Keia's Digital Diary

  Hello and welcome to week five!  Today's blog post focus is going to be on user-generated content and how it plays into our role as consumers of social media.  So what is user-generated content?  User-generated content refers to any type of content (photos, videos, text, images, etc.) that is created and shared by individual people rather than large professional organizations.  Yes, that dance video you created on Tiktok counts. Although UGC is a great way for people to express their creativity, it does come with some challenges. For instance, there is little to no fact-checking with can lead to huge cases of misinformation being spread. Especially regarding major topics such as the election where misinformation ran wild with people believing anything they saw on Facebook, X, Instagram, and Tiktok. Brookings did an article on misinformation and its impact on the election which really goes to show how quickly and rampantly it spreads, but also how it can quickl...

Hi everyone,  Welcome to my first blog post on blogger! My name is Keia and I am currently in my last semester of college. It's been a wild ride for the past four years, but the most memorable time of my life. For this blog, I'm dedicating it to my last year and what's going on in the social media world. I think I'm pretty up to date with most things going on in the online world and I hope to bring my thoughts and fun things to this blog. I'm excited to share this with you all! So now onto my first post:  This past week has been hectic, especially the huge surge of social media activity from the Super Bowl Weekend. There are consistent updates being posted, memes being made, opinions being thrown around, and excitement for the winning team. A few of the major trending topics I've seen were opinions about the new scoreboard, Kendrick Lamar's halftime performance, the Ads, and of course Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. Personally, I'm not a huge football fol...