Intro on the blog
Who do you think you are?
Greetings everyone,
A little about myself: my name is Johanna and I am a junior Biology major at this institution. In terms of media making, I consider myself to be an avid user of Instagram. The content I post on my personal account is related to my travels and family. In addition to this, I also like to post different inspirational posts. Reason being that I enjoy sharing my personal beliefs in efforts to possibly impact someone. Below are screenshots of previous posts from Instagram:
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| Swing at the end of the world in Baños, Ecuador. From this swing there was an incredible view of an active volcano called Tungurahua. Very scary! |
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| The purpose of this post was to share the importance of readings and gaining new knowledge from different content. |
Overall, I do not aim to a specific audience nor do I post about a specific topic. The above post relates to my passion about reading. Personally, I believe that constantly reading books truly instills an appreciation for growth. In terms of media consumption, I enjoy following medical related pages on Instagram. These pages can range from surgical video procedures to tips on how to better prepare for medical school. Pinterest is another platform I enjoy using for my personal benefit in terms of looking up recipes, fashion and other random fun information. My personal most used platform is Pubmed (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ ). Pubmed is basically a library database of published scientific research articles. I was first introduced to this website back during my freshman year when I started doing cancer research in the biology department at NJCU. This website is very useful as it allows it's audience to search up anything they are interested in knowing about and will provide you with instant recent research articles along with data to inform you.
Other than that, I do not use any other platforms. However, I am very excited to become more involved via twitter and trying to connect activism with the medical field.
Activism has truly been an influence on society. Such movements include, ending slavery, advocating equality for women, protecting the environment and much more. However, it has also had its controversial inputs such as attacking minorities. I believe that activism is neither good nor bad. It really depends on the reasoning behind it. I do believe that the media has become more accepting of it as opposed to before. However, there is always a more negative connotation to activism. I believe the reason for this is because typically activism seems to be lead by people with less power. Given that people with power would achieve their end goals through a traditional route. Take for example, Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist and successfully became a vital part of the civil rights movement. Yet, he received much negativity because of his skin color and eventually caused assassination. Had he been a person with light skin leading an anti-racism movement perhaps, things would be a bit different.
I believe that this relationship between the media and activism, acts of resistance, protests is not necessarily right because everyone should be able to voice their passions and opinions about certain topics. As mentioned previously, activism has significantly impacted society. However, I also believe that there is not much one can do about this relationship since it incorporates the publics opinions.
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