My Online Presence

I would say that I have a large online presence and I have accounts on a lot of the popular social media apps. I use instagram, snapchat, twitter, TikTok, and facebook, and have profiles for indeed and linkedin. On instagram, I have 3 accounts; one is my main account and it is set to private, another is a devotional account and the other is a calligraphy page, which are both set to public. I use instagram the most to post pictures and share my creativity, of all the social media apps there are.

If someone were to look at my main instagram page they would learn that I go to High Point university and am set to graduate in 2022, I am a christian, I love my friends and family, and I go home to England a lot. I haven't given out my phone number or my email on any of my social media pages besides Linkedin. However, I have given my email address to Abercrombie and Fitch, American Eagle, and apple and a few others. However, when I create accounts for websites or memberships, I use my facebook account to join.

Although we are the most connected generation, we are also the most lonely. We can make people believe and see what we want them to see, which is to make it seem like we are living our best life all the time. Instagram is nothing but a high light reel or our best moments and we never really acknowledge the bad and lonely times. People can post pictures of themselves with friends having fun and when others see this they feel alone and unloved. However, what we fail to realize is the person posting it probably feels as lonely as you but wants to convince themselves that the are not. Social media is very superficial and it allows people to put out an image of themselves that they want people to see.

Diffusion Of Innovations Theory

Netflix has had a huge impact on our society and has been an innovation that has sparked the creation of many other's like it. It has also changed the way we watch television, as we are able to stream content directly from our homes. 

The diffusion of innovation theory, developed by E.M. Rogers, states that over time, an idea or product or product diffuses through a social system. Netflix started in California by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings as a DVD rental website where people could go to search through the movies and they would be shipped to their houses. Netflix, throughout the years, continued to advance their technology and create innovative ways to stream TV and movies. 

Netflix figured out a way to let people stream movies and shows right from the comfort of their own homes. Although Netflix started out as a competitor to Blockbuster, it was able to evolve into a much larger industry and has set the precedent for streaming services to follow. 

The four elements of the diffusion of innovation theory are the innovation itself, communication channels, time, and the social system. Netflix was the innovation that started a big movement away from watching cable TV to streaming content online. Netflix wasn't an instant overnight success, it became well known and popular over time. The time in which Netflix was created was a very fortunate time for the founders as it was in between better TVs being created and at a time when rental movie stores was a very popular industry. Netflix was able to do what was popular and then take it to the next level.