1. An experiment about social media detachment
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An experiment about social media detachment

2. Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand.
-Amy Jo Martin

3. The mission
Understand the impact social media has on participation and attention structures.
Understand on the psychological effects social media has on a user
Compile a digital diary that completely captured the experience.

4. Let's begin

5. The process The proposal Revision Research The write up
Archiving photos and videos
Accepting changing ways
Conceptualize digital diary

6. Proposal Figure out perimeters for project
What would be the best possible angle ?
What would I want the end product to be?
What were my intentions?

7. Revision Narrowing down Set completed and fixed guidelines
Bring project proposal up to date
Engage others within project due to its nature

8. Research Research was academic and opinionated
There were a lot of relevant information on this topic of social media interference on cognition and the psyche
However it was limited
Much of my research was based on personal speculation
Research found for the most part supported all claims made

9. The Write up Daily pieces
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Daily pieces
Reflected on noticed changes in attention structures
Accompanied photo or video representation
Integrated research to support claims
Harder some days than others because of experiment time line
Each day had a specific focus due to this

10. Archiving Photos and Videos
Take either pictures of videos for the day that in some way inspired the blog post for the day.
Videos were harder to produce because of self concept
Artistic exploration, used new apps to manipulate pictures, and edit videos

11. Accepting the Changing nature of project
Initial project outcome was to be a video
Changed due to lack of video progress
Uncomfortable being in front of the camera
Figure out new way to present project that encompassed all captured material collected

12. The Digital Diary
Much of the write up was based on reflection, integrated with research, and conceptualized based on a photo or when lucky a video
Had to generate an idea that brought all these components together
The idea of a diary came to me because it integrated all these components in a way that fit.
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13. Closing remarks
I hope that from both this presentation and the project itself you were able to understand the affects social media has on our attention and participation structures.