Covello's Blogs

 When I think about my digital footprint I never thought about it being that big but it definitely is. I use social media every day whether that be sending emails or texts to check what other people are up to. Everything I do is kept track of and it can sound scary sometimes when you really think about it. I spend around probably half my day using technology so there definitely is a lot of information that has been built up. I use a few different social media websites but use some definitely more than others.  Instagram was probably one of the first social media that I used because I loved to see what others were doing and let them know what interesting stuff was going on in my life. But as I grew older I didn’t seem to care about getting a lot of likes and also I didn’t care to see someone on a great vacation while I was in school. It is definitely a great application but I care more now about living my life instead of worrying about what others are doing with theirs.  Snapchat is

  After listening to group 2 present I found that mainstream media was very fascinating to me. Mainstream media is one is really how everyone gets their daily information whether that be from a newspaper or tv. Considering we tend to see this mainstream media every day it has a huge impact on how we live our lives. A lot of media can be very biased so it’s important to what you should listen to and believe. There are different news stations that are very biased in what they believe and talk about so it’s important to understand which ones are before you listen to them. If you tend to maybe listen to Fox News a lot and go over to watch CNN it might sound very different to what you have listened to on Fox News. And the reason for that is because both these news stations have very different opinions. A lot of the mainstream media only cares about getting good ratings even if they are not putting out the best content. Mainstream media can be a huge positive for people that want to be able