Third Mission - Digital Journalism - Fake News

~Process~

So for our third and final mission for Semester 1 is on Methodology and the topic we have chosen for this project is Digital Journalism. So what is methodology, it says in the dictionary that it is " a system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity".

Our goal for this project is to create a video to identify a topic, investigate that topic, and tell a story he have agreed upon using different platforms for digital media. We knew that this project was going to take a lot of effort and work to complete properly. Finding partners was quite difficult straight away but thank fully I was able to find a group soon. We immediately started on the project. We are hoping that at the end of this project we are able to present a video that covers what the mission is asking us to do and to also get better at video editing using Premier Pro. Also hoping that the video is at the length of approximately five minutes.                               
                                                                                   
The tools we are going to use to tell the story are the apps Blogger and Snapchat and for editing we will be using Premier Pro. The information will be extracted through our research online. Other equipment we are planning to use is a camera for filming and our phones and of course a laptop/desktop for editing.

The section of digital journalism we are going to focus on is fake news. Fake news is seen everywhere on digital media and one of the most popular. We plan to come up with fake news that can be spread and show how fake new travels around to people as fast as proper news.

Each group is given Three weeks to complete this project. In the three weeks we are given we will split each process of the making in to three parts, the first week we will plan what the video will be about and how we are going to make it happen, the second week we will begin filming and we will use the ideas we had planned out in week one, week three will consist of the editing for the final product.





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Second Mission - Selfie Culture

~Reflection~

The result of our presentation went according to what we had planned. I hope that the information that we have presented was in some way useful to the audience. We insured to face the audience rather than the screen to allow us to have full interaction with the audience.

In the span of seven days while working on this project i had gained more information about the selfie culture. I'm not saying that its the most useful information to have but its good to know the background of the selfie culture and how it also effect society and in some cases our mental health.
Knowing that selfies, especially the ones taken by celebrities, have a huge impact on people, but realising that millions of people adapt and follow trend brought out by big celebrities. This goes to show that selfies taken by a public figure can impact the way we dress, look, act, and maybe even control our emotions or mood. From this project I have learnt that selfies can allow people to connect through images of themselves by finding common interests, but it can also be bad for you if it is abused. Selfies are great, it can capture moments in life that convey stories and emotion, but losing yourself in the addiction of selfies from the attention you get in the media can be harmful in some cases.

The selfie culture was a great topic to study and present especially when the audience are college student that are in the age where they are the most active in that kind of culture. Topic that we covered allowed us to have the resources to have information that the audience can relate to and also learn form.

I'm happy with how well the presentation went as it was exactly as we hoped it be also I enjoyed the research that i went through. Though it wasn't all on the presentation, I was able to acquire information that could be added to my personal knowledge ( Just fill up some space in this empty skull I've got hahahahaha :') ).

Personally I think we could have done better if maybe we had a little more time (when I mean little I mean two or three days more time). I guess co-operation was good but i think a little more of communication would have done the trick to have a solid teamwork but working with the group was no trouble in fact it was great. Also maybe also we could have gone over the presentation a little bit more so that we had the PowerPoint fully covered.

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Second Mission - Selfie Culture

~Product~

Tomorrow is the day we will be presenting our presentation. We have successfully completed our project and quite satisfied with the results of the finish product.

We used three of the seven days we were give to research and gather useful information that we can use for the presentation. The topics I had take were, selfie in modern day and what negotiating and curating our digital identity meant. There was nothing too difficult when researching for resources on those two topics. Quickly reading through different articles and blogs allowed to collect information and choose which would relate and at the same time be useful to the audience.

Group communication and co-operation was crucial with the time we were given but it was no problem for us. We were able to check up on each other to ensure that each of us were up to date and had gathered enough information on the fifth day, which is when we started making our presentation. Taking the idea of not having to much text was also put to use in this PowerPoint, this unsure that we have full interaction with the audience while presenting our information. The presentation was kept short and simple but also including colours and images to attract the audiences attention for the presentation.

The presentation did not take too long to put together so we taken today to read over and revise the information we plan to present. We plan to use the point he have as only a guide and we will use the information we have learned to expand to those points to allow us to provide verbal information to allow the audience to absorb more information.

We hope to that the presentation goes as planned. I hope that the information is enough to keep the audience interested while getting new information from it.

Second Mission - Selfie Culture

~Process~

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Our second mission is on the topic of selfies. We are given the task to study and present the information around Selfies. this will be a week long task so time is very limited. communication will be very crucial specially with the time given to complete it. We will be splitting each task between the three of us allowing us to all contribute and learn about the history and culture of selfies.

We are hoping to complete the tasks provided for us in the on week we are given. In this one week our goal is to research as much information as we can on the topic of selfies. These topics will include the background and some history behind the culture and beginning of selfies, the influence selfies toward others depending on their status, and an understanding of the selfie Culture.

We aim to present a presentation better than our first, but with a shorter amount of time on our hand we must co-operate and work extra hard in order to complete the presentation. We hope to gather enough information on our topics on the selfie culture to create a presentation that will provide more than enough useful information that we can present to the audience.

The internet will be our main place to gather resources for the presentation. We will be looking in to articles, blogs, and  posts that revolve around the selfie and its culture.

The selfie culture is difficult enough of a topic to cover due to it being created by the community and social media. So we must rely on information from well known writers and bloggers to have solid information that can be useful later on in the making of the presentation.

By picking this project i think it will provide us with a lot of new information about something we are a part of. Selfies has become very popular and every selfie has its own story to tell, from the way the persons facial expression is capture and how the background ties in with your emotions and how the way you dress coveys how you also feel.

But overall I just hope that we not only finish in time but also deliver an informative presentation to the audience.