PROCESS POST: Moderating Your Commentariat and Navigating the Social Waters Week 12: November 28 – December 3 Why I Had My Comment Section Turned Off Before Previously I decided to turn off the comment section on my website. The main reason was that I was not too fond of the design of the comment section …
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PROCESS POST: Multiple Channels, Multiple Media Week 11: November 21 – 28 Pokemon as Transmedia Storytelling Make a plan for incorporating more transmedia integration into your online publication. What channels will you focus In the article “Pokemon as transmedia storytelling,“ Kevinbrittenylauren (2013) define transmedia storytelling as a process where “elements of a fiction get dispersed …
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PROCESS POST: Analytics, SEO and Audience Growth Week 10: November 14 – 20 Google Analytics Data The data that Google collects can be beneficial for several reasons. For example, from my data, I was able to see that, on average, a lot more people visit my site on Tuesdays compared to other days of the …
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PROCESS POST: Digital Breadcrumbs Week 9: November 7 – 12 Website Progress This week I began monetizing my site by downloading Google Ads. However, I ultimately decided I didn’t want to monetize my site for personal reasons. I also finally installed Google Analytics but encountered many problems before getting it to work. General Data …
PROCESS POST: Content + Copyright Week 8: November 1 – 8 Progress On My Site Last week we completed peer reviews on the design of our websites. So this week, I began implementing some of my peer review partner’s suggestions, such as changing the photo in my about section and making sure all the headings …
PROCESS POST: Issues with Social Media Week 7: October 25 – November 1 Something is Wrong on the Internet The article Something is wrong on the internet by James Bridle was really fascinating to me. More specifically, it discusses automation and algorithms’ addictive and exploitative power. As Bridle (2017) states, “On-demand video is catnip to …
PROCESS POST: Website Design WeeK 6: October 18 – 24 Introduction The website I chose to review is TakeCare/Of.com, which is a company that creates customizable vitamin/supplement routines for people based on their health goals and needs. I actually discovered this company while researching for my wellness challenge, and I may check out some of …
PROCESS POST: Blogs & Digital Gardens Week 5: October 10 – 16 Corey Doctorow’s Views on Blogs In the article The Memex Method: When your Commonplace Book is a Public Database Corey Doctorow defines “ the blog as an annotated browser-history, like the traveler’s diaries my family kept on vacations, recording which hotels we stayed in and …
PROCESS POST: Audiences Week 4: October 4 – 11 Self Presentation in Social Media Hollenbaugh (2020) states that “Regardless of the medium, because posters cannot be sure which potential audience members actually read or viewed a post, they instead imagine that audience and craft their self-presentation with that audience in mind.” Hollenbaugh (2020) then goes …
PROCESS POST: Mapping Out My Site Week 3: September 26 – October 2 The Process So this week, I began to organize my website more neatly. I also started to improve the accessibility and overall design of the site. I decided to create 4 pages for everything on the site. The first page I created is …
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