History of Social Media

This project requires that you: (Note that these points MUST be covered in your proposal)

• Consider the following as per discussions in class.
  • how social media affects our society
  • how social media affects each of us individually
• Based on this, outline a proposal for a social media app which addresses a need you feel must be addressed in our next generation of social media apps:
  • Identify the
    • content, and
    • form, as well as the
    • media for your app
  • Acknowledging the importance of
    • dialogue,
    • agency, and
    • collaboration in social media,
  • Show how your app addresses these.
• Prepare a preliminary prototype (Simple drawings or compilation photos suitable for a powerpoint which can be included in your report)
  • Develop sample content
  • Have an image of the form (how the app will look)
  • Identify the primary media
  • Provide some images of the context in which it will be used
• Get feedback from friends (6) about your idea by writing a questionnaire, disseminating it in print or asking orally, gathering data, and providing an analysis of what they said.

Formal Report: Post on Discord and hand in print report

2500 – 3000 words: report format. Single side.

11 pt Times Roman, 1.5 Line Spacing. 1″ margins top and sides, .5″ bottom. Use head and subheads in bold to identify your sections. Use .25″ indent for new paragraphs. No extra space between sections. Include page #s.

• Introduction
• Rational for App
• Description of App including images
• Conclusion: what your friends thought and how you responded.
• In-Text Citations for all quotes and main ideas. Bibliography and References
• Images are to be small i.e. 3″x 4″ or so. Must illustrate text and be referenced in text. Use captions starting with [Fig.1] and number sequentially.