M2 Project

By: Mariam Khan

Communication

in the

Digital Age
Part 1:
Appropriate
Messaging
Text Message
Situation:
You had promised a friend you
would help them with a favor,
but you boss has suddenly called
you in for work that day. You
have to text your friend that you
are no longer able to assist
them.
Text Message to

Best Friend:

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Text Message Analyzation
As you can see, from this text
message to my friend I am using a
more relaxed tone, with abbreviations
and slang words to emoticons to
describe my feelings. I use
abbreviations like “srry” and “brb” to
simplify the conversation and keep it
short. I also use emojis, like crying or
laughing emojis to show my current
Lack of
mood. The emojis and abbreviations
punctuation
are an example of semantic
communication. I use simple forms of
syntactic communications, and use
short sentences to get my message
across. It’s not a proper sentence
grammatically, but my friend will
understand it.
Email Situation:

Due to your work situation,

you cannot complete your
paper by the assigned due
date. You have to email your
Professor for an extension.
The following depicts the
conversation.
 Professor

Student

Email To Good afternoon Professor,

I am not able to complete the assignment by the assigned

due date, and I would like to request an extension if
Professor possible. A work issue came up and requires my full
attention. I’m very overwhelmed and stressed out with this
situation so I would greatly appreciate more time on the
assignment.
Thank you!
In this email to my Professor, I use
correct grammar, no emojis and no
slang words or abbreviations. I type Good afternoon Professor,
out my message in a proper
I am not able to complete the assignment
syntactic manner that flows and
by the assigned due date, and I would like
makes sense. I use longer sentences to request an extension if possible. A
and connect it with commas to help work issue came up and requires my full
the words flow. I also begin with a attention. I’m very overwhelmed and
proper introduction and end with a stressed out with this situation so I would
greatly appreciate more time on the
formal conclusion.
[Link] you!
Part 2: Virtual
Community
 What are some defining What qualify a gathering of
features of a virtual people online or in the
community? cyberspace to be identified
as a group, not just some
A virtual community is a group of people random gathering?
who share similar interests and meet in
digital spaces where they can Virtual communities have people that
communicate and have conversations have the time and flexibility to come
with each other. Some defining feature together and have conversations. The
is that it creates its own virtual culture, scale of their community and the speed
languages, habits and other sociological in which they create it contributes to it
factors. being a group in the virtual space. This
allows people to participate in all sorts
 Is it important to have a
What are some net
virtual community and why
or why not? Have you had etiquettes (netiquettes) you
any experience with a virtual
have observed in order to
community?
keep your virtual
Virtual communities have continued community?
to have an impact of communication and human
interactions. It’s important to have virtual
communities because it can help people Some net etiquettes that you should have
communicate globally and according to their own to keep your virtual community in order are read
time schedules. Especially during the recent
over what you write and make sure your
pandemic, virtual communities allow people to
have interactions that they normally couldn’t message is clear, don’t spam, respect other
have due to the world health issues. privacy, and try not to exclude others. You
I have had multiple experience of virtual
should also fact check what you write before
communities such as a high school class group
Part 3: Choice 2
~ App
Evaluation
TikTo
k
Purpose Functions:

The main functions TikTok are to create, post,

TikTok’ is a social media all that was and share videos. A person can make an
account to begin posting, and you can create
created for sharing creative videos
hashtags to draw certain viewers with similar
that span from 15 seconds to three interest towards your page. Users can select a
song and record themselves lip-synching,
minutes. It was made for anyone to dancing or reacting to it and post it. There are
multiple features like loops, filters and effects
share and express themselves
to personalize the video. You can also share
across their own communities of TikTok videos to other social platforms. You
can also stream live on the app and connect
people who follow them because personally with your communities. The
they share the same interests. community can contribute money to the user
through
effects and emojis.
Tik Tok’s design layout shows a
“For You page that is catered
towards your interest and liked
videos. They have a sidebar to
like, comment or share the
video. And the users icon is on
the right for you to follow or
check out their profile.
 Importance to my Daily Life
Pros/Cons

TikTok has huge relevancy in my life

There are multiple pros to TikTok like,
on a day to day basis. I’m always
exposure for your brand, increasing brand-
scrolling through it in my free time.
influencer collaborations, and it creates life
It gives me style ideas, cooking
changing opportunities for individuals who
gain popularity. That being said, becoming ideas, new makeup and skincare

popular on the app is difficult and there is products, and new trends. It has a
an influx of influencers that is negative effect on my life as well, as
overwhelming. There is also the massive I find myself aimlessly scrolling on it
amounts of hate people recieve and the and find my minutes speeding past
toxicity of certain communities. me.
Twitter Functions:
Purpose:
Twitter allows users to discover the
Twitter is a social media networking app latest news stories and biggest
that launched in 2006. Twitter can be events that happen with the people
used to receive news, follow celebrities they follow or different companies.
and keep up on their lives, or create and You can create tweets, like tweets
communicate with communities made and repost them. You can also use
within the app. It’s ultimate purpose is hashtags to get certain news
to spread information quickly. It allows trending. They also have a newer
people to share their thoughts with a feature called Twitter Spaces. Spaces
large audience. are public and several people can
join and speak at the same time.
Twitters layout shows tweet
after tweet on a page of people
you follow or might be
interested in. If you click on the
bottom icons you can get to the
trending tab, where you can see
trending topics for you, or the
trending tab for your country.
Pros/Cons: Importance to Daily Life:

There are lots of positives to Twitter like, Twitter holds a lot of importance in my
meeting new people both locally and daily life, as I often check my trending tab
globally, being able to write super short to see what is going on in the world. I find
messages, getting the latest news and out a lot of major news from the app,
trends, anonymity, and free speech. Some since I don’t watch the news often. I’m
negatives include, troll accounts or bots part of a couple users communities from a
which flood comments on tweets, the platform called Twitch as well. I do think
emotional shift between the latest news Twitter is toxic and full of hatred at times,
on your feed, and the hate you can and it’s mentally taxing to see all of that
receive on your account. on the app.
Instagram's layout is fairly simple, your feed is filled with photos of those you
follow, and some ads in between. You can click on the users icon to view their
profile. The bottom icons have a search button, an Instagram shorts button and
your profile, as well as a button to create your own post.
 Instagra
Purpose:
m Functions:

Instagram is a photo based social

Instagram has three major functions.
media app. The main purpose is to
Instagram allows you to edit your
post pictures of you and your
photos to your liking. Then you write
friends, or whatever you are
caption for the photo using emojis or
interested in and sharing it to your
hashtags. Lastly you post the picture
followers or the public. Underneath
to you followers or the public and
the photo you can leave a caption or
they can leave a like or comment
hashtags. You can also create groups
underneath the post.
and send DMs or direct messages to
others.
Pros/Cons: Importance to Daily Life:

Some of the pros to using Instagram are,

In my life, I’ve used Instagram almost
that you can market your content to viewers
every day. I used to run multiple
with similar interests, you can make money
accounts, my main, my finsta (fake insta)
off of photos or videos you share, the
and an art account. I would post daily on
engagement is easy, and you can create a
fan base and community. Some negatives to
each and like and write comments. I also

using Instagram are the ads are sometimes like to view other people's stories often. I

false and can lead you to buy off of fake mainly use it now to keep up with
websites. Another negative is the effects of celebrity content or news pages.
body shaming or cyber bullying that can
cause anxiety and depression.
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