Young, Hopeful, Clueless

The Young, Hopeful, and Clueless's Introduction to Blogging Ranging from “15 Ways to Flirt” to “15 Ways to Overthrow the Government,” blogs cover a plethora of information for many purposes while creating a community for every type of blogger and unique reader. At its most basic level, a weblog is a website where the content consists of regularly updated journal entries arranged in reverse chronological order (Forsey). Blogs are created for the user experience by the information presented, multimedia carefully selected, and casual wording. The goal of a blog is for readers to seek out information, read information, and respond to information. Blogs are great online locations to become involved in discourse communities because of the educational nature combined with entertaining composition to promote knowledge, personal growth, and a sense of community. Social media and blogging are both communicative in nature. Similar to social media, blogs require creators, content, and updates...

How I Use Digital Spaces to Communicate with Peers and to Partake in Specific Communities    What did Kardashian do at the party last night? Chances are Kim directed messaged (DM'd) you on a social media account where you have added each other as friends, and you waited for the juicy updates to appear in your morning feed. After seeing the beautiful sunsets and fun times, you suddenly felt like you missed out on the experience. Social media creates a custom experience for each account holder. Like the interaction between you and Kim, each interaction through a digital community sends the user on different highs and lows.  Direct messaging, taking and sharing photos or videos, and creating “posts” or “stories” are common features of social media apps. While sharing is an aspect of social media, so is the fear of missing out, a common experience described as FOMO. To avoid feeling the lows after the highs, I have learned to interact on social media in moderation. Social med...