Snapchat Snaps To Riches Summary
Brian Williams
Professor LaVette Burnette
HUMN 4482
8-31-16
Response #1
The paper that I was required to read was "Snaps to Riches" by Ellen Huet. She is a staff writer for Forbes magazine. The purpose of this article was to inform the audience reading to understand the uniqueness of this social media application called Snapchat. This article mainly focused on the growth of the application. Within the particular platform it has surpassed many in a very small amount of time. Snapchat has developed many careers by single handedly being a useful tool. Within this application communication between people happens, and stories go viral! I follow a famous snapchat celebrity on social media, by the name of Julieanna Goddard. She utilized snapchat to jumpstart her career as a party promoter and entrepreneur. …show more content…
How long will Snapchat last? According to the article, snapchat will gradually fade as more brands and creators began using it. Many celebrities keep their Snapchat personal by responding to their fans who reach out! This is temporary because as their followers increases, the more fan mail they will receive which would make it very difficult to respond. It is not believed that Snapchat will last forever, according to Jarre. This article gives prosumers a visual on the effects of social media.
The attention span of our generation is very low to say the least. Mcbride makes this point in the article by generalizing my generation of youth. I personally agree with this generalization. I have been a victim of this when accessing social media. If something does not appeal to you, then you will overlook it continuing to scroll down the newsfeed. This will cause us to miss out on many great things. This is why many businesses make their posts more relatable to their followers for promotional
Professor LaVette Burnette
HUMN 4482
8-31-16
Response #1
The paper that I was required to read was "Snaps to Riches" by Ellen Huet. She is a staff writer for Forbes magazine. The purpose of this article was to inform the audience reading to understand the uniqueness of this social media application called Snapchat. This article mainly focused on the growth of the application. Within the particular platform it has surpassed many in a very small amount of time. Snapchat has developed many careers by single handedly being a useful tool. Within this application communication between people happens, and stories go viral! I follow a famous snapchat celebrity on social media, by the name of Julieanna Goddard. She utilized snapchat to jumpstart her career as a party promoter and entrepreneur. …show more content…
How long will Snapchat last? According to the article, snapchat will gradually fade as more brands and creators began using it. Many celebrities keep their Snapchat personal by responding to their fans who reach out! This is temporary because as their followers increases, the more fan mail they will receive which would make it very difficult to respond. It is not believed that Snapchat will last forever, according to Jarre. This article gives prosumers a visual on the effects of social media.
The attention span of our generation is very low to say the least. Mcbride makes this point in the article by generalizing my generation of youth. I personally agree with this generalization. I have been a victim of this when accessing social media. If something does not appeal to you, then you will overlook it continuing to scroll down the newsfeed. This will cause us to miss out on many great things. This is why many businesses make their posts more relatable to their followers for promotional