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Assignment Four - Technology

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The Latest and Greatest Technology is a broad and ever changing market. Every day a new product is released, but our tech hungry society is always standing by wanting the next new thing within minutes of a release. I really cant relate to this hunger for the latest and greatest technological advancement, as I have never considered myself a very tech savvy person, those things don't ever truly excite me. However, there are a few tech things in my life I am VERY picky about. As a college golfer and workout junkie, headphones have proven to be one thing that I am willing to spend a little extra cash on and I find myself shopping for them more often than I need. Although I am a Beats Pro fan, on my last shopping spree I came across some earbuds that surprised me. AfterShoks Open-Ear headphones , a headphone set that does not go into your ear, but sits just in front of the ear. I first saw these headphones on a youtube channel for a popular fitness influencer, Devon Levesque . In his Be

Assignment Three - Lifestyle or Popular Culture Review

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Under the Influence  Scrolling through social media, I see friends, family, companies, and celebrities all posting about their latest vacations, products, or what they ate last night. This is what social media was meant for, to share your life with the world, however you choose to do so. Along with all of the friends and companies I follow, influencers flood my feed. A social media influencer is a person who has the power to affect the purchasing decisions of a consumer based off their knowledge of a product. Two influencers that I follow and watch on a regular basis across multiple platforms is KKFit. Twin athletes who are influencers for the athletic apparel company Gymshark. KKFit is the name of the "brand" and social media accounts of these two girls, Kathryn and Kendra. I stumbled across them years ago on my search for inspiration to get in the gym. When I followed them they had probably around 20 thousand followers and have since grown to a whopping one million follower

Assignment Two - Television

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Will You Accept This Rose? Each spring brings forth another season of love on ABC. You know, the type of love where you are forced to date 47 women at once, the love we all long for. Thats right, you guessed it, each Spring brings forth a new season of the Bachelor. The Bachelor is an American television reality dating show that has been a hit since it premiered in 2002. Bachelor nation, the community that makes it all happen, has transformed from on simple dating show into 5 successful ways to find love, but the Bachelor reigns supreme as the original. Each season a new suitor is picked to make his selection from the hundreds of women who apply to make an appearance on the show in hopes of stealing the bachelors heart, and eventually walking away with an engagement. The bachelor usually opens with the lucky guy standing in front of a grand mansion awaiting his potential wives to pull up in their limos. One by one the ladies step out and have a few seconds to make an impression on the