Thursday, April 18, 2013

Modern Day Camera Functions

Been going through some post from my friend's blogs about this topic and the effects it has caused many people.. JO & MEI YIH's blog tells a very interesting write up about how crazy the trend of people nowadays needing to express themselves through the Instagram and other similar camera apps such as the Insta- Weather too!  Many would be addicted to post about the weather and at the same time with a picture that describes how they feel at the moment. I must admit it's quite fun to use Instagram with all the different filters to make an original picture look classy or just nicer! The posters they put into their blog too tells alot more information! I would recommend you check it out! OK now this video below talks really about the current Asian culture trend that's been going around with people young and old and the things we tend to do when taking pictures! It's really funny and worth the watch! Think about it for awhile.. are you anyhow like them?


For many of us, especially as an educator, walking away from the Internet isn’t an option. However, I do think it’s important for us to remind ourselves from time to time that watching other peoples’ post-worthy moments on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest is always going to yield a prettier version of life than the one you’re living right now. It may be a conversational killer as we know what goes on in the person's life on social media or for example, we may think that life looks better on the Internet than it does in real life. Everyone’s life looks better on the internet than it does in real life especially through pictures that maybe could have been edited. The Internet is partial truths—we get to decide what people see and what they don’t. I believe it is about time we stop doing so much of social media and actually have more face-to-face sessions with our loved ones without causing them stress of delaying their meal times especially ;P

Reference:
Jinnyboy TV.(2013, April 8). Asians at Work [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SBtpGWaXkI
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  1. Kay YiApril 23, 2013 at 9:56 PM

    Ellie:
    I must agree with you Kay, I find it quite absurd how poeple get so obsessed with posting everything that they do just as an attempt to validate what they are doing in a public manner. "If its posted on facebook then it happened!" It make me laugh at how crazy our social media hype can get! However, I must admit that I am a facebook user, but I'm probably considered a facebook snob amongst the facebook adicts, sometimes I wont reply to a post because I believe its something that should be discussed over the phone or in person instead.
    I believe however, our social networking, posting and blogging can also be hugely beneficial when we consider the purposes of our writing and information shared, and consider how the things we share reflect who we are as a person, our professionalism, personality, creativity and how this can make us more employable. Check out my recent blog on digital footprints you may find it interesting. http://elliegoat.edublogs.org/

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