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<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>According to a study done by The American Academy of Facial Plastic and</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Reconstructive Surgery, 64% of facial plastic surgeon members saw an increase in cosmetic</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>surgery or injectable treatments in patients under 30 due to social media…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>My Topic: Does Social Media Distort Self-Perception?</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Introduction: According to a study done by The American Academy of Facial Plastic and</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Reconstructive Surgery, 64% of facial plastic surgeon members saw an increase in…[Read more]

Subjectivity as a defining value, as outlined in Jacqueline Jones Royster’s piece, breeds the Twitter tribes described in the Twitter article. Twitter is supposed to be the solution to cross boundary discourse, controversial topics are debated everyday, but people align themselves with others according to their views. This alliance could be proved…[Read more]

Social media is a big part of my reality being co-constructed. Media sensationalism and the general non-stop stimulus of infinite human perspectives affects how I view my reality. Being constantly exposed to negative news sometimes makes me see the world as a macomb place. Simple pleasures of tangible life sometimes lose their value because of…[Read more]

The newest circulated Nike commercial of 2018 is a modern artifact whose rhetor is

Colin Kaepernick, a legendary resistant or infamous risk-taker depending on one’s perspective. The receptivity of the slogan “Just Do It” being advertised through Kaepernick, a man who was cause for controversy when he kneeled down during the national anthem, depen…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Adham Bakr </span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Date and time: 9/16/18, evening , 6pm to 9PM</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>What I did:  </span><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>watch  </span><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Black Mirror Season 1 Episode 2: Fifteen Million Merits (Netflix) and respond by a…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Adham Bakr </span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Date and time: 9/9/18, evening , 8pm to 9PM</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>What I did:  Find an example of an online story that uses visual elements within the article. Using Hocks and the graphic guide, analyze how the visual element relates to the text.…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Adham Bakr </span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Date and time: 9/2/18, evening , 7pm to 9PM</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>What I did: Reading </span><i><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing</span></i><span style=”font-weight: 400;”> and “Understanding V…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>’m not really sure what multimodal is, yeah… I find writing to be very easy and I find myself to be a writer because it’s my favorite and easiest subject. I used to write my ex gfs essays for her and I loved it when I saw the excitement on her face after she got her grades back. In high school I wasn’t really…[Read more]