Emma H's WRT205 Blog

  I sent the graphic above to my friend Parker.  Parker stated, "I think the pitch has potential, but should go into deeper detail to come across what your point is."  I received positive feedback, yet criticism which I think is important when it comes to ideas.  Now I have ideas to work off of on how to make my ideas better and also promote the use of social media when it comes to small businesses.  

  3 Potential Research Questions: 1. How does user-generated content on platforms like Instagram and TikTok influence brand perception?  2. How does social media marketing affect the growth of small businesses and startups?  3. What are the positive impacts of AI-driven marketing on social media? Responses- Response 1- Cameron:  1. 'I believe they have the highest influence because they are highly used and easily accessible. All you have to do is be on the platform to be able to reach the intended audience you want." 2. "They help marketing because of how easily accessible they are. The amount of people that the business can be shared through through social media shows an advantage for businesses. When someone sees something online they can share the link, or screenshot the profile to expand the network of the business. This creates growth and exposure for said business." 3. "The positive impacts are that they are informative, inspiring, and can provide a ...

 Curated Source Collection:  Source #1:  A Pencil Shop, for Texting the Old Fashioned Way   by Molly Young  Source #2:  The Future of Corporate Insolvency Law: A review of technology and AI- powered changes  by Akshaya Kamalnath  Source 3:  Teens and social media use: What's the Impact  by Mayo Clinic Staff  Source 4:  How Social Media is Changing the Way We Do Business  by TED Talks and Austin Falter  In this course, our inquiry is centered around technology.  I chose to focus my sources on how technology and social media influence their way into businesses or the youth that will go into them, and the effects that has.  I found in my research that there will be mostly negative impacts given on technology because that is what everyone is looking for, but there are also way more positives of technology too.  For example, using technology, or social media to create better revenue for your business.  ...

  Source 1:   A Pencil Shop, for Texting the Old-Fashioned Way      The article that was analyzed was the New York Times article “ A Pencil Shop, for Texting the Old-Fashioned Way, ” written by Molly Young. The article was published in 2015, a source used as not only entertainment but with an educational factor.  The text states, "Because pencils have a credible use, the single-minded store is able to transcend its novelty status," (Young, 2015). She is also trying to show the uniqueness a pencil brings, compared to other writing utensils like a pen. The author's project in this article is to show the historical use of the pencil, but also how over time pencils aren’t as big of a use anymore.  The author compares the use of a pencil to a fax machine, and how both have use but now there are things seen as “better.” When the pencil first came about, it was extraordinary, but over time people do not view the pencil as such. Young is trying to sho...

Source 1: A Pencil Shop, for Texting the Old-Fashioned Way      The article that was analyzed was the New York Times article “A Pencil Shop, for Texting the Old-Fashioned Way,” written by Molly Young. The article was published in 2015, a source used as not only entertainment but with an educational factor.  She is also trying to show the uniqueness a pencil brings, compared to other writing utensils like a pen. The author's project in this article is to show the historical use of the pencil, but also how over time pencils aren’t as big of a use anymore.  The author compares the use of a pencil to a fax machine, and how both have use but now there are things seen as “better.” When the pencil first came about, it was extraordinary, but over time people do not view the pencil as such. Young is trying to show that the use of the pencil always will have its value, even if it's not recognized by such anymore. This article works for me on the fact that it exp...