FASHIONABLY LATE WITH SARAH

A virtual world is an online computer-based environment meant for users to interact in a three-dimensional world. According to Forbes, children are the most avid users of these 3-D worlds, using their accounts for social connection, entertainment, and learning. These virtual worlds ignite a world of creativity  —  Jacki Forbes, a virtual world designer, explains to Forbe. "I create a lot of art — some computer assemblage, some physical art. I also do creative writing and am working on a book that looks at the uses of virtual worlds for NASA's long duration flight missions," she states. However, virtual worlds does not indicate a perfect world. According to Health magazine online, research suggest that how you represent yourself in the virtual world may affect your behavior with people in the real world. Users become extremely "keyed" into the game and that leads to powerful imitative effects in those that wear virtual masks. Overall, I was never interested n...

Twitter Vs. Blackboard: Are they all that different? Many would be thrown off by this topic, as to why Twitter is being compared to Blackboard. They're used on different platforms for different purposes (depending on who'd you ask), however, alike they create discussion activities. Twitter is a social media engine, where you "tweet" 140-character long posts discussing whatever you'd like. You can follow the pages you like, retweet, reply, and favorite tweets. Blackboard is solely an educational tool used by CUNY students and professors to connect online. Comparable to Twitter, Blackboard has the option to post questions or open discussions over any concerns or inquiries, most likely pertaining to the class at hand. Classmates and professors can respond in the discussions. Both tools have the ability to host private and/or public discussions. Blackboard has no character limit; no restrictions on how long your discussion may be. Therefore, this tool is more prac...

The purpose of social networking sites is to bring people together from all parts of globe, in a kind of interaction and communication forum. Social media is ever-changing; updates with new formats, new add-ons and bug fixes, cool new filters. However, which social media format do I prefer? I visited Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn to compare. Facebook allows you to share photos, updates, and general news to your followers or those who "like" you. On Twitter, you can write a tweet comprised of 140 characters, and those tweets can be retweeted and favorited. Instagram is only for sharing photos and captions, depending on if your profile is private or public, people can "like" those photos. Although, recently Instagram has been expanding to use live videos, and posting short 10 second videos that get deleted after 24 hours. LinkedIn, I consider, to run a bit different from the before mentioned. It is specifically designed for pr...

What runs the world? Technology. There are a plethora of uses for technology in the modern world we live in. We see it in our everyday lives; people buried into their cellphones on the subway, the moving screens at 42nd street, smart boards in the classroom. Personally, I live on my laptop, so much that I practically never turn on the flatscreen TV hanging in my room. And so does Lauren M. Holson, who mentions in her New York Times article, " I don’t need one: the major networks and many other broadcasters have made it easy to find their shows free online." Quite frankly, why even spend the money when technology has made it possible to catch up on your favorite dramas, type your paper that's due the next morning, and enjoy some online shopping on the same portable device. Technology has made many things possible. However, are the effects of technology all that great? Personally, technology has made me more disconnected with the world, in the sense that I...

In a world now ran by technology, its no secret that blogs and wikis highlight the effects of new media. Similarly, these two engines are used as forms of communications with the world, where people can express their ideas. These forms of websites may seem similar – used for people to write things – however, they’re used differently. According to Wikipedia, “ A wiki is a website that provides collaborative modification of its content and structure directly from the web browser .” Notably, a wiki invites anyone to edit any page within the wiki site. On the other hand, a blog is a more informal site, where the blogger creates journal or diary like entries that are time-stamped. Blogs can be very useful for businesses, teaching, and even helping lead to drug raid – reported by The New York Times. One of their articles details how a group of strangers came together to share information on a blogging website in order to remain informed on what goes on in Brooklyn. It’s an amazing concep...

For my research topic, I will attempt to answer the questions: How has social media positively and negatively impacted the fashion world/industry? In what ways has it changed society’s perspective on body image and self-love? Why has social media became a cornerstone for cyber bullying? 

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog, a comfortable place to express ideas. My Business New Media course brings me here as a first time blogger. I'm interested for whats in store in the world of blogging. My main objective for this blog is express how social media has impacted the fashion industry. Hope you enjoy!