MM 3503 - Abby Johnson

  Social Media Influencer Critique:  David Dobrik TW: Talk of Sexual Assault      While being a social media influencer may seem like it is constantly full of paid vacations, brands sending you free products, and many "friends", there is also a side of the influencer lifestyle that exposes many people and brings to light all of their worst mistakes. Although the Instagram pictures and YouTube videos may make it seem like these people are living the perfect lives, it does not take much for someone on the Internet to find out something that can ruin someone's career. A perfect example of this is David Dobrik, a YouTube personality who seemed to have a huge career ahead of him before recent controversies have put his career on a downhill spiral.      24-year-old David Dobrik was born in Slovakia before his parents moved to Illinois when he was 6 years old . After high school, Dobrik moved to Los Angeles in order to pursue his social media career star...

  2021 Classmate Blog Critique     One aspect of our Mass Media classes that I particularly enjoy is getting to see and read my classmates' blogs as they update them throughout the semester. Not only is it interesting getting to see what my peers are looking at and researching for our assignments, but I am also able to get some ideas for the assignments if I feel stuck on the topic. While all of my classmates have done a great job on their blogs this semester, there are two that I wanted to focus on for the classmate blog critique. These two blogs are Mackenzy Turner's and Cory Evans'.     Starting with Mackenzy's, there are a few things that I really enjoy about her blog. Right off  the bat, the appearance of her blog and the aesthetic of it is very appealing. It is a simple look and has a very convenient and efficient feel that allows the reader to easily scroll through her past posts. I think it is very important to have a look on your website that draws...

  COVID coverage around the world          The pandemic has almost completely turned around the lives of virtually everyone in one way or another. While COVID-19 has given us chances to find common ground with many people and has allowed more people to rely on each other, there is a large and steady difference that has occurred between the United States and the rest of the world. Bruce Sacerdote, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, said he began noticing something different while watching COVID coverage on popular news networks in the U.S. . Bruce said that everything seemed so negative despite any promising data that he has heard of surrounding the pandemic. It seemed like these news channels were emphasizing the increase of COVID cases when they were rising. In addition, when these cases were falling in a majority of the country, the news was focusing on the smaller percentage of places where the cases were continuing to rise.     ...