My public service announcement is about cyberbullying, which is also known as online harassment, and its impact on a consumer’s mental and physical health. With this increase in technology, and rampant use of social media platforms, more and more consumers are subject to cyberbullying. In Renée Hobbs’ textbook, “Create to Learn,” she discusses how to…
Unpacking the Obesity Pandemic
My infographic embodies the obesity problem in America through five statistics that prove this pandemic’s prevalence. The data is from three sources: The Food Trust, CDC, and The State of Obesity. To start, the title, creatively, resembles trademarks of obesity today with the hamburger acting as the “O,” the yellow arrow that characterizes the “In-n-Out”…
No “I” in my Identity
Amy Altman. My identity is not necessary for companies like Facebook or Amazon to know; however, they have access to these answers. Whether their access to these answers be through social media or my recent search history, platforms know three parts of my identity: white, college-aged, and female. For instance, on my instagram feed there…
There’s Something Fishy About This Buzzfeed Article
Can you trust an article that supports its central argument on anonymous sources? Well, Buzzfeed News’ article, “President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project,” informs the audience that POTUS influenced Cohen to lie according to two unnamed “federal law enforcement officials.” The authors of this article…
Chowing Down on Culture 