Category: Foundations of Graduate Studies
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The Modern Workplace
Of all topics related to this graduate program, I knew I wanted to further investigate flow states for my final project. If you’ve read all my blog posts up to this one, you know that’s a topic that I’m very intrigued by. When I decided to study social media’s effect…
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The dangers of social media
Featured Image by Lisa Fotios When social media was first invented, it was just a medium where people could share cool photos/interesting thoughts with their friends and family. Back then, we could have never imagined where social media has brought us as a society today. Media and technology in general…
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Paying attention to what matters
Featured Image by Gabrielle Henderson I could scroll on Twitter or Instagram Reels for hours. I bet anyone can. Many people know about algorithms and how they shape our social media feeds. The more you engage with a certain type of post or a particular user, the more that platform…
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The intersection of “play” and “flow”
Featured Image: cottonbro studio When I was in elementary school, I loved recess. Not to say I hated school, because everyone knows I loved school. But as a kid, I could stand on the blacktop and play handball with my friends for hours. The thrill of moving up to “the…
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Becoming my own project manager
Everyone who knows me knows that I love a good, color-coded spreadsheet. I use one daily to keep track of my assignments – each class has a color, and each assignment is listed in order of its due date. I’ve used them at past internships as a content calendar, to-do…
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I gave up Instagram for 4 days. Here’s what I learned:
Featured Image: Paul Hoenhorst In the book Stolen Focus, author Johann Hari gave up all electronics and social media for three months. That inspired me to do the same. Okay – not exactly, but something similar! I decided to do a four-day detox (as opposed to the three months) and…
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“The medium is the message”
Featured Image: Tracy Le Blanc I first heard this phrase in my Principles of Public Relations class during my freshman year of college. We mostly focused on PR for a business in that class, so I originally interpreted the phrase to mean that a company used different platforms to convey…
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Why do we keep scrolling?
Featured Image: Robin Worrall It’s so easy to get distracted nowadays. Whether we’re trying to complete a homework assignment, read a book, or even go to sleep, it’s a habit to reach for our phones. I’ll admit – I do it too. How could we not? Social media keeps us…
Lindsey Komson 