https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c Consumerism & Social Media en-us 2018-04-11 03:26:35 UTC 2026-01-20 22:19:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250551960 This brief YouTube video gives a clear, (mostly) unbiased definition of consumerism. It goes into the historical aspects of consumerism and how it came to be in the contemporary world. This video is useful because it provides a foundation for the idea of consumerism.]]> 2018-04-11 03:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250551960 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250554159 This article is a recent (February 2018) compilation of statistics and facts regarding Facebook. It is targeted towards social media marketers and companies looking to generate online influence. With these statistics, we can see that Facebook sees itself as a way to make money, not just as a venue for people to reconnect.]]> 2018-04-11 03:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250554159 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250555568 This video by Vox tackles the issue of why we use Facebook despite the quickly growing distrust of it: the Network Effect (which is tied into the Fear Of Missing Out). More specifically, the network effect has made it so that it's almost seen as rude if you don't have Facebook. This video also touches on the Cambridge Analytica scandal and how Facebook uses and sells information about you.]]> 2018-04-11 04:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250555568 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250601867 In this video, Chris Wylie, former Research Director at Cambridge Analytica, reveals how CA was able to gather personal information from Facebook users. He goes on to explain how this information could've been used to influence people, i.e., Americans during the 2016 Election.]]> 2018-04-11 08:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250601867 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250606430 A classic, powerful dystopian novel of the literary canon, 1984 follows Winston as he goes about life in the superstate of Oceania. The citizens of Oceania are subject to 24/7 government surveillance as privacy does not exist. All citizens worship their leader, Big Brother, as he watches over them, ensuring that individualism is nonexistent and that everyone remains loyal to the state. This book is important to read because it posits a "what could be" scenario for the future of social media and fake news.]]> 2018-04-11 08:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250606430 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250607164 A young-adult dystopian novel set in the far future where a computer chip that can do everything that a smartphone can (and more) is implanted into your brain at birth. Consumerism has run rampant: corporations own schools, fashion changes by the minute, and America's pollution alone is killing the world. Titus is just another spoiled, sheep-like consumer who ends up meeting someone unlike anyone else he has ever met: someone unique. But will it be too late for Titus to change?]]> 2018-04-11 08:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250607164 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250707568 The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, in which their Due Process Clauses are the closest the US government has come to granting its citizens the right to privacy. Ideally, students would argue whether or not due process does grant a right to privacy and, finally, decide whether or not Facebook broke any of these laws.]]> 2018-04-11 13:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250707568 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250758410 "Royals" is a pop song by Lorde in which she describes her life as it is affected by capitalism and consumerism. Because she is not born into "royalty," she exists as such in her imagination. She also flips the dynamic between those who are "royals" and those who are not by seeing herself as someone who is above being obsessed with "royalty."]]> 2018-04-11 15:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250758410 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250758974 "CASH" is a hip-hop song by the newly popular boyband BROCKHAMPTON in which some of the members discuss the oppressive powers-that-be within our capitalist society. This song also looks at the effects of capitalism and consumerism through the perspective of 20-something black males. Ideally, students would compare and contrast this song and "Royals" to see how capitalism and consumerism affected the lives of the songwriters.]]> 2018-04-11 15:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250758974 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250905050 Are humans so focused on unnecessary and petty products that we cannot see salient, global issues? Through this political cartoon's mocking of the outrage around the possible discontinuation of the Twinkie, we are forced to ask ourselves this question. ]]> 2018-04-11 19:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250905050 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250915192 Blue: video            Pink: song             Yellow: miscellaneous
Purple: online text and pictures        Green: print text]]> 2018-04-11 20:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250915192 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250916369 The direction of the arrows indicates one of many possible ways to order the use of these texts in the classroom. This text set begins with the video "What is Consumerism?" and ends with George Orwell's 1984.]]> 2018-04-11 20:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250916369 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250918043 In regards to the exact order of these texts, I split up the entire set into two sections. First of which pertains to consumerism and the second to social media. Students would get an introduction to the topic of consumerism and over time build up their understanding to be able to tackle Feed, a young adult novel with heavy consumerism themes. Following that, students would connect the dangers of consumerism to the prominent social media site Facebook.]]> 2018-04-11 20:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250918043 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250920187 After exploring the recent scandal between Facebook and political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, students will eventually read Orwell's 1984. Because of this novel's increased difficulty compared to Feed and it's wide range of topical themes, 1984 will work summatively by bringing together everything the students learned throughout the text set.]]> 2018-04-11 20:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250920187 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250922976 How does consumerism affect our lives? Are our wants and desires truly ours, or are we being told what to like and want? Can we truly live a free life if we are told what to like?]]> 2018-04-11 20:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250922976 sierrajl https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250923030 How can we use social media sites like Facebook safely? Is such a thing possible: is it safe to trust faceless corporations with information about you?]]> 2018-04-11 20:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrajl/sov00o6ub14c/wish/250923030