This term I conducted an experiment on my social media and technology habits. I recorded the results in a google doc journal that I updated through each week. The results showed me that I am generally more happy without the pressure of constant updates. Had many urges to look on facebook.

Here are my proposal and research that I have been doing for the past couple of weeks. I have found it extremely interesting to see how political opinions are received in the current Facebook culture. The age range that I focused on was 18-25. Role of Politics on Facebook Culture.

My question when researching certain aspects of social media was how do parents and their kids interact on social media? Another last finding that surprised me was the lack of parents with Instagram accounts. Instagram has been used as a popular news outlet for the last 5 years or so. My family is far from .

For our final research projects, we were asked to research and evaluate a subject pertaining to culture and social media. When filtering through different topics, an article. I had read earlier this semester came to mind. This article, published on Huffington Post, looked at the various different reasons people may choose to share grievances on social media. Being able to post messages directed towards the deceased fosters an easier transition towards living without the deceased, .