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Sara Eagar - University College Dublin - Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland | LinkedIn

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View Sara Eagar’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Sara’s education is listed on their profile. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Sara’s connections and jobs at similar companies.

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I really enjoyed creating my infographic on Canva. I enjoyed using the website to make the poster and I found it easy to use, they also had a wide selection of templates to chose from. This assignment forced me to consider how I want to use social media going forward, especially as I begin to leave college and enter the professional world.

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Overall, I found this exercise really eye-opening. The article showed me the reality of privacy policies under all the convoluted language. Creating my own policy actually helped me as I realised there are ways that social media could be made more safe for everyone. Overall, it was an interesting experience that made me think more about my privacy online.

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Overall, I really enjoyed setting up my LinkedIn account. It forced me to create a profile, make a resume and make some connections. I think it will be really helpful in the future when finding jobs/internships and connecting with people in fields of work I am interested in.

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I invited three people to my LinkedIn. It took me a while to figure out how to do this but I found it easy once I got the hang of it. I really enjoy having a form of social media that provides connection in a professional environment. I hope to make more valuable connections in the future on LinkedIn!

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Planning Out My Personal Digital Strategy

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Planning Out My Personal Digital Strategy

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I began to think about how I wanted to present myself online. I decided that I wanted to ensure privacy and professionalism were at the centre of my plan. I am already a private person online and I aim to keep it this way. I do however, also want to enjoy the benefits of social media so I tried to incorporate this as well.

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I then played around with the Canva editing tools, I lightened the background, changed the font colour, and added images and texts to each bubble. This took a while to get right and was quite fiddly at times. However, the duplicate tool came in handy.

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I then began to play around with the template so it would be more suitable for my purpose. I knew I wanted to discuss my digital presence in relation to my use of applications. Thus, I mad the bubbles bigger, but limited it to four bubbles.

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To begin my infographic, I browsed Canva for a suitable template. I chose one that had different sections with a simple but eye-catching layout.

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I wrote my rational for my privacy policy. I found it difficult to keep this under 100 words, however I just outlined the general thinking behind my decisions. This helped me think about why I wrote what I did and how it would be implemented in reality.

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I wore specific guidelines concerning those under 18 on TikTok. The article really highlighted the need to protect children online and so I carefully considered what I thought might make TikTok a safer place for kids.

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I wrote my privacy policy based on the five Rights outlined in the article. I read each of the five Rights and wrote 1-2 bullet points based on the rights proposed by Anderson. I also thought of how I would like my data to be dealt with and other concerns I had from using the app.

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I decided to write my policy for TikTok. I thought this would be interesting as TikTok have faced a lot of criticism for their policy, particularly in the U.S where the head of TikTok faced questions from congress over privacy concerns.

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Before writing my own privacy policy, I read the article by Anderson. I found it interesting and insightful. Instagram's privacy policy shocked me when I read it in simple terms in the article. I also found the five suggestions thought-provoking and necessary. Overall, it made it very obvious to me that social media's privacy policies should be written in simple and honest terms.

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I first set up my LinkedIn. I entered my email address and created a password. I selected my student as my 'job', I was glad this option was available to me. I then proceeded to select my LinkedIn interests and follow some of the accounts they suggested to me. Many of these were affiliated with UCD. I really liked the fact that I could connect with so many relevant accounts straight away.

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I added a profile picture. I found this difficult as I didn't know what picture was appropriate for a professional environment. LinkedIn suggested I choose something that 'represented' me. I didn't have many options so I just chose a basic picture which only had my face in it.

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By the end, I had a complete resume that was connected to my LinkedIn account. I also had the option to download this in case I wanted to use it elsewhere. One thing that I enjoyed about creating my resume in LinkedIn was that it recognised some of the companies i've worked for and could provide the brand logo. It also calculated the number of months I worked in each place.

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I decided to create my resume within LinkedIn as it was easy to make and edit in the future. I added previous work experience, achievements and strengths. LinkedIn gave useful suggestions and examples for each section.

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These are the articles I have saved as I found them interesting.

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I have saved all pins into different folders according to my common pins: books, home, random and recipes

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I published my video as unlisted

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I edited my video in YouTube studio

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I set my visibility to unlisted

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I titled my video and added a description

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I uploaded the file to YouTube

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I first downloaded screen-o-matic and recorded my screen.

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I then published my map, which I have linked here

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Gender Pay Gap in Europe- 2018 | Created with Datawrapper

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difference between average gross hourly earnings of men and women in European countries

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I opened data wrapper and attached my spreadsheet. I began to play around with the format and colours. I found this bit really enjoyable!

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I then created an excel spreadsheet. I inputed all the data and the accompanying countries.

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I then had to decide what I wanted to show through my map. I visited the Eurostat website to see what data was available. I found some interesting statistics involving gender pay gaps in several European countries. Data was available up until 2021, however the amount of data dwindled in more recent years. I decided to pick 2018 as the year to display as it had a good amount of data but it was not too long ago.

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I first attended the lecture held by Jane Nolan. I learnt a lot during this lecture, as we were shown how to use Datawrapper to create a Choropleth map

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Using Data Wrapper to Create a Choropleth Map

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Using Data Wrapper to Create a Choropleth Map

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I had used Pinterest before, however Pocket was completely new to me. I thought the two platforms were very different from each other. I mainly use Pinterest for ideas, recipes and tutorials. I rarely save pins that contain links, or if they do contain links I rarely use them. I tend to save pins due to the image or video. I enjoyed looking at the different articles on Pocket and several of them interested me. However, you cannot search for specific articles. I also enjoyed that you can organise your saved pins into different boards on Pinterest, something that you cannot do on Pocket. If I was to use Pocket in the future, I would use the extension to save articles from other websites in one place.

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Overall, I prefer Pinterest for organising information. I prefer the multi-media function of Pinterest and the fact that it allows me to organise my saved 'pins' into different 'boards'. I also like the huge variety of informational and the fact I can search for a specific theme, which is not possible on Pocket without a premium account. However, I would consider using Pocket in the future for saving interesting articles for future reading.

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There was some obvious differences between the platforms immediately such as:
- Pocket is a selection of articles, while Pinterest is more varied with an array of videos, links and photos
- Pocket also does not allow users to search for article themes or titles. You can also add the pocket extension to your browser and save article from other websites.

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Setting up the two accounts was a very similar process. Both websites asked for my interests/preferences. However, Pinterest had more options.

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Comparing Pinterest and Pocket