Project #1 Photographs

Letters to a Young Contrarian: Preface, Introduction, and Chapter One response

In Letters of a Young Contrarian, Christopher Hitchens talks about how society reacts when people share there opinions about something that can be considered not a part of the social norm. In Chapter One he writes, "It could be understood from them that society, like a benign family, tolerates and even admires eccentricity". In my opinion this means that society's attention is caught when something debatable is brought forward, something that grabs attention. In another part of the chapter, Hitchens makes a relevant point. Referring to the term "free thinker", "they thought that they were defending an organic, harmonious and ordered society against nihilism, and they deployed this contemptuous word against those they regarded as the diseased, the introspective the disloyal and the unsound. The word hasn't completely lost this association and even now, though it is less frequently used as an insult". He makes a great point with this statement. It is true that people today are still criticized for their opinion's. Although you are not considered "diseased" or "disloyal" by society for stating your opinion, people are still patronized. In the last paragraph of Chapter One, Hitchens makes a valid point that you can't control what your opinion is, its just a part of who you are.

Project Update

As of now I have over 20 posts on my Instagram account for the project, but I have not fulfilled all of the categories that I hope I can before the end of the project. So far I have work, school, nature, food, health, fitness, landscape, music, photography, involvement, decoration, design, artwork and water. I noticed that I have many pictures that have to do with landscape, nature and food.

Brainstorming

After doing a little research I have come up with many general ideas that I would like to incorporate into my Instagram project. Here are 40 of them; work, school, nature, adventure, food, health, fitness, clean eating, landscape, friends, music, fashion, photography, crafting, black and white, family, love, skills, technology, architecture, transportation, relaxation, involvement, decoration, design, weather, something beautiful, a need, a luxury, daily tasks, something that I am grateful for, an outing, events, something I can't live without, artwork, a memory, a high angle, a low angle,water, something peaceful

Generation Like

After watching Generation Like, I do believe that you are what you "like". You like videos/posts/etc according to what you are interested in. When others see what you like they are able to see what you like to do and what you are interested in. Based on that, others are exposed to new posts and videos as well. Honestly, I don't mind the fact that others are able to make money off of what I "like" or my interests. I do think everyone does get a sense of empowerment from the power of the like. It gives you a sense of popularity and that people actually care what you are interested in and doing on social media.

Thoughts on Buzzfeed

Buzzfeed is a website and an app many college students use. Often there are articles from their website posted onto FaceBook that are relevant to the current entertainment gossip. The website also has fun quizzes that I know a lot of my Facebook friends use and then share with one another. In the past, I have shared quizzes and articles to my Facebook page and have gotten feedback on them from friends.. I always proceed to read/watch something that someone else believed was worthy of posting.

Google Response

Monitoring what you post on social media is extremely important. Even if you have an account private, there is always a way to find a way in. Employers today constantly check employees social media to ensure their professionalism. Before hiring people, many companies will check social media for anything that would be considered inappropriate. After googling myself, there is one picture on Google Images of myself. There is nothing on my social media that would refrain me from receiving a job. Making sure your social media is clean is very important.