music artists Zach Bryan and Walker Hayes.  I chose this argument, one,  because it's recent and two, because it's the prime example of how arguments are in today's time - online, without any face to face confrontation.  In case you're not familiar, Zach Bryan posted a comment about a new song that came out by Tyler Childers and how it's not being played by radio stations enough.  " “Imagine being radio (whoever the hell that is), hearing [Childers’] ‘Shake the Frost’ and being like, ‘no no let’s go with the Applebees song’,” Bryan wrote referencing a well-known line in the catchy tune that spent more than six months at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and hit the top 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Songs""(country now.com).  Bryan was basically saying that Walker Haye's "Fancy Like" song was mediocre enough to be played on radio stations, wherea...

I chose to listen to a podcast on iTunes by Brian Lehrer, that had guest speaker Will Oremus, a technology Reporter at the Washington Post, give a recap from a hearing regarding kids safety online and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.  The podcast was trying to relate this section of the act to the harmful effects of kids and social media.  Basically, What Will Omerus summed up what how this act can pretty much free social media platforms from any negative posts that are uploaded by their users.  For example, (this is an example I've come up with from what I gathered from the podcast) if someone goes on Tik Tok and promotes eating disorders among young teenagers, this can not be held against Tik Tok.  "The online service provider will not be treated as the publisher of the material that users post, i.e they will not be held liable" (Lehrer, 2024, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lawmakers-worry-about-social-medias-impact-on-kids/id1482313742?i=10006...

The online landscape has transformed the dynamics of public opinion formation and communication strategies by giving people even more outlets to view in order to form judgments and opinions, as well as more outlets to voice these opinions.  When I think of this I immediately think of politics, and well, Donald Trump with Twitter.  Twitter gave Donald Trump another outlet to voice his concerns and opinions and with that comes a larger audience, the social media audience.  The comments that he posted on Twitter were seen all over the world and made more people form certain opinions of him, which in turn effected not only peoples opinions, but also votes, and the future of the United States as far as who would be in presidency.  " P olitics is the intricate web of activities that revolve around a country’s government and its elected representatives’ official actions. It’s a dynamic field with its language, strategies, and tools. Central to this realm is political commun...

  For my business website research I chose Toyota.  Mainly because I love Toyota and the vehicles that it manufactures and no I don't even have a Toyota, but a girl can dream.  This company is known worldwide for their vehicles.  One important key to maintaining it's worldwide recognition is making sure to have astounding online communication and keep up with social media platforms.  On Toyota's website, they first show at the top of their website all the new vehicles for 2024 in what's basically a slide show.  In the middle of their page, they provide the user with shopping tools like the ability to build their Toyota or find a Toyota nearby.  At the bottom of the page, Toyota provides a few separate links, one for featured stories from new and existing Toyota owners and users and their experience with Toyota, another that explains the vehicles and their up to date technology, and lastly, a link showing the latest offers and services.  The compan...

Marc Prensky, who coined the terms "Digital Natives" and "Digital Immigrants," explains how technology has impacted education as far as students and educators.  A "Digital Native" is someone who came up in the technology generation, is more savvy with technology, and spends lots of time on a phone, computer, tablet, etc.  I like to use my niece and nephews for an example.  Both my niece and nephew use tablets to learn with in school, have had smartphones since the ages of 9 or 10, and know more about what I can do with my iPhone than I do.  A "Digital Immigrant" would be someone who came up before the technology generation and was not taught with technology in school and basically was quite used to a real deal pencil and paper.  These people are adapting to the new digital world and may have smartphones and use technology, but can still be stuck in their old ways.  One example I liked that Prensky used was how they may print a paper off in order ...

In Knapp's relational model, I can relate most to the "stagnation" phase.  I recently ended a three and a half year relationship with my son's father.  The stagnation phase really stuck out to me because the main reason I stayed in the relationship was because of my son.  In the stagnation stage, communication becomes more limited and the spouse can often feel trapped.  Also, people will stay in a relationship because of children or  other "unavoidable reasons." I had gotten to the point in the relationship that I wasn't happy, but I didn't want my son to grow up in a broken home.  I felt trapped, like I was going to be unhappy and miserable for the rest of my life.  My boyfriend and I weren't communicating about deep topics, we mainly talked about surface levels things and our son.  Most days I felt like we were roommates and not in an actual romantic relationship.  I spent most of the relationship in the stagnation stage.  I found two ...