Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Make up Current Event Quiz Opportunity

story 1)  California: Self-driving cars much have driver behind wheel. 
     This article was about, California making draft that are not finalized yet on how there should be a driver behind the wheel. On December 16, California made the executive decision to law that there should be a driver be hind the wheel no matter what, because the google car has been proven not to be the safest so they want to prevent that. The DMV workers made a draft and sent it to google and everyone. This is significant because it has to do with our future and new technology and this is important to know because we need to stay up to date on whats happening around in the world. I do believe that the story is balanced and the sources they used for credible because those sources were The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The only unanswered question i have after reading this story was what was their reasoning behind making this car in the first place. I did think that it was a good article because it was very entreating and i was very interested in it, i never got bored.

story 2) Police: Women drove car into Scientology doors because church is 'evil'
     This article was about Erin McCurrdy and how she drove into the Church of Scientology on Monday night because she thought they were 'evil' and bad. This story is significant because because it was in the state of Texas and we need to be aware of those kind of people. The sources in the story were all the witnesses and the police officers. These people were credible because they were at the scene of the crime, and they're officers. I do believe that this story is balanced. The only unanswered question i have after reading this is, what was her punishment? I do think this was a good article because i was genuinely interested.

story 3) Cops: Mother shaves daughters hair, convinces her shes dying so she can scam money
     A female mother Juanita Garcia has been lying to everyone that her daughter has cancer, which in fact she does not! Some one called a tip into the police station that it was all a scam, so officers investigated. This mother told her daughter that she only had two months to live to get more attention on social media. She was successful on gaining money from people fro this cause. This story is very significant because it shows that people will do just about anything. It is important to know so the in the future you can make sure your giving money to right people. There is only on source for the story which is the girl who reported her, and at first i didn't think she was very credible but it ended up that she was. And the story is quite balanced if i say so myself. Last week she was arrested for exposition to a child. i really want to know why this women in the right mind would do this?? like that is not okay! I did think that this was a good article because it showed me how crazy people in Texas really are, and it was very grabbing. 


story 4) Lawsuit reveal unreported death after Austin's police stunned man
     This article was about how James Fred Sizer died in polices custody being shocked with a stun gun. This happened on March 6th on Bittern Hollow near Sizer's home. This important to know because we need to know what is happening with our death files and how if we die while in custody we may not be reported. The sources in story are the police and his family, i do think that these sources are credible. The only unanswered question i have after reading this story is how unorganized is the law, it must be super unorganized because they clearly don't know is someones dead or not, or they just don't care. This story was interesting and i was glad i read because it made me realize how much i don't want to go to jail.


story 5) Austin ranks 1st on list of 'booziest' cities
   This article was about how Austin has the most people drink and out of all of the states. This is significant because it shows how many people really drink in Austin. The source is MATCH and they did this by having a poll on the most drinking singles and Austin won, also in Austin it was proven that men drink more than me. So i do think this source was credible, also this article was balanced. The only unanswered question i have is how much on average do people in Austin drink daily, weekly, and monthly. They would be cool to see. I did think it was a good story because i was interested thw whole time and it had a lot of information that is valuable. 


Friday, December 11, 2015

Social Media

From instagram likes to twitter re tweets, social media is slowly taking over. One of the big trends going around is snapchat.
A major part of snapchat is your score.Your score just says how much you snapchat. Another big snapchat quality is your story. Your story allows you to post yo your account where anyone who is your friend can see it instead of only sending it to one person. Instagram is easily the most popular. From the followers to your likes, instagram has been a major effect of ruining society. Instagram has set the perfect person from the slim body to the amazing hair and makeup. Social media has come up with what you should and should not look like.
Another big social media app is twitter. Twitter was made in 2006. To our generation twitter is considered old. On twitter, re tweets are a big deal and if you get 1000+, you instantly become famous. Social media has designed 'social media famous'. Which means you dont need to have any talent to be famous you just need to have good looks.
Almost all social media apps have a like button. So another big thing that goes into instagram, twitter, Facebook, etc. is how much you like it, and it has become a competition to see how many like you can get. In my opinion social media is fine but, only if you use it for the right reasons.
Like Lisa Horn once said," Everything you do on social media impacts your personal brand. How do you want to be known