n the course you will have inevitably come across readings that you disliked or disagreed with. This section provides the opportunity to offer up critique of three readings. Here you should summarize the main thesis/argument of each reading

Social Media part 2

Reading Critique (300 words per article)

In the course you will have inevitably come across readings that you disliked or disagreed with. This section provides the opportunity to offer up critique of three readings. Here you should summarize the main thesis/argument of each reading. Then, describe your critique of the reading – what is it that the author gets wrong? What was missing? What further evidence would be needed to sway your opinion? Here it is not enough to state you disliked a particular article, you must also explain – as specific as possible – what about the article you disliked and why.

Readings below:

  1. Reading one: Aren’t These Just Young, Rich Women Doing Vain Things Online?: Influencer Selfies as Subversive Frivolity

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2056305116641342

  1. Reading two: Elspeth Reeve’s “The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens”

https://newrepublic.com/article/129002/secret-lives-tumblr-teens

  1. Reading three: Kate Miltner’s “There’s no place for lulz on LOLCats’: The role of genre, gender, and group identity in the interpretation and enjoyment of an Internet meme.”
  2. Reading four:  Adamic, Buyukokkten, and Adar’s “A social network caught in the web
  3. Reading five: “Friend or Faculty: Social Networking Sites, Dual Relationships, and Context Collapse in Higher Education” by Sugimoto, Hank, Bowman, and Pomerantz
  4. Reading six: Ronson’s “How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life
  5. Reading seven: Imagined Audiences” and reading Litt and Hargittai’s “The Imagined Audience on Social Network Sites”  http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305116633482

Course Topic Review (300 words per topic)

In this section of your summative refection, describe three topics covered in any of the modules that were particularly thought provoking or transformative for your conceptualization of social media in relationship to your personal, professional identity. Indicate Module names and indicate slide numbers when referencing course topics e.g. (Module 1 – What is social media?, slide 3.2).

Here are the models below:

1) Model 2: History of social Media

2) Model 1: What is Social Media?

3) Model 8: Social Media Afterlives

Model 2: History of social Media

8. A brief History of Social Networking Sites (1)