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With the help of Bitmoji, I've created my own personal avatar. I can share my avatar with different backgrounds and expressions and share it with friends and family on social media. Bitmoji helps me be more creative through text and Snapchat when talking with friends. I have also used my personal avatar to invite friends and family to gatherings. 

New media fosters creativity by allowing people to be exposed to other creativity. New media such as Youtube, tweeter, Blogs, and Instagram allow users to share pictures and videos of their creativity. As a result, new media exposes individuals to millions of diverse posts that create innovation.  New media also helps industries and people with creativity by allowing them to crowdsource opinions from others. According to the article, "How User-generated Content can Improve your Social Media Marketing Strategy", Lisa Mulcahy says that when trying to reach new or existing customers "one must speak their language". It's asking them for their opinion on the products and getting feedback on what type of content they love to see. Being able to get honest opinions from consumers, can help organizations/people test and improve their products, ultimately fostering creativity.  Work Cited:  https://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/how-user-generated-content-can-improve-y...

A virtual world is a computer-stimulated environment that is populated by users who create a personal avatar. The users explore, communicate with others, and participate in the activities in the virtual world.  Virtual worlds can be used in many different ways. According to the article "Going to the virtual office in Second Life", Second Lide is a tool that allows companies to have virtual meetings on their own computer networks. Educational institutions, businesses, government agencies, and the U.S military are using Second Life as ways to conduct training, prototype new technologies, and hold meetings. Virtual Worlds can also be used in architecture for viewing the projects and plans.   Some positive effects of virtual worlds include:  Better visuals by giving the user the impression of actually being inside the game/virtual world. It can aid in training individuals for real-world operations. Using virtual worlds can help designers when putting together an interior...

The biggest difference between a Twitter discussion, compared to an in-class discussion and a blackboard discussion, is who sees it. For example, a blackboard discussion is private to only the people in the class and only they can see the discussion responses/comments. Similarly, in a class discussion, the people present in the classroom are the only ones who can be part of the discussion. On the other hand, in a Twitter discussion, anything you say is made accessible to anyone on Twitter, not only your classmates. Anyone outside of the class, can see the discussion and become part of it. Another difference is the length. For example, Twitter is limited to 280 characters, which means that you're responses are limited and need to be shorter than a blackboard and in-class discussion.  In a way, for some people, it might be easier to share their opinions in a blackboard discussion instead of Twitter and in class, because it might be less challenging for people to express themselves wh...

 Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest are all examples of popular social networks today.  After it being launched in 2004, Facebook has become the world's largest social network. My first impression of Facebook is its wide use and amount of users. It can be used by corporations and businesses for marketing, or by everyday people to stay connected with family and news. Overall Facebook is very user friendly and allows anyone to talk to anyone around the world with the use of Messanger, or stay posted with what friends and family are doing. It is easy to start conversations, create groups, and discussions. On the other hand, the number of targeted ads can be overwhelming. In Twitter, people can post statuses of what they are doing, their opinions, pictures, videos, and links. These are limited to 280 characters, which in a way it's good since most tweets are kept short to allow for faster navigation. Personally, I don't use Twitter but I can see it's entertaining a...