This is an assignment for my Film 240 class on how social media helps animals

1. SocialMedia
AnAnimal'sBestFriend
Image via flickr - Catsy Pline
ByRenéeRosario

2. Socialmediahasthe
powertoquicklyand
efficientlyconnectthe
world
Image via flickr - Jason Howie

3. Asimplelikeorshareofacute
animalvideomightseemlikea
smallpartofsomeone’sday.
However,peoplehavesavedthelivesofthousandsofcreatures
allovertheworld,usingthepowerofsocialmedia
Image via flickr - user eltpics

4. Formostpeople,socialmedia
siteslikeFacebook,Twitter
andInstagramhavebecomean
everydaypartoflife
Image via flickr - Nicholas Nova

5. "I'lllookaroundandeveryoneisdoingsomething
differentontheirdevice,"—AndreaTomkins,inThe
Globe&Mail
Source Zosia Bielski, A Break From Technology Image via unsplash - Marc Andre Julien

6. Image via pixabay - user Pexels
"Usingsocialmedia
likeFacebookand
Twitterhasbecomepart
andparcelofmodern
adolescence"
Source Common Sense Media Social Media, Social
Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives

7. Weexpressour
individualism
throughsharing,
engagementand
conversationon
socialmedia
Image via flickr - R4vi

8. Image via Wikimedia - Nathan Keirn
"ultimatelywhat’ssuccessfulare
campaignsthatspeaktous,thatshare
thingswecareaboutthatsucceed."
Source Sarah Bradley The True Power Of Social Media Share

9. Thehumanbrainreactsto
animalsuniquelycomparedto
thewayitreactstoother
humans,objectsorplaces
Image via pixabay - user Pexels

10. Combiningthiswiththeamountof
timepeoplespendonsocialmedia…
Everyvideoaboutanyanimalisasuccess
Image via flickr - Michail Kirkov
Add a

11. Image via Pixabay - user Inkuuz
Thedirecteffectsmodeltellsus
howmediaispowerfuland
audiencesareweak
Thisisnosurprisethough
Source Video "film240 module 01 lecture 02
part 02" from Sidneyeve Matrix via Vimeo

12. Image via flickr - John Tornow
Thisisn’tnecessarilyabadthing
Onesharecangaintheattentionofmillions

13. Wehaveturnedourattentionstoan
"onlineworldofintimatestrangers"–
CatherineSteiner-Adair,Harvard
MedicalSchoolclinicalpsychologist
Image via flickr - Jacob BõtterSource Zosia Bielski "A Break From Technology"

14. Image via Max Pixel
Therightpicturewith
therightcaptioncan
easilypullinalarge
audienceofwilling
adopters

15. "Socialmediahelpsto
spreadthewordofanimals
needinghomes,youseeadog
youlike,youtagafriend,
theyencourageyoutocome
visitandbeforeyouknow
itwe'rewavinggoodbyeto
anotherhappyadopter,"-
ClaireGarthoftheSydney
DogsandCatsHome
Image via pixabay - user unsplash
Source Ariel Bogle "How Social Media Helps
Bring Shelter Animals Out Of The Shadows"

16. Socialmediahastheabilityto
connecthomelessanimalswith
ownersfromacrossthecountry
Image via Max Pixel

17. "ByusingFacebook,organizationscanputuppicturesof
theanimalsinneedofahomewithcompletely
personalizedprofilesofeachanimal’spersonalityand
story.Whenthesepostsarelikedandshared,theyreach
anevenwideraudience.Allthiscanbedoneinminutes,"
Image via flickr - Stig Nygaard
Source Social Media and Digital Business
"Social Media Increasing Pet Adoption Rates".

18. Image via flickr - user Goneys
Personalizedanimal
profilescreateachoice
abundanceforprospective
petownerswhichincreases
socialmediademand
Source Video "FILM 240 Lecture 01 Media
Convergence 2017" from Sidneyeve Matrix via Vimeo

19. Oneofthegreat
aspectsofsocial
mediaisitsability
tocreateandeducate
Image via flickr - Natalie Shuttleworth

20. PeoplefortheEthicalTreatmentofAnimals(Peta)usesshockadvertising,such
asshortmessagesandgraphicimagesofabusedanimalsonsocialmediainorder
to educate and capture theattentionofthousandsofpeoplearoundtheworld
Image via flickr - Laura LaRose

21. "PETAhasastrongandloyalanimal-activistaudience
consistingovermorethan2million+followersonFacebook
alone.Anapproximate10-20,000+shares,20,000+likesand
thousandsofcommentsabouttheseissuesoccurwithineach
graphicimagePETAposts."
Image via flickr - Ibai LemonSource Mike J. Lemon "Can Social Media Save Animals?".

22. PETAspreadconstant
awarenessofthewhaleabuse
takingplaceinSeaworld
"There’snobetterwaytokickoff
#OrcaWeekthanbyreminding
SeaWorldthatyouwillNEVERgiveit
yourmoneyuntilitstopsexploiting
animals!Tweet“I’drather[blank]
thangoto@SeaWorld.#OrcaWeek
#SeaWorldSucks@peta2.”"
Image via flickr - Adam
Source Danielli Marzouca "I'd Rather
Eat Kitty Litter Than Go To Seaworld!"

23. Image via flickr - Christopher Michel
Videosandpicturesof
theabusehavebeen
sharedthousandsof
timesandin2016
Seaworldendedit’s
orcabreedingprogram
partlyduetothe
backlashreceivedon
socialmedia

24. Whenusedproperly,socialmediahastheabilitytosave
thelivesofthousandsofcreaturesworldwide
Image via Max Pixel

25. SOURCES
1. Bielski,Zosia."ABreakFromTechnology".http://go.galegroup.com/.N.p.,2013.Web.
5. Bogle,Ariel."HowSocialMediaHelpsBringShelterAnimalsOutOfTheShadows".Mashable.N.p.,2016.Web.
2. SocialMedia,SocialLife:HowTeensViewTheirDigitalLives.1sted.CommonSenseMedia,2012.Print.
3. Bradley,Sarah."TheTruePowerOfSocialMediaShare".StateOfDigital.N.p.,2013.Web.
4. Film240Module01Lecture02Part02.Vimeo:SidneyeveMatrix,2017.video.
6. "SocialMediaIncreasingPetAdoptionRates".ISYS6621:SocialMediaandDigitalBusiness.N.p.,2015.Web.
7. Film240Lecture01MediaConvergence2017.Vimeo:SidneyeveMatrix,2017.video.
8. Lemon,MikeJ."CanSocialMediaSaveAnimals".ModernBuyerBehaviour.N.p.,2014.Web.
9. Marzouca,Danielli."I'dRatherEatKittyLitterThanGoToSeaworld!".Peta2.com.N.p.,2015.Web.
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