MCOM 1003 - Greta Wallin

 MEDIA QUIZ #2 1. Internships provide SAU students with valuable experience - The Rankin College of Business Internship Program at Southern Arkansas University gives students an opportunity to get workplace experience. The internship program works with students each semester, placing them in professional job settings in their degree field which gives the students a head start on their careers before they graduate.  Magnolia Reporter 2. Families frustrated over North Little Rock cemetery "unkempt" conditions - Family members whose loved ones are buried at North Little Rock cemetery are frustrated that the grounds have been unkempt. They are saying that the grounds have looked a mess with overgrown grass and trash and Mary Priest says she couldn't even see her husband's marker because the grass was so high.  Kark 3. Instagram Confirms that Videos Under 60 Seconds in Stories will No Longer Be Split into Segments - Instagram has made the announcement that videos in sto...

 Personal Media Usage Keeping track of my personal media usage was something that I was very excited to do. The different types of media are a big part of my life today and I am aware that I spend a lot of time using them, just not very aware of what media I spend the most time on daily. Even though I would prefer to not admit it, I am addicted to both my phone and maybe even my laptop. Some people might say it is a bad thing, that I am wasting my creativiness on my phone when I could have done that somewhere else. Personally, I do not think that it is a bad thing because I am browsing through the medias and constantly finding new ideas and inspiration for all kinds of things.      The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is to check the notifications that I have received on my phone during the night. I am from Sweden so there is a difference in time compared to over here so I usually wake up to a few messages on WhatsApp from friends and family that I alwa...

Media Quiz 1 1. Columbia County jobless rate up half-percent in July - According to a preliminary county by county report released in early September, the unemployment rate in Columbia County has gone up by 0.5%. The report is showing that Columbia County had a labor force of 8,296 persons with 7,830 employed and 466 unemployed. Which is different from June's labor force of 8,760 with 8,312 employed and 448 unemployed. Seven neighboring Southwest Arkansas counties showed an increase in the jobless rate from June to July. ( Magnolia Reporter ).  2. Little Rock listed among America's most depressed cities, data shows - Some areas of the U.S are having more incidences of depression than others. Research shows that Little Rock is in the top 15 most depressed cities in the U.S. Other cities in the list is Fayetteville, Rogers, and Springdale. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that close to 4.7% of adults (18 years and older) are going through some kind of d...