Multimedia Presentations (Updated)

This semester, you will be responsible for a multimedia presentation based upon a social media-based topic.

Presentations must:

  1. Run at least 10 minutes—you may utilize any presentation program you like (e.g. PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi).
  2. Be 10-12 slides in length, excluding cover slide and works cited—introduction and conclusion slides are mandatory; presentations without an introduction and/or conclusion cannot score higher than a C.
  3. Include at least one multimedia clip—no longer than 1.5 minutes in length.
  4. Include an MLA Style works cited slide—not to be presented.
  5. Include a one-page handout—to be distributed to the class the day before your presentation via Canvas.*
  6. Be submitted to Canvas no later than the day of your presentation.

*In addition to summarizing the salient points of your presentation, your handout should also echo its style and tone.

Topics:

  1. When Social Media Makes a Star: Shawn Mendes, Cardi B, and The Weeknd
  2. How They Work: Dating Apps 
  3. Controlling Your Image on Social Media: What the Law Says
  4. A Brief History of Internet Hoaxes 
  5. How Teen Girls Use Social Media
  6. The Cliches of Social Media: Why is So Much Content So Unoriginal?
  7. Why TikTok Concerns the US Government
  8. On the Dangers of the Manosphere
  9. What Google Knows about Me and You 
  10. How Zoom Beat the Tech Giants
  11. How It Works: The Dark Web 
  12. How Baby Boomers Use Social Media 
  13. How Napster Changed Everything
  14. Life as a Social Media Influencer
  15. Trump on Twitter: A History 
  16. Keep It in the Family: Can My Parents Post Pictures of Me Without My Consent?
  17. A Brief History of Doxxing 
  18. This is Your Brain on Social Media  
  19. What’s Whatsapp?
  20. Everything in Moderation: How the Biggest Social Media Companies Monitor Content
  21. In Memoriam: Xanga, Friendster, and Google+
  22. YouTube: The Early Years
  23. On Colorism and Social Media
  24. Blocked: On Countries That Restrict Social Media
  25. Big in the ‘90s: America Online, AltaVista, and MapQuest 
  26. What is Creepypasta?
  27. The Social Media Privacy Settings Everyone Should Have
  28. How OnlyFans Changed Everything
  29. China’s Biggest Platforms: WeChat, Douyin, and Sina Weibo
  30. Hunter Moore’s IsAnyoneUp and the History on Revenge Porn 
  31. Gab: Where Online Hate Flourishes
  32. How to Recognize Common Social Media Scams
  33. What Happened to Vine?
  34. All About Instagram 
  35. What Facebook Knows about You and Me 
  36. How Teen Boys Use Social Media 
  37. When MySpace Ruled the World
  38. You’re Hired: Maximizing LinkedIn
  39. How They Work: Sponsored Posts   
  40. Facebook: The Early Years

SCHEDULE:

  • Week 7: Tue 3.7/Thu 3.9        
    • Nawal H - The Social Media Privacy Settings Everyone Should Have
  • Week 8: Tue 3.14/Thu 3.16        
    • Gurneet K - All about Instagram
    • Miguel E - On the Dangers of the Manosphere                    
  • Week 9: Tue 3.21/Thu 3.23 
    • Devin P - What Google Knows about Me and You
    • Nayceht P - What is Creepypasta?
  • Week 11: Tue 4.4/Thu 4.6
    • Diego C - Facebook: The Early Years 
    • Yvette P - This is Your Brain on Social Media
    • Deena A - YouTube: The Early Years
  • Week 13: Tue 4.18/Thu 4.20
    • Sarah A - How Teen Girls Use Social Media
    • Emily J - Life as a Social Media Influencer
    • Cecil W - How Teen Boys Use Social Media
  • Week 14: Tue 4.25/Thu 4.27
    • Wenjie P - How They Work: Dating Apps 
    • Zeyu W- How It Works: The Dark Web 
    • Isaiah O - Why TikTok Concerns the US Government
  • Week 15: Tue 5.2/Thu 5.4
    • Kristopher D - What Happened to Vine?
    • Julia C - How They Work: Sponsored Posts
    • Long N - When MySpace Ruled the World
  • Week 16: Tue 5.9/Thu 5.11
    • Tyreque E - What's Whatsapp?

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