Snapchat was created in 2011 by two Stanford University fraternity brothers, Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, the Snapchat app that lets people send messages that disappear. The app quickly caught on the with college and high school students, some of whom used the app to send racy messages and other juvenilia. Now Snapchat, which is used by more than 150 million people every day, is finding new ways to interact with photos, videos, and other users as well as new formats for advertisers to reach customers. Last fall Snapchat changes its name to snap, indicating that it planned to expand as a company beyond a messaging app. The company, which is rebuffed a 3 billion offer from Facebook in 2013, is on track to generate 1 billion in revenue this year, according to the investment bank Jefferies. The company’s revenue has been growing briskly as advertisers flock to the ad products that are unique to snapchat. These ad tools look and feel the same as the products consumers use. Advertisers can create their own lenses. Snapchat lets users send messages to one another that disappears within seconds. You have to know your friend user …show more content…
So, you might assume that those they're corresponding with are very, very close friends. Intimate friends. And the app has chosen to share a list of each user's most frequent correspondents with the world, Google Buzz style. “Your profile shows not only the number of snaps you send but also your three 'Best Friends,' which is determined automatically by whom you snap with most frequently," writes Katie Notopoulos at Buzzfeed. "Basically, Snapchat is attempting what sounds like a bad joke about The Worst Idea in Tech: 'Let’s gamify sexting.” Though the snap self-destructs, the person viewing it can still grab a copy by taking a screenshot or by taking a photo with another device. The app tries to prevent the former with a tattletale
Both 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale are dystopian novels, however, these books are a lot more complex than mere portrayals of dystopia, it can be argued that they are explorations of dystopia rather than mere portrayals. In order to explore dystopia, many themes must be considered, such as; feminism, love and repression. Nonetheless, it is apparent that human characteristics are the driving point of the two novels, predominantly, the depiction of human resilience. In an imperfect world, it is important to have certain qualities which, if plentiful, it can mean success, whereas if it lacks, it can mean failure, this characteristic is resilience. The protagonists in each novel, Winston in 1984 and Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale face situations which leave them both in disarray, and both even consider suicide. The authors tentatively highlight human resilience, its limits and most importantly its strengths into the two novels.
The Hunger Games was a critically acclaimed movie when it came out; however, some critics would argue that the movie can be sometimes too violent for its intended audience. In this essay I would dissert Brian Bethune’s essay “Dystopia Now” in order to find its weaknesses and compare the movie Battle Royale with his essay.
At the start of the semester, my oblivious state of nature associating with the Chinese culture reached an unacceptable level. Implementing a necessary change, I decided to educate myself on different cultures starting with China. I failed to ponder that such a rich, deep culture existed outside America. Encompassed by this country’s unique yet suffocating melting pot culture, my outlook believed ideas such as uniformity between American Chinese food and Authentic Chinese food. After this course, my bigot perspective widened as I witnessed diversity in the world. Before this class, when I thought of Chinese food, my connotation jumped to thoughts associated with chop suey, but as I progressed my education, my mindset gradually pondered foods like steamed buns or “New Year Cakes” with authentic Chinese food.
Last with snapchat you can send something funny but not appropertet to 30 people but you don't have to show your grandma. If i took a video and you say a bad word i can send it to Ethan,Gael,Peter and Aaryn but not grandma,Unlike facebook where you put one thing on their and everyone can see it with snapchat you chose.If you want to tag someone it wont show that video to their friends.There is a thing call your story where you can post one thing and everyone can see it once.
The appreciation that they receive form others has made them more confident. In the article “Why Your Kids Love Snapchat, and Why You Should Let Them” by Rachel Simmons, it states that there is very little audience participation. In particular, there is no “like” or “heart’’ button which means that there is no way for others judge and measure our value. There was also a study that was conducted about how Snapchat may have a correlation with self-esteem. This experiment was conducted by a biological social linguistic psychologist Fem I. Nine at the University of Pennsylvania. Nine found that there were strong connections between the application Snapchat and teens self-esteem. They had over three hundred participants from middle schools, high schools, and colleges. One particular participate went into a deeper response and said, “I really feel like each one is a piece of art…that lasts for 6 seconds.” This statement implies that teens feel good about themselves when they post on Snapchat because they have taken the time to perfect the picture that they are going to
For example, they may not be comfortable with their parents or grandparents seeing photos of them out partying, but on Snapchat, a ten second video of them at a club, wont do them any harm. Snapchat allows users to post things that may not be socially acceptable on other social media websites.
In this era where thousands of incredible apps are available for free. It is possible to get lost in the jungle of app store and play store. Even though the millennials have not yet been able to figure out a way of moving out of their parent’s houses, they have discovered Snapchat from the labyrinth.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl opens up with an introduction with a protagonist Linda (Harriet Jacobs) a slave girl which was born as a slave and states her reasons why she kept her autobiography private for so long. As Linda goes on and talk about her lifestyle as women slave, on the other hand I will be comparing the life style of another slave Olaudah Equiano who is a male slave which has a different point perspective of how he uses strategies to gain freedom from his master. How does gender complicate Linda’s (Harriet Jacobs) situation in comparison to Olaudah Equaino’s to gain freedom from their masters? Or does her gender complicate her situation? In a comparison of gender such as female and male there were always big difference which is also stated in the bible, from the Apostle Paul women were created second, sinner first and should always be kept silent. So what makes Linda’s gender so complicated to gain freedom from her master? The answer as stated in the book she was owned by Dr.Flint’s daughter which she couldn’t gain her freedom as long as the daughter did not gave her freedom, such on the other Equiano was owned by a master who gave him freedom. What was the reason why Linda could not get her freedom? Gender , Christianity, Strategies.
Religion’s chief functions include: a system of explanation and justification for morality. Religion in society provides us with a sense of purpose, security, morality, and obedience. This impacts every society because, as Pojman stated, “it legitimizes social mores, morality itself, as well as rituals for the dedication of children, rites of passage, marriage, and the passage from death to the beyond” (Pojman 1). This gives an accurate explanation of the different cultural traditions and views that exist worldwide.
According to Biz Carson (2017, p.1), there are approximately 158 million Snapchat users daily. That is a lot of information and content, such as photos, messages, videos, private information like addresses and more, for one company to hold. These self-destructing pictures are causing a majority of teenagers to think that it doesn’t matter what you share with others on the internet because it’s going to disappear and be gone forever. But does it actually just vanish? It gives people the confidence to send pictures and videos of themselves possibly doing illegal things or even pictures of their bodies without thinking that it could perhaps come back to you.
Has it ever crossed your mind what exactly is that makes people relate to each other? Whether its simple things like food and music or more complex things like language and religion, the feeling of being part of something gives us a sense of satisfaction, and common ground. Humans have an inevitable need to belong. However when those factors that make people interconnect with each other becomes distorted, the results can be catastrophic. In this essay I will discuss the how the genocidal events that took place in the U.S. with the Native Americans, the Belgian Congo, and German South West Africa were carried out and why elements of exploitation, racialization, identity, and inferiority played a role in them.
I was in 1st grade when I found out that I had a learning disability. I still
The invention of Snap Chat was literally an accident; two measly college students got bored and that’s why they invented Snap Chat. This app has revolutionized photo taking to a whole new level. In this paper I will talk about, who invented Snap Chat, how Snap Chat became popular, why teens use it and how Snap Chat influenced our culture.
In addition, the app offers users an ability to customize the image using filters. The purpose of the filters is to turn a mobile photo into an artistic-looking image. The name was derived from the combination of “instant camera” and telegram. According to an article published by Mikaela Rakos, Instagram started with “one million monthly users” (Rakos 2014). In April of 2012, the company reached 30 million users. As a result, Facebook noticed the growth and bought the app for one billion dollars (on April 9, 2012). From that point on, the usage of Instagram has gone up exponentially, reaching 150 million users in 2013. Instagram’s growth is largely due to the Facebook purchase. The company was listed in Time Magazine as “one of the top 50 apps for Android” and a report by Global Web index found that Instagram was the fastest growing social
Technology has been and will continue to be an essential part of human life. Information technology is a revolution that has taken the whole world captive. Everyone around the globe is trying either to conform or catch up with the ever changing and improving technologies without having a second thought of its impact on their lives. The internet is the ground-breaking invention of the twenty first century, leading to the mushrooming of the social media and other communication platforms. The best invention that has captured my interest is the instagram. Its effect and how it has positively impacted on the lives of people, especially the youth cannot be underestimated. Instagram is improving the quality life. It has unlocked our creativity, enhanced connection and led to faster access to information. Comparing the past with the present, we can argue that information technology has done more good than harm and even as we progress into the future, we ought to adopt better technology because what we currently have may not be good enough.