Elijah Foster

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Crowdsourcing and User Generation

With the direction that the internet is going, crowdsourcing is starting to become more prevalent. As far as customer input and what they would like to see going forward. Not only does it keep business more progressive but it also keeps them engaged with the product. Crowdsourcing is asking the input of a mass audience …

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FinDIt – search engine

If I came up with a search engine, it would be called FinDIt, and I would want it to be simpler than what we’re accustomed to. Although search engines for the most part are filled with so  much information that the results are endless. But the main feature I would incorporate would be where the …

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Digital Media Expansion of our Knowledge

The tools of digital media is expanding our knowledge but it comes with a price. Depending on who you ask, communication isn’t what once was and probably won’t be the same. With everything almost exclusively online as far as shopping, gathering information and communicating with people, it’s just different. It’s almost hard for us to …

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A Week Without Google or Facebook Assignment

The ability to last a week without Google or Facebook platforms wasn’t as difficult as I thought it might be. Not only has it shown that how much everything has essentially shifted to technological production as well as society’s use for it. For example, Google itself is now out on electronic dictionaries, thus rendering physical …

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The Public Sphere, Blogs, Linked Information

For the better part of the last 10 years, more and more people have ventured into the world of social media and content creation. People’s reasons range from displaying their talents to entertainment and daily blogs. Since essentially the turn of the century, people have had an online presence but it was far and few …

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Why are networks important elements of digital media?

Networks are important elements of digital media because they help expand the basic level of communication. They have many different uses such as collaborating on projects large and small as well used for branding and marketing.