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Digital Research in Mass Communication
MC7019: Week 12 Blog As we've talked about in our class this whole semester, digital media constantly changes and emerges. Digital is so...

Amie Martinez
Apr 5, 20212 min read


"Spotify Teardown": What Spotify Doesn't Want You To Know
MC7019: Week 11 Blog Just like a lot of other college and graduate students across the nation, I listen to Spotify pretty much every day....

Amie Martinez
Mar 29, 20213 min read


Instagram Has Changed How We View the World
MC7019: Week 10 Blog Of all the popular social media apps today, Instagram is definitely my favorite. I love scrolling through my feed to...

Amie Martinez
Mar 22, 20214 min read


"Distributed Blackness": How Blackness is Represented in Digital Media
MC7019: Week 9 Blog Is the internet really unbiased? Are the results that appear in our Google Search queries impartial, or do search...

Amie Martinez
Mar 15, 20213 min read


Double the Fun? Effects of Second Screening and Media Multitasking
MC7019: Week 8 Blog I don't know about you, but I am definitely guilty of second screening. I actually just did it while typing this...

Amie Martinez
Mar 8, 20213 min read


Does Internet Culture Reflect Real-Life Culture?
MC7019: Week 7 Blog The first question that Dr. Porter asked us at the start of the semester was, "Is life online real?" This question is...

Amie Martinez
Mar 1, 20213 min read


Insta v. Reality: The Harmful Effects Manipulated Instagram Pics Have on Teenage Girls
MC7019: Week 6 Blog When I was a teenager, I definitely remember growing up feeling insecure about my body. I attended a private...

Amie Martinez
Feb 22, 20213 min read


Social Media Networks
MC7019: Week 5 Blog Think about who you follow and who follows you on social media. They are mostly likely your friends, family,...

Amie Martinez
Feb 15, 20212 min read


Are Filter Bubbles Real?
MC7019: Week 4 Blog Four years ago when I was a sophomore at LSU, I was sitting in Dr. Porter's "Digital Brands" class, watching...

Amie Martinez
Feb 8, 20213 min read


The Internet Trap
MC7019: Week 3 Blog Facebook and Google scare me. No, not because of the overwhelming amount of information we now have access to or...

Amie Martinez
Feb 1, 20213 min read


Digital Inequalities
MC 7019: Week 2 Blog When first hearing the terms "digital inequalities" and "digital divide" this past weekend, both my mother and my...

Amie Martinez
Jan 25, 20213 min read


What is Emerging Media?
MC7019: Week 1 Blog Since the invention of the Internet, scholars have been trying to unlock the mystery behind emerging communication...

Amie Martinez
Jan 17, 20213 min read
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