Week 5 Homework: "You have just been given a job by an independent record company to promote the label and its artists on social media. Write down 5 things you would do and why."

The 5 things I would do would be:

• 1. You're automatically entered into a draw to win a prize associated with the company if you like their Facebook page: A simple way of giving back to people for supporting the company and promoting it further
• 2. If you share any music from the company you get a free song of your choice: Great way to find what audience the company has, and giving people who actually like their music more variety to listen to.
• 3. "Fan of the week" meaning that whoever shows the most support for the company over that week gets a mention on the company's Facebook page: People who support the company have the chance to get a "shoutout" on the page.
• 4. Keep things on social media exciting and active: If you're social media is pretty dull and you only post once a month, it can reflect the company and people will loose interest.
• 5. Post about upcoming events and note-worthy dates on social media: People are more active on social media these days and are more likely to find out about your company on the internet so putting up these dates will get more people to buy tickets and attend.

Week 4 Homework: "Analyse your own Facebook or Twitter page."

How many times have you or your friends shared any of the following?:

- A news article or campaign (such as the Joseph Kony video from a few years ago) = 6
- A music video or song = 5
- A funny video = 15
- An advert or a commercial product (e.g A picture of some new trainers you want) = 5

Q. Why do you and other people share these types of media? Who benefits?
I feel as though we share things like funny pictures or videos a lot because they make us laugh and we may want to share it with our friends for them to also see. We may share news articles because we find them shocking or upsetting and want other people to be made aware of them. As far as music videos or adverts, they are down to personal preference as you may share the music video or your current favourite song or you could share a pair of trainers that you would like to buy in the future.

On social networking sites such as Facebook you have the option to share the post to a number of different audiences e.g public, friends, only me or selected friends. As a result, you are choosing who can view what you have shared and they will then benefit from it. However, a lot of the time when we're scrolling down our news feeds we don't really pay attention to most posts so a lot of time,no one benefits from what you are sharing.

Week 3 Homework: "Write a blog post about what you have noticed about your internet use. Think about the amount of times you visit certain websites, how long you spend on the sites and what you use."

From my table of results, i can see that the majority of my time on the internet is spent on social media sites such as Facebook, instagram and youtube. I have also gathered that i will often go on all my social media sites at once when i pick up my phone or open my laptop and will only spend a few minutes on each just to check up where i left off.

Furthermore, i have noticed that i go on my phone and use the internet mostly when i wake up and just before i go to bed which is a bad habit because of how it can easily lead me to going to bed too late and not getting up on time in a morning. As well as that, i have spotted that i use the internet a lot in social spaces such as at the dinner table or when i'm out with friends. This is a bad thing due to me blocking out family and friends at times when i should be acknowledging them and talking to them across the table and not behind my phone screen.

As a whole, i do think i waste a lot of my time on the internet; mostly i am just refreshing my feed or seeing what other people have posted rather than using it for valid reasons. I also feel as if the fact of how easy it is to get sucked into your phone or laptop and go online is a bad factor that can lead to me spending more time talking to people over the internet instead of socializing in the real world.