By Chandra Lloyd, Claire Larson and Kimball Leavitt
The world can be a hard place to live in because there are countless issues that need to be fixed.
However, art changes everything.
We are constantly berated by societal issues. Many of us want to be part of a group, make a difference, or change the world and the question arises: how can we make ourselves heard?
Whatever your cause: Whether you are pushing for no abortions or gunning for the right to bear firearms, supporting environmentalism or trying to eliminate inequality, art can be an effective tool to get your message across to the masses.
Technology has undoubtedly had an effect on relationships as they are viewed today. Some say that technology has created an atmosphere that encourages the growth of relationships, but my claim is this: technological advances and popular media have encouraged the disintegration of relationships - romantic relationships, friendships, and even business relationships.
Technology has become more so a barrier to relationships than an aide. Through looking at multiple sources, researching myclaim, and speaking with several notable people, I have created this post to describe in detail the effect that technology has on today's relationships.
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” – Benjamin Franklin
Although you would be hard pressed to find someone that does not
want to help end human trafficking, when photography is mentioned as a method
to help many people are skeptical. After deciding to become a social worker, I have been studying human trafficking. I am appalled at how often it happens and how close it happens. Because of this, I want to try and educate people how they can help people who have been trafficked. This article is going to explore why
photography can be used as a means to increase activism and decrease slacktivism.
Please watch this video in which I give detailed feedback on the draft videos posted so far. Take special note of the adjusted requirement for length (shortened to 60 seconds). You should take note of this feedback even if your video was not posted or critiqued so that you get a better idea of expectations and standards. (You are welcome to click through to this video on YouTube to watch it to see it at better resolution and even speed up playback)
While this video is a response to the individual videos, much of what is said relates to how group videos should also be done. So it will be valuable to you as you finish up those. Also, be sure you refer to the Student Video - Best Practices document.
In the video above I refer to a student journal that features short introductory videos by students about their topics. Here is one of the student videos:
I go through each of the blog posts that came in on time today with both individual and general critiques. Watch this so you will know how to revise the design of your blog post. You may wish to click through and watch this on YouTube where you can speed it up and see it at a better resolution.
I am doing a separate feedback video with a critique and suggestions for improving the video portion of your blog post.
Growing up, every summer we took a family vacation full of aunts, uncles and cousins. Every girl would bring their own stack of the "trash" magazines and we would take turns passing them around looking through each one. I grew up calling these magazines like People, Ok!, Star, etc. as "trash", yet we looked forward to that week where we all indulged and basked in the piles of gossip magazines all around us. Lately, I have noticed that these same gossip articles have now gone online, flooding my Facebook feed, trending on Twitter, and talked about constantly amongst my peers. Studying journalism, I have heard the critic that these "sleazy" articles are taking over the "real, hard hitting" news. But like anything these days, you see what you want to see. Gossip news has been around for centuries, this is nothing new. My argument is that we must learn how to navigate through the flood of news articles available to us through this different medium: the internet. This post will outline a history of gossip in the media, the psychology of why society clings to that, and lastly, answering the question, how do we navigate through the "sleaze"?
Although public access to information may cause distorted expectations in women, this information ultimately empowers them by enabling them to become more aware of unexplored opportunities.
As BYU student Alec Parkinson remarked, "there really is a whole lot of good that's done by spreading information, even if sometimes there is bad that goes along with it" (Digital Dialogue on LearningSuite.byu.edu, an online forum).
We are constantly berated by societal issues. Many of us want to be part of a group, make a difference, or change the world and the question arises: how can we make ourselves heard? 
