Snapchat Discover

A new way to access news

Snapchat launched a new section on their popular app. Discover, the name of the new section, allows Snapchatters to view news stories and pop culture on various publishing platforms. About a few days ago, Snapchat has offered to their consumers to screenshot a picture and even a video, within in the discover section, to send to one or multiple friends. Below is the main page of the discover section:

As you can see the publishing platforms include CNN, Daily Mail, ESPN, Cosmopolitan, and People. I am probably the only one who uses this section of Snapchat, but I love it. The news stories are posted every 24 hrs. I have noticed that no icon is updated at the same time. You can tell when they updated their news when the icon is colored.

When I wake up in the morning, Cosmo is the first to read. They usually have stories about pop culture, a few tips about health or beauty, and something in the latest world news. A few hours later, People will have their new stories up. Of course, People Magazine will only post news about celebrities and other pop culture information. My third favorite, Daily Mail, will be posted around noon. This is my connection to the stories that branch locally and globally. The last one I will glance at daily is the Yahoo! post. Katie Couric was recently announced Yahoo!'s Global news anchor. She is  the voice behind every story mentioned on the Yahoo!.


I feel that Snapchat is trying to make news easier for people to access, especially to the younger crowd. It is important for the younger generations to be aware of the global and local news that could effect their government's laws and decisions. Snapchat's Discover is the start of something new for their company, and soon I think their way of connecting with their consumers will change the way we access relevant local and global information.

Club goin' up....

on a Tuesday.

Mikayla

The Netflix Blues

Why do you feel so depressed after binge watching on Netflix?

The feeling of hearing news about a new season of Orange is the New Black or House of Cards on Netflix is overwhelming. The releases give you anxiety because you want to watch the season in one day and forget about you responsibilities in life. Say good bye to work, school, friends, and social events, and say hello to your bed or your couch, a bowl of popcorn, a bag of your favorite candies, an energy drink, and your streaming device for Netflix. It's the best when you snuggle up in your pajamas with your bunny slippers, and you turn on your favorite show.

You continue watching your favorite show the whole day, and day turns into night. By 9 o'clock, you start to feel tired and disconnected. You spent your whole day and part of your night tweeting your opinions, while eating garbage. Then you feel lonely.

Here's my theory why you feel lonely. Netflix is tempting, and when we binge watch, especially alone, we become disconnected. Before streaming services, we had to watch our favorite shows on cable and wait a week for the next episode. It was terrible. But in between our shows were commercials and news casts. We had a connection to make to other people, other communities,  to our nation, and to the world.

Do you agree? Or do you think that we have a disconnection on television, and we switched our connection to social media on whats trending and what to buy.

From my experience with Netflix, I cannot watch for more than 2 hours without regretting my whole session because during that time I could have been doing other activities that are more valuable to my time. This regret led to remorse and then pity for myself. From my experience, Netflix produces depression.

So, We should limit our binge watching and spend more of our time outside, exercising, hanging with friends, going to class, or visiting a relative.


WEDNESDAY LOVE <3

Mikayla

P.S. Go see the Book of Morman...Best musical of this century.