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Wild Card: Whose Story Tells It Best?

STORYTELLERS If you follow me on Snapchat (@yesxmimi) you know that I spend all of 12-24 hours posting pictures and videos of my daily ventures. When media is uploaded, it begins a collection of media pieces called a “Story”. Your “Story” is then accessible to either your selected amount friends or the public, depending on your personal privacy settings, for no more than 24 hours upon upload. This form of connection to the outside world is one of many features that have been adapted into other top-tier media hosts: Instagram and Facebook . The popularity of this format of sharing has created direct competition between the 3 applications, but recently only one particular host has shown superior in 2019 according to elite opinions The Young Entrepreneur Council . CLOSE AND PERSONAL Since their debut on August 2, 2016, Instagram stories has gained an attractive amount of traffic over the last few years. Instagram itself has proven to be a hove of marketing and quick access...
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Position Paper 3: The Rise of the Millennial Age

INTRODUCTION I belong to Generation Z, also known as the "iGeneration", which categorizes those born between 1995 – 2015. It has been mentioned time and time again that my generation is the bridge between the pre- and post-digital era. We had the opportunity to grow up in a traditional, minor tech society, but we also got to advance and develop alongside the technology. Our predecessors, Generation Y or "Gen Me", were the first generation to be given a “formal technology education”. In an article provided by  ADWEEK called “ How to Bridge the Gap Between Gen X, Gen Y, and Millennials ” by Michael Ventura, whom is a Gen Y inhabitant himself, explained how the rapid insertion of the internet into their lives gave Gen Y the unique understanding between these two distinct world. But what do you call those born into the current world where social media, entertainment, and advanced technologies are already established? Not many people know about “ Generation Alpha ”...
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Position Paper 2: Sustainability Tech

Imagine the last full meal you ate being the last meal you ever have. This theory may become very real under the prediction that the population will rise to around 10 billion people by the year 2050 according to an article from BBC . For decades, we have been warned about the depletion of our common resources. And although movements pushing for the use of more bio-positive energy sources – wind, water, solar, and nuclear power – are already set in motion, recently a new study has added the lack of biodiversity causing a threat to the future production of food as another loop on our belt. The human species are well known for their overindulgence and their demand for quick and easy access to everything. Unfortunately, on the way, humans have created a trail of destruction within their advancements, and if you look outside you will see a selection of the population running frantically trying to clean it up. In order to reach the promises of our future we must all deal with our present...
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Position Paper 1: Media and Me

Student responsibilities, organizational duties, social communication, and personal downtime – these are all the basic forms in which I would use media from day to day. Lately my cellphone has become an inseparable appendage to my body. I could even loosely describe my device as a significant other: I use it for comfort, to fill voids, to build myself, to evoke emotion, and the connection is basically unconditional as long as the bill is paid. I am, however, not infatuated nor am I addicted to my phone. I am that rare 2% of millennial energy that would rather be put towards physical interaction if possible, but given the 21st century circumstances I basically live on my phone to keep up. I spend countless hours exploring the interests of others while simultaneously exploiting my own to an audience that I would assume is my peers. Outside of social media, I also use various applications to enhance my academic experience as well as keeping in contact with professors and other students...
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