{"id":4612,"date":"2012-04-09T07:48:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T12:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:00","slug":"phs-students-talking-about-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=4612","title":{"rendered":"PHS Students Talking about Social Media."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Freshman Layne Holloway is about to sign into Facebook and interact with her friends and update her status. Photo by: Courtney Edge<\/p><\/div>\n

By Courtney Edge<\/em><\/p>\n

Getting news is important to students at PHS.\u00a0 Social media helps them get their news first hand.<\/p>\n

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Freshman Jordan Vermillion said he uses the computer more for homework instead of social websites. Vermillion has signed up for Facebook, and he gets on two to three times a week to look at friends’ posts and add more friends to his 200 friends already. While Vermillion is on Facebook, he does not feel the need to update his status. Vermillion understands social media and he knows what the consequences are of posting on websites.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Ellen Smith uses her computer at home and on her free time. Smith has signed up for Facebook but not Twitter. \u201cI am probably the only person in high school who doesn’t have a Twitter! Who knows if I will end up with one,\u201d said Smith \u201cI use Facebook daily. \u00a0It is social networking, so it isn’t important stuff but news gets around well on it. \u00a0I learn a lot of things from it\u201d said Smith. Smith does not post much on Facebook. \u201cI hardly write statuses. Sometimes I will upload photos, but I mostly comment on other peoples’ stuff\u201d Smith said. Smith said she uploads photos so that other people can have them and so others can see what is happening in her life. There are about 700 friends on Smith\u2019s friends list, but like she said \u201cunlike most people, I know all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you put something online you can’t take it down, and then colleges could see it, and anyone can be looking at what you post; it’s kinda creepy,\u201d said freshman Faith Hutchens.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a facebook, not a twitter, I don’t understand tweeting,\u201d said Ryan MacLain. On Facebook MacLain updates his status but he only does \u201csometimes not like every second or everyday like some people\u201d said MacLain. MacLain does not really use Facebook or any other websites to socialize with friends. \u201cIt is like the last resort if I can not connect with my friends\u201d said MacLain about socializing on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get on it maybe four times a week, I am not Facebook obsessed,\u201d said freshman Haley Balkema. \u00a0Balkema does not update her status often because she never think of them. When spending time online When spending time online, Balkema talks to her friends and looks at statuses. Balkema uses these websites to socialize and has over 100 friends.<\/p>\n

Freshman Reneh Gambrel uses the computer \u201cmore than I should\u201d and has signed up for Facebook and \u00a0Twitter. While she is online \u201ctalks to friends, updates people on what is going on in [her] life, and waste [her] valuable time!\u201d Gambrel does somewhat know the consequences of posting online. Gambrel said \u201c I have 70-something friends. Gambrel, who keeps her friends list small, knows what to post and what not to post.<\/p>\n

Freshman Hope Banghart has signed up for Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace. Although she no longer uses Myspace. Banghart is not on \u00a0Facebook all day instead she only uses it once a week. While she is on one of those websites she checks up on her friends and groups she is in. \u00a0Banghart uploads pictures to Facebook so that way people can see what she is up to. Banghart only updates her status when she wants people\u2019s opinion on something. Banghart knows the consequences before posting online. \u201cYes, it’s like life. If you don’t want a certain person to know, don’t say it\u201d said Banghart.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Jacob Pearson has signed up for Facebook and barely gets on. Pearson gets on Facebook to \u201cjust look around and keep in touch with lost friends and read funny posts.\u201d Pearson uploads photos to Facebook of \u201cwrestling pictures along with some goofy ones. So friends and family can see what I have been up to.\u201d On Pearson\u2019s friends list he has around one hundred friends.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Jena Baker has signed up for Facebook, Myspace, Myyearbook , and Twitter. Baker is on these websites as often as every day so she can talk to friends. Baker has exactly 972 friends on her friends list.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Emily Denney has a computer not just because of school but because \u201cIt is basically the center of my day because everything is done on it.\u201d Denney has signed up for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Foursquare. On how often she uses those websites, \u00a0Denny said \u201dDepends. \u00a0Twitter and Facebook multiple times a day, but the others like twice a week maybe.\u201d Denney uploads pictures to the websites she uses because \u201cit is what cool cats do.\u201d The amount of friends Denney has on her social websites is eight hundred but she is \u201cworking on deleting the people I don’t know because it’s kind of creepy.\u201d Denney gets on these websites when she is bored \u201cI don’t like have an addiction. \u00a0Well maybe a little. \u00a0But not hardcore.\u201d Denney definitely knows what social media is and she knows about the consequences \u201cI know they exist but I am just pretending there aren’t any until something bad happens. \u00a0Probably not the best tactic\u201d Denney spends her free time on her favorite websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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