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Transmedia Storytelling

Transmedia Storytelling Transmedia storytelling means: “dividing chunks of a story across multiple platforms to form one cohesive narrative.”   Rethinking trans media storytelling is going to be very important.   Stories will play against many different platforms.   According to Jenkins, transmedia storytelling will allow you invite the audience to play a more active role by discussing things, reassembling elements, deciphering things, similar to putting together a jig saw puzzle.   As they join online communities, they will have more things to talk about, debate, analyze and will have information to trade with each other.   Amateurs will be able to participate as well.    Five tips for transmedia storytelling 1. Keep content unique Rather than repeating the information on different platforms, use different parts of a story to match a platform’s strength and maximize user experience. 2 . Provide a seamless point of entry...

Social Media as a Political Weapon

Social media has completely transformed the way we fight for social justice. In the modern day era, social media has proven to be terrific tool for activists campaigning for social equity.  One of the main benefits is the ability to spread information faster than ever before.  Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize when she was seventeen and began her fight for equality at the age of eleven when she took a stand against the Taliban, "encouraged youngsters in Mexico City to use social media platforms as a political weapon for issues that they truly care about, such as equality, women's rights, and education" (IANS, 2017). Social media has become an alternative public space for activism.  Social media gives those in society who feel isolated and marginalized a platform to have a voice.   Malala says (IANS, 2017), "Thanks to technology, young people can now be more involved in the politics of their countries."  She is a blogger for ...

Bullying

Kids enter a whole new world in school settings and now online as well.  There are a lot of hurtful and mean things said to kids that they endure alone.  Cyber bullying is a new reality, which leads many victims to commit suicide.  These are not just snarky comments, but cutting or inappropriate pictures posted of kids, and some cannot even go to school anymore.  The question is not should parents or school officials get involved, but when do you step in?  We should begin with the definition of bullying.  According to Paul Coughlin, founder of The Protectors, a faith-based solution to bullying, bullying is "The superior use of power with the intention to harm another person over a period of time.  It is an ongoing campaign of cruelty.  It is highly predatory. Bullies are highly selective of who they attack, when, and how." Paul Coughlin has a great podcast about solutions to bullying:  https://www.oneplace.com/minis...