International women's day

With this year's International Women's day being very anticipated and globally celebrated, a number of famous brands decided to make designs and product labels that showed their support for females in this day and age. Not only has Apple and Reebok supported the holiday but Kind bars, Betty Crocker, and Absolut, a Swedish alcohol company, has done its part to promote equality.

In this new day and age in a post-modernism society, equality for all is one of the main focuses and many protests and marches take place every year to fight for more rights for women. There has also been a protest for women to receive equal pay to men and the same opportunities in the workplace. Since long before the 1920s women have been protesting for the right to vote, to work, to be equal to men and when the 19th amendment passed, it was a big stepping stone for more rallies and debates that women and men have participated in to fight against gender inequality.

These brands are doing their part to promote and spread the message that women are and should be treated as equals to men. Apple said that our society was teaching girls the wrong message "to have ambition, but not too much" (Handley). We have to stand against the ways society encourages women to conform to a certain model and encourage women to chase after their goals and see what they can achieve.

Reebok launched a shoe designed by women that has the phrase "its a man's world" in black and a red line crossing it out. These brands wanted to create these products and ads to show that women have an influence on society and their impact is incredible. Some of the world's discoveries and inventions were made by women and the world is starting to recognize the importance of equality.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/08/what-brands-are-doing-for-international-womens-day-2020.html

Tik-Tok Turmoil

With a lot of social media platforms and people having the freedom to post whatever they like, inaccurate or fake news can be spread rapidly and cause chaos within our society. Recently, a student at University of Miami attempted to spread a rumor that his fictional roommate, an exchange student from china, had been infected with Coronavirus through a series of TikToks.

According to the school, the administration office at University of Miami, "Sent out a health advisory email denying any confirmed cases or immediate threat to the university" (Bruk).  The student recognized that his prank was insensitive and inappropriate considering the seriousness of the situation. He promptly removed both videos.

The problem with TikTok is that it is such a fast growing social media platform that people use as a way of making funny videos and sharing information. People who hear and receive information their learn from TikTok accept the information as if it were a fact and the fake or inaccurate information is quickly spread to others. "The combination of trends and reliance on these platforms makes it easier for fake news to spread quickly and dangerously" (Bruk).

Social media platforms are facing a legal and ethical conflicts in which they want to tighten the reins while also keeping a user's first amendment right in tact. "In the United States, under section 230 of the Communication Decency Act, the law protects hosts from content published on their platform, while the constitution protects individuals' freedom of speech under the first amendment" (Bruk).
There is a lot of controversy and disagreements that argue why social media platforms have so much influence and how these platforms make sure users get the accurate information.

https://www.themiamihurricane.com/2020/02/01/um-student-uses-tiktok-to-spread-fake-news-about-coronavirus-on-campus/

Youtube

Youtube started out because the founder was looking for Janet Jackson's wardrobe fail at the Super bowl online and couldn't find it anywhere. The founders, Jawed Karim, Steve Chen, and Chad Hurley, created the platform as a way of sharing videos online. "Google’s decision to share the revenues generated through advertising with its content providers opened up new streams of high quality, original content, which helped it retain its audience" (Phrasee).  This is what allowed the video streaming platform to become so global and popular. 

What is amazing and one of the biggest impacts that Youtube has had is creating jobs for people. Not only has the creation of Youtube created jobs for people at its company but it has also created a new line of work for people who post their own videos on the platform. Being a Youtuber has become a very well known and well paid career for people who vlog their lives and post videos of it online. Jess and Gabrial, The Labrant Fam, David Dobrik, and Emma Chamberlain are just a few channels that make between 600,000- 2,000,000 dollars a year. 

Youtube has changed the way we view videos and makes it fast and easy to find videos and watch them from your location. The site has created a lot of jobs for people who produce their own videos and youtube has also started creating its own original content.  This platform grows ever day and more and more videos are shared online for viewers to watch. 

https://phrasee.co/the-history-of-youtube/