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  1. Aug 2023
    1. Regardless of which of Gomez’s assistants hits the “post” button, Gomez’s focus on giving of herself to improve society resonates with her fans.

      keeping some sort of presence while still respecting her own time and boundaries is such a good stragety to still keep in contact and engage with people but while making clear that there will be no illusion of some sort of actual relationship--because people can be dangerous when they believe they have a connection to someone parasocially.

    2. Suffering from publicity overload, cyberbullying, and a negatively changing sense of self, Gomez handed over her Instagram account to her assistant in 2017. She

      I find it sick that, almost like her namesake, Selena Gomez has suffered at the hands of people with whom she has parasocail relationships i.e. fans, at least she wasn't shot and killed like Quintanilla but the common story of having people feeling entitled to them is downright sick, everyone should have the right and never feel ashamed to quit social media and establish boundaries from toxicity of having your life on display

    3. Right or wrong, social media leaves a trail for others to find. In other words, what are you showing others about your talents and skills through your social media presence?

      It is for the very reason that using social media leaves an irremovable trail for anyone to find that people need to learn more about branding marketing and networking---especially because now more than ever anyone can pick up and advertise a side hustle and what have you, it's just a good thing to have in mind.

    4. The conditions of a rhetorical situation refer to the genre, purpose, stance, context, and culture. The genre, or medium, is the mode in which you communicate. You may speak persuasively in class, or you may send a text message; both are genres. The

      I imagine rhetoric and the general ability to use techniques to persuade your reader would be super useful in a class such as this one. Similarly, this can extend to the rest of ones college career and especially leadership positions in where you need to pitch, convince and persuade people, something I really appreciate.

    5. Your prior experiences with language, culture, and literacy define the unique viewpoint that you will offer during classroom discussions and writings. During

      The idea that peoples identities could never be defined by just a few things is just so beautiful, that, like it states here, their cultural background and similarly to the story about the soldiers, is about what their love, are all so telling of who people are. I was once told by my art teacher that shoes are so telling of who people are because they tell stories through their appearance

    6. plan to read a text more than once and in more than one way. One

      The wording "read in more than one day" might imply using literary lenses or whatever they're called which I strongly appreciate, because the concept of literary lenses and analysis is so wonderful. I especially appreciate Marxist lens. Otherwise, I wonder if I'm wrong and the author meant something else by this.