Final Assignment

At the beginning of the semester I thought it was good that there was a class which was like an introduction to college. The class was informative as well because it would've taken me longer to find things, like the library and knowing how to use the website better, if I hadn't taken the class. Also every assignment is posted online so I don't forget to do anything.
Group presentations were also fun. My favorite thing we did was the mid term, where we had to find a way to save the president from New York, which was a prison that he was being held hostage in. The most positive aspect of the course is that you get knowledge which you would have to find yourself otherwise. It also isn't stressful and you can go at a decent pace. You also learn vast knowledge of the 90's from Prof. Logan himself.

Social Media Consultation: Starbucks in Action

Starbucks was founded in the early 70's, so before their main clientele was adults, but now since younger people (teenagers) are drinking more coffee they have found new ways to get their products out to them. They use social media sites like twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to advertise their vast production of services. On twitter they have about 6.86 million followers. They frequently post new products and limited time deals on certain things. They start trends that relate to their products, for example now that winter is here they begin to sell their favorite winter product. The limited time pumpkin spice late. They post tons of things saying "ITS BACK, get it while its hot". It doesn't take long before people begin to upload post and pictures with the #pumpkin spice. Same thing happens on Instagram where they upload celebrities and or athletes enjoying their products. On Facebook tons of people click "like" on coffee then tons of things on Starbucks begin to come up, advertising their extensive supply on coffee. They use YouTube to showcase new products through funny and relatable situations that coffee drinkers come across and or overcome by drinking their coffee. These situations are retable to younger people since now in 2014 is their biggest clientele. They also post a lot of random things that isn't really relevant to their product but relevant/important to their customers. For example they would post things about supporting the army and or supporting the fight against cancer.They do this to attract their customers to their company as a whole. Starbucks shows their support in a lot of other things that the people seem to stand behind. This makes them more likable as a company, this in turn makes people want to buy more of their coffee. They will continue to do this because it works and it has a lot of people’s attention. Since people are visiting these sites on a daily bases it’s near impossible to ignore Starbucks. Now that every time you are craving coffee you will be driving to the nearest Starbucks thirsty for caffeine.

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Social Resume

Privacy

The Privacy Dilemma 
This article talks about how the more we post, online, the less private our lives become. It also talks about how there's only so much a consumer can do to prevent this from happening. This seems to be the obvious, but its actually a serious problem today which may only worsen in the future. If people stay updated on their passwords and account status this has more of a chance of being prevented.

Why Privacy is Actually Thriving Online
The article explains how publicity and privacy go together. It also goes more in depth talking about publicity not being a necessarily bad thing like everyone talks about. Publicity helps just as many people as it does hurt them. I think this article is on point especially how it looks at a different point of view on privacy. I believe some things you should keep public, like business, and personal things private.

Privacy Is A Part Of Civilized Society: There's No Defense For Having It Taken By Force

This article presents a similar topic, how publicity is good for many people, but instead of talking about how good it is it talks about how it's forced. We don't have much control over what goes public or who goes private and this is very true. About a year ago I posted a pic on my Instagram, which is set on private, and one of my followers screen shot the picture which others found offensive. I went somewhat public and got a lot of hate but the offense wasn't intentional. 

Privacy

Twitter - My profile on twitter is very low key. It's private, therefore people have to request to follow me. I really don't use it at all though.

 Instagram - Also set on private. People have to request to follow me and I approve or decline to decide their fate. This is my main social network account with the most activity. Still no much but I have some followers.

 Soundcloud - This account is public. Anybody can see me, follow me, look at my tracks, or my likes. Not as many people use it.

 Facebook - My Facebook account was my very first social network account. I don't necessarily use it any more, even though I should, but I'll go on to see if my mom's posted a pic or something. 

I think that Facebook has the best privacy settings even though I don't use it as much. I like how you can choose who can read certain posts and be really specific. It's also easiest to search for people on Facebook because, instead of user names, people use their own name. I've been off of Facebook for a while so I feel a disconnection between my added friends which makes me not want to post anymore. Even though Facebook is good with privacy settings, Instagram feels like a fresher start. You don't need to say as many personal things about yourself on Instagram, unlike Facebook, when you post where you go to school, where you work, where you live, etc. All I have to do on Instagram is post a picture and say one thing about it and everyone's happy.

We have decided to change our project a little to focus more on a specific topic. Which is how has Social Media affected the music industry,and what ways have the music industry adapted to these social media outlets.

Group members and Roles: 

Leader: Dominique Carter

Organizer: Sergio Sapon

Peacekeeper/Check up : Carolina Nuño

Editor/Reviser: Dalton Cramer 


Dominique Carter:

Will be researching on the copyright laws passed over the years due to the come up of all the social media sites and apps. Trying to see if their any laws passed directly to use of music, and looking into how people reacted to the new laws being passed.


Dalton Cramer:

Will be looking into the statistics of the sales of the music due to the use of Social media sites/apps. How dramatically has it changed over the years and how much it will change. Also on how it has affected the distribution of the music being sold.


Sergio Sapon and Carolina Nuño:

Will be working together on researching on social media like Twitter, Vine, Facebook etc and how it helps and sometimes hurt the artists and their music. Finding out which one is being used the most by record labels/artist and how. Also talking about how these sites/apps have taken place of the conventional ways of advertisement of music.



The resources we will be using will primarily be Wikipedia, the UHD Catalogs, and this websitehttp://www.theguardian.com/business/musicindustry. The site post allot of current events in the music industry and how certain apps are affecting certain artist and the music. It will also help us link to other sites concerning the industry and how Social media is in affect. We are also planning on going on the websites of certain record labels to see how they are using the social media to help promote their artist. We will even  be going onto the apps and sites ourselves directly to see if we see anything relating to our project. Since we use these sites daily we are sure we will constantly find new things that we can use as current events.