Blog 12

This is my last blog post and even though ESOC is not over, I feel as though I have learned a ton and understand more about collaboration in online communities. On Tuesday we discussed our assigned reading called The Tweaker: The Real Genius of Steve Jobs.

In this article I learned all about his life. I find it interesting that Steve had a difficult time furnishing and decorating his house because he loved perfection. All of his apple products took years to make and he was constantly looking to prefect everything he started. He started with the very first IPhone and now we have the IPhone 7 which can do pretty much everything needed. However, he wasn’t the maker of the products, Jonathon Ive was. Ive was the designer behind iMac, the iPod, and the iPhone. Jobs was the judge of all the products and critiqued everything Ive did. However, he was the one on stage announcing products and taking credit for everything. Jobs was known for taking peoples ideas and making them better, but if he is making the products better than I think he should be given the credit because in the end he made the products bigger and better. Its interesting though because all over the internet it says he was the inventor, businessman, and entrepreneur. I believe in the end he made other peoples ideas better and that is why he was known for being the man he is today.

In class we also formed our Unit 2 projects. I will be working with Davis Berryhill, Hillary Goldman, and Carly Levy. Our project is on gay marriage. Our way of campaigning was creating an Instagram account where we have posted uplifting pictures and saying. Our goal is to have famous gay celebrities or people who support gay marriage use or hashtag for spreadability. Our video looks great too.

I have learned so much in the class and have become a better collaborator. From our two group projects I had to learn how to equally distribute work among all my group members. I normally overpower group projects and like to control. However, I think I did a great job letting everyone participate.

2 best blog posts:

Hurvitz, Rachel. "Esoc Rachel." Blog 9. N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.

Hurvitz, Rachel. "Esoc Rachel." Blog #10. N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.

2 best blog comments:

Goldman, Hillary. "Economic Society 211- Blog 1." Blog 8. N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.

Berryhill, Davis Miller. "ESOC211." Unit 2 Projects Begin... N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.

I really enjoyed this class that I have decided to become a double major in E-society and Communication. I can't wait for all my fun classes to come!

Blog #11

In class today on March 28^th we talked about the following reading “Was Foucault a Plagiarist”. In this class we have been learning a lot about hashtagging and social media. On different types of social media like Instagram and Twitter it is so easy to Plagiarize other peoples opinions and thoughts. We also learned about open sourced software depends on licensing. Open sourced software is usually free software, licensed under GPL meaning it can be shared with others and has many benefits, and is very secure.

In this specific article, Mickey Hess argues that comparing academic citations and hip-hop sampling can significantly help students become better uses of sourcework. I think both types of plagiarizing are similar but different. When writing a paper or a blog in E-Society it is so important to use your own words or pair phrase. When writing songs or covers it is okay to plagiarize to make your own mashup or make a song sound better. Also, it is common when artists say a line from another singer.

I have started to think about the Unit 2 project and which social cause I feel most passionate about. I would love to talk about Abortion, Planned Parenthood Funding, or even Gay Marriage. Although these topics are controversial, I cannot wait for my video to be done to show my point.