I think citizen journalism does influence the professional journalism because it can easily happen that false stories are taken over as real stories by media who don't check their stories properly. However I don't think it endangers the professional role of journalism because not everyone has the skills for this without following an eduction for it and moreover, citizens do not have access to many events and press releases that only professional journalists have. So professional journalists will always be needed.
This is the first time I hear about eSports and I think I would personally prefer conventional sports. eSports might be interesting to some people because it might be more spectacular and extreme than conventional sports, but personally I prefer to watch something that comes from 'real' human effort than from computers.
I am pretty sure an international aspect in studies is beneficial for the student's personality since it broadens your horizon and learns you to see things from another perspective. However, it doesn't guarantee you to get an job since more and more students are gaining international experience by going broad so you really have to stand out to make that experience make you get the job.
I think that partly this is true because i think in general women do read more than men because they often have a better sense of language. However this doesn't count for everyone of course, i think it also really depends on the topic of the text and the purpose of reading it. I think women read more for leisure than men but men can read a lot as well when it really helps them with something. In addition, I think women very much enjoy looking at pictures as well because all women's magazines are full of pictures.
I don't think digital communication gives the same personal connection as face-to-face, simply because you can't look the other person in the eye. You can't read someones facial expressions and body language and therefore it is harder to connect. Also there can occur miscommunications from typos or wrong interpretation from text messages, while with face-to-face communication this can be more easily avoided or cleared up.
I also think that social media plays a huge role nowadays. Anyone who happens to be in the neighbourhood of a happening can take a picture or write something about it without knowing the whole story. The 'news' is taken over from Twitter by the media companies without checking it and this is how errors occur. Because of the big competition nowadays in the media world the media are hasty to come up first with the best story.
I agree with this. You can brand yourself with the company you work for as a part of it, but I think it's more important to emphasise the skills you learned there and the kind of projects you did for this company, without involving the company too much. If it's a well-known company it can even be good for your reputation since it means your work experience must be quite good, and it doesn't matter if you leave the company then because you take the skills with you.
Thank you for your opinion! You say you worry about your privacy. Are there things you do to increase your online privacy? Do you think this will influence the popularity of the internet in the future, since more and more people worry about their privacy?
I think this is a very difficult topic to which it is not really possible to say yes or no. It really depends on the case. When someone has committed a very serious crime and it's a 100% sure he did it, i think social media can be a very effective tool to trace this person. I think the privacy of this person doesn't matter anymore once he committed the crime. On the other hand, there is also a risk that someone will be appointed as offender when later it turns out he is not; and this could cause serious damage to his reputation. Therefore i think only the police should be allowed to start those kind of manhunts and not individuals.
I do think that Second Love is morally very wrong, because it might give people the idea that cheating is okay or not such a bad thing to do because many people do it. However, I don't think that Second Love can be held responsible for ruined marriages and relationship since people are still responsible for their own actions and someone who wants to cheat will find a way anyway, with or without Second Love.
I do think that handcrafted products lose their authenticity when it becomes branded, since then I would have the idea that it's made in a mass production factory or something, and then it wouldn't be authentic for me anymore. However, this does not have to be a bad thing, I might still buy it as long as it is really pretty or handy. Still, for me it adds something to a product when it feels authentic and 'unique' to me, and this is usually not the case with branded products.
I think attractive images are very important to attract followers, I would say it's crucial. However, for me it would not be enough to make me follow a fashion brand. There is only one fashion brand I follow on Facebook and that's because I really like the clothes but they are also rather expensive. So I would like to know when there are e.g. sales or special offers. However, they do often post only pretty pictures and I do enjoy looking at them. But I do notice that I sometimes consider unfollowing them because there are too many pictures and too little 'useful' information. But then I don't because it's the only fashion brand I follow anyway.
No, I think smartphone are making us dumber. Everything can be looked up right away without having to think about it first and use your brain or instinct. Smartphones are distracting people while driving and that way causes accidents. People also cannot have a proper conversation anymore without having to check their phone every minute, which I think is very rude and irritating. Smartphones also cause concentration problems while studying or in class. For all of these reasons I don't have a smartphone and I don't feel like I miss out on anything.
I agree, because I think that social media often causes people to stay at home whereas otherwise they might have gone out to meet other people. In addition, i think that because of social media people will become worse in communicating face to face, especially the younger generation who grew up with social media. If people do not talk to others in real life enough they will fail to learn to recognise facial expressions and body language. And while you have time to think of an answer on social media, with face-to-face communicating you will have to respond immediately, which might be hard if you don't practise it often enough.
