Hirra Zafar's Blog

Blogs and wikis have many differences, but share some similarities as well. For instance, they both allow users to post information/news to share with others. They both also allow for collaboration between people, even though they do that in different ways. When it comes to blogs, the main thing that sets them apart from wikis is that blogs are usually run by an individual and only that individual has access to post content to their blog. On the other hand, with wikis, multiple users can have access to it and each of them can contribute or edit content. While this seems like a positive feature, it can also have a negative effect; since a nyone can acce ss it and make changes to the content, there's less credibility because anyone can write anything. Blogs can also be used for collaboration between people; even though blogs don't allow everyone access to change the content, they do allow others to comment on posts and that lets them communicate with the creator of the blog. For ...

For my term paper, I chose to write about the impact that new media has had on the beauty industry. I have been using makeup for about twelve years now and I myself have seen such a shift in how makeup used to be back then and how it is now. In my paper, I would like to talk about the different changes that have occurred in this industry due to the introduction of new media. For example, before people would kind of be on their own going into stores and having to look at makeup and take a chance to see if it would work for them; however, now so many people use new medias such as Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube to share their experiences with makeup and review them to give others insight about the products, so people go into stores having a good amount of information about the makeup they will be encountering. Another change is how the use of new medias have turned many ordinary people into somewhat of celebrities because of their beauty related content and how that has affected marketi...