Modernize Your Home, Dorm, or, Whatever Else!!!

The three keywords & their volumes:
-Furniture (1,000,000+)
-Bar Stools/Sofa's (450,000 each)
-Furniture Stores (823,000)


NoLa, Is Bringing Modernity to Your Furnishings.

When you consider modern furniture options, we all know what comes to mind, Ikea, Ashley, etc. We are here on this blog, to inform you about the modernity, and chicness of NoLa Modern. It's no secret that furniture can bring out the very best in anyones home. It currently is 2019, and that means modern furniture is more hip than ever, why not try out barstools for your kitchen countertop? Or maybe a sofa in a bedroom, to make rooms multi-purpose? The key to modernity, is innovation, and a lot like Tesla, NoLa offers nothing but that. We know, choosing a furniture store can be overwhelming, but chose one that speaks to you and makes your home feel more like a home than ever before! Not only is modern furniture great for homes, but students as well. As mentioned previous, it is 2019, and it is primetime to modernize your furnishings. Students at High Point University, are vamping out their dorm rooms with modern bar stools, sofa's with cupholders, sustainable plastic chairs, and decorative pillows. This is just a taste of the buffet of modernity that NoLa Modern furniture market has to offer. Moving along, something else imperative when furniture shopping is price point, we know all furnishings are going to set you back a pretty penny, but why not get even more innovative with renting modern furniture? NMR (NoLa Modern Renting) is a new program unveiled this year that allows one to have all the modern furnishings they could ever want, but instead of having to buy them all, we allow you to pay monthly. By doing this, you are able to upgrade home furnishings much sooner, and will not have to deal with the hassle of selling old dirty furniture when your home is ready for an even BIGGER upgrade! The home market has always been a cut-throat industry filled with competition. But at NoLa, we bring modernity unlike it has ever, ever, ever been seen before. So when thinking about where to go next for home furnishings, why not try out an arcade in the basement with bar stools? Or a movie theater room with one sofa that seats 12? Furniture stores are everywhere, and you can catch a NoLa, located at someplace modern. We have the innovation, the rest is up to you, valued furnisher.

Work..? Well... What Kind?

For those of you currently reading this sentence, that don't really know what this is, my name is Jared Much, a senior at High Point University, and welcome to my blog! I want to firstly bring up that we should all be grateful to live in a society where it is acceptable to have a passion for anything, and doing so will lead to a job one day. This past summer, I had the absolute upmost pleasure to work for Live Nation Entertainment, which is the #1 leading live entertainment company on the planet. I felt nothing but great honor to work for such a prestigious company, because I one day hope to work in the live entertainment industry. This is an industry that not only makes me happy, but an industry I am excessively passionate about. This summer working for Live Nation, my job title was Fan Ambassador. This essentially meant that my job was to manage fans, make sure they are safe, and enjoying their experience at the show. My main focuses were to manage fans to ensure that we kept lines short, crowds under control, and fans in their seats happy. Our motto is "Fans, creating once in a lifetime experiences, for fans." It was somewhat difficult work in all honesty, especially the days where we had large crowds, of up to 22,000 people. There were instances where I had to break open bathroom stalls, because intoxicated people were not responsive. Tasks like this made me uncomfortable, but I complied, because this is a dream industry. I also took this opportunity to flashback to a case study done by fellow classmates, about seeking discomfort in life. Because I am a senior, graduating is upon me, and so is the job hunt. All I hope to myself is that I can one day find a job within the field of live entertainment that I truly enjoy. Something like concert promotions, or concert marketing, or my ultimate goal would be to be on tour with a band, working behind the scenes. Not only did I work for Live Nation Entertainment, but I also work for LaneOne, and CID Entertainment, as ambassadors. These are also entertainment companies, that deal with all the VIP ticket purchasers. My main roles are to check them in, escort them to seats, and distribute merchandise. All three of these current positions now combined, should hopefully give me plenty of experience to obtain a live entertainment employment position within the coming year. All in all, so far, I feel accomplished in my life because I have already gotten my foot well-into the door that it needs to be in. I hope this will one day payoff, and work, will not be considered work in my future ;)




**Keywords: Entertainment, Job, Music, Live Nation, Fans, Live Music, Live Entertainment.

The "TROLLS"

On to a more humorous but still serious topic... The INTERNET TROLLS! As the article mentions, internet trolling can actually get pretty nasty, and turn into anything but a laughing matter. Internet trolls are the people who like to go online, and bash, hate, and rebuttal with people who are just trying to share an opinion. It's no secret that as a human, part of your rights in the First Amendment, is freedom of speech as we learned in class. Therefore, there is absolutely no reason that when one goes online to make a comment, or share a post, someone should fire back calling them wrong, or simply dismissing another persons opinion. Trolls can be mean, and disgusting, and are typically most common at places like the comment section of YouTube videos, Blog Comments (hopefully none magically appear on mine!), Forums, Email responses, etc.
Trolls can be depressed, or self conscious, resulting in them feeling an urge to hop online hiding behind a computer screen, just to bash other people. While the trolls are also protected by the First Amendment, it is somewhat unfair that they can behave in this inhumane, disgusting way, and still get away with it. Specifically when it comes to things like controversial topics, the trolls are everywhere. And by controversial we all know I really just mean Politics!! Overall, internet trolls are everywhere, and will continue to be everywhere, and after reading this article, I can honestly just say, Ignore them! As I mentioned in my presentation, I have been trolled before, and it really doesn't bug me, because I know most of them have an IQ of ketchup. While everybody takes these trolls differently, it is important to remember although they may act better than you, they are not. Everybody has the same rights, and everybody is entitled to an opinion.







https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-internet-trolling-3485891

Propaganda More Dangerous

After reading an article, I am shocked.... Today, we all know and love them... Memes. Believe it or not, propaganda is now more dangerous than ever. As seen in the photo below, this poster of uncle sam "recruiting" for the U.S. Army has been seen millions of millions of times, since the early 1900's. Unfortunately, this reappeared in 1968, and is still reappearing today. It is a known fact that propaganda posters can teach us a huge amount of information about psychological effects of politically pointed art. For example political comics, these are still considered "memes". The dangerous aspect of this is that memes are no longer centrally orchestrated pieces, they are no longer designed to advance the public good. But instead, be negative, or even worse, mind bending, or manipulative to its audiences. Because this article is from the Washington Post, we know it is most likely reliable. Through the power of mass media, and mass replication, anybody at this point can spiral into internet fame by being "funny" but there could be darker or more manipulative messages behind these "memes". However in some RARE cases, they can be positive... For example the egg on Instagram that still holds the record for most liked photo at nearly 55 million likes, all for no reason. This account turned out to be a plot to manipulate people into listening to messages about the dangers of mental health. This was good, because that is a topic that millions of people are still ignorant to. Overall, it is fun to look at memes, but we need to be careful, because now more so than ever, they can be targeted at us, to act, believe, or think a certain way. The power of persuasion.....






https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/12/why-propaganda-is-more-dangerous-digital-age/?utm_term=.6ed2ba3f8e39

Mainstream Media

When we think about the massive amounts of news and media outlets in existence, it can be overwhelming. First and foremost are the most popular media sources, these are things like ABC, CNN, NBC, FOX, etc. Because most people know about these, and consider them to be reliable, these are known as mainstream media sources. If you turn on the television to watch news, most likely one of the previously named sources is what any given household will pick. However mainstream media, specifically when it comes to politics, can have especially negative connotations, because we know many media outlets are in fact biased. This may cause some households to prefer the news sources that bias with their own viewpoints.  On the other hand, alternative media sources are things that are not mainstream, or media sources not everybody knows about, some examples are given below, like BuzzFeed, Inside Edition, The Daily Beast, etc. While these can still be reliable, they are not considered to be mainstream.

When we think of problems in media or even life, whistleblowing is a massive one. Internal Whistleblowing is something like spotting a co-worker stealing money, or doing something they should not be doing, and telling the boss about this. This does not always have to be something bad, as it can at times serve justice. External whistleblowing is similar, however it would mean reporting it to someone external of the company, who is not affected directly, for example the police. Confidential sources can help journalists reveal transgressions in the Government or in other organizations. But whistleblowers all around, do get a bad wrap, as it's in a way "snitching". Sometimes it can be good as mentioned before, especially when it exposes a politicians wrongdoing.




**Information in this blog post was gathered from notes on a fellow classmates presentation.**
https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart

Smith-Mundt Act

• The Smith-Mundt Act was first established in 1948. In 1948 when it began, it was firstly considered the information and educational exchange act of 1948. This was to keep people from knowing what this act was really about.The Smith-Mundt Act authorized the use of propaganda  by the Government, however it was only authorized to be targeted at people from different countries, not ours. But that is when 2012 came along, and the act was repealed, and modernized. This meant nothing but bad news for us as a country, because this new "modernization" made it essentially legal to now direct propaganda at the United States' own citizens. Essentially what this means, is it is now legal for OUR OWN Government to direct propaganda at us, without us even knowing when it is used, or how it is used. This is why now in modern society, it is so difficult to tell when the Government is deceiving us, or telling us the truth.

My Online Presence

When it comes to my online footprint, I like to keep it to a minimum. I usually will only post once or twice a month on either, but I will actively use multiple social media outlets on a daily basis. My only "personal" websites I would even consider would be my Linkedin, Facebook, and this blog of course! My favorite social media sites to use consist of Instagram, which I know is an app, Facebook, and YouTube. I do not personally have a YouTube channel, but I know of many friends that do! I usually will just put things I want other people to know about me, on my social media outlets. Things like where I work, where I go to school, where I went to high school and grew up, my interests, etc. I never like having private or personal information out there. With that comes an opportunity for something to backfire potentially. If you are a random visitor to my Facebook profile you could immediately tell I am a huge fan of concerts, and I am a brand ambassador for 2 VIP ticketing event companies! You will see some of my photos, and where I go to school, and "Chicago". I do not like to make my phone number or home address ever visible to the public. I usually will give out information like my phone number and email address to companies when placing orders and things like that, but I will sometimes use my fake email. At school, my address does not become as much of an issue because my address here is a temporary one. Things like e-mailing lists, I will use a fake email and not give my phone number.

I think social media is a great tool for everyone to have and use, but some people do not like it. As we saw in the article (attached below) about a 14 year old who left social media immediately after going on. It can be a very toxic thing as well. I know personally, I have been hurt or upset by other people having fun, and being out posting having a good time, while I have been sitting at home. Things like this are what make others upset, as social media can also be used in negative ways, to hurt people. I do think social media can make people lonely and depressed, because people will soon realize that an entire online virtual world, is not a real world. Hiding behind a computer screen is not a way of living or a good way of life. As we get older we need to learn how to be adults, and not hide. The other article mentioned how some of Facebook users still are not completely aware to how some of it works, this is absurd, but sadly true. Overall, I do think social media is a great new tool that is connecting people, and putting parts of your life on display for others to see, it has come a long way, but we still all need to be careful with social media online.

https://www.fastcompany.com/section/the-privacy-divide

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/facebook-users-still-dont-know-how-facebook-works/580546/