The Blog We Share in MM199

Graphics by: Quay'Shawn Akins One more week in this quarantine,  May 3  the date Governor Kelly has agreed that the " Stay at home order" is to end. As we get closer to that day I realized that the media isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I mean as long as we have the access to electricity to get that media going no matter who does what there is going to be an audience, depending on which there are some that have their opinion on things or going to share just because of the type of story it is that brings a lot of  clicks (views). That being said with television we have all kinds of news channels that talk about the same story or some don't even talk about the same stuff, To social media with a lot of fake news or news that scare people made me come to realization that its Me V.S the media. It is really hard but you have to look at it as the media trying to bring us humans down mentally. It portrays us to think we need to be aware of  every little thing in the...

By: Quay'Shawn Akins The first day that we went into the  Stay at home order  I didn't really take it as serious as I did now.By that I mean I thought it was going to be for like a week or that since we experience sickness like Ebola or Swine flu that doctors would fix it fast. Unfortunately, this is like day 246(not really) so this is a pretty serious thing. The day I realized "OK this is serious" and " OK this world is in trouble". Well watching  CBS  seeing the president and Dr. Birx during these weeks on the world news. Them taking turns to speak about what to expect and not to expect I'm think I would see something serious on TV like people wearing masks or something crazy like flu scene. I'm still watching the TV our president laughing and joking, there were promises made by him that this virus wouldn't even touch serious on this US while the doctor is in a more serious mode than him, just seeing things like that during this time espec...

Photo by: Quay'Shawn Akins took in Basic Photography Its kind of crazy how what we can all say as people living on the world we can relate to each other and say we went through a pandemic( COVIC-19 ) 20 years from now.  During this experience I can say a lot of time has been spent on my phone which made me notice a lot of stuff about my self. Does social media effect you when there is too much time spent on it? Especially when we are to do nothing, ordered to quarantine for our safety of course and not only scroll up and down our phones but also watch a lot of breaking news on TV. That's a lot of media exposure but How much is too much? When really all you can do that I gained a lot of stress from just seeing/hearing a lot of news that brings me anxiety like who wants to be in the house for 3 months as a possibility was told one day watching TV. I came up with things to do lie take walks, listen to music, delete social media, face time friends, homework, learn my family...

by Christian Clark My name is Christian Clark, I’m student athlete and this is my third year of college and my second here at Washburn. My first school wasn’t how i expected it to be, it was too small and I felt as though i wasn’t being challenged academically or athletically. I still stand with my decision to transfer here to Washburn, coming here has opened up new opportunities for me. Here is picture of me from a football game this season.

Where did this image come from? The Internet? Well, yes,  but, we need more. If you take a photo from the web, be sure  to grab the URL and share it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ cpasqueretta/9804763243 One of your biggest assignments in MM199 is to leave your mark on the World Wide Web. There are many topics that you can choose to write about, but keep in mind that creativity and individuality are key. This is not your normal, "my day, my roommates, my car" sucks kind of blog. Above all, by the end of the semester, you should have created a series of blog posts that will show a potential employer that you have the skills to be successful in a mass media career. That means you need to think about your topic carefully. Do some research. How many movie review blogs does the Web need? What unique perspective can you offer? Do you have an unusual hobby? Have you overcome a problem that you could provide useful advice for? You need a topic that allows y...

My personal blog is all about self-love and how a little self-confidence can change your life, as well as how today's society influences self-love, my own experiences, interviews with others on their own self-love journey, and more!  LINK TO PERSONAL BLOG:  http://selflovehandbook.blogspot.com/ Hello! My name is Bayley Baker and I am originally from Clearwater, Kansas. A relatively small town just outside of Wichita, Clearwater could accurately be described as a black hole that sucks people into it and traps them there forever. People who live in Clearwater rarely leave. My presence here in Topeka today is nothing short of a miracle. I am eighteen years old and a freshman at Washburn. My major is in Mass Media with an emphasis in Public Relations, while my minor is in Political Science. The role of White House Press Secretary would be my dream job. I love all things media (and most things politics). What I find most fascinating, however, is when the two combine - hence ...