The Callie Connection

 Hello again! We are back with our weekly post, and today I would like to talk about a business that I find extremely interesting from a communication standpoint: Adidas .  I think this company does an amazing job of communicating through their website and their social media accounts. They are loyal to their customers, and I can say from a personal perspective that Adidas does a great job of notifying their previous customers about new sale opportunities and product releases. The website itself does a great job of providing the most relevant news on their main page, so you see it immediately after opening the website. The website link is also featured on every social media account and post, so users can quickly and simply access the product. Social media sites include Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and more, all of which are beautifully managed by the marketing team to create eye-catching and attention drawing content. They make sure to post about 1-2 times a day, with relevant content to

Hello guys!  We are back with another weekly blog post, where I will be exploring written work from Marc Prensky and Paul Kirschner.  According to Prensky, I would personally fall under the category of a Digital Native. In his work he describes there to be two different categories of people: Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. A Digital Native is someone born during or after the widespread adoption of digital technology. Prensky argues that digital natives are inherently familiar with digital devices, internet culture, and technological interfaces because they grew up in a digital world. A Digital Immigrant is someone born before the digital age who had to adapt to new technologies later in life. Prensky says that digital immigrants may struggle to fully understand new technology or may approach it with a more cautious mindset, applying older methods to newer systems like using the internet or accessing emails. I was born in 2005, meaning that I grew up surrounded with technology a

                                           Hello and welcome back to the weekly post on Callie's Connections. Knapp's Relational Model describes how relationships grow and die, using 10 different stages categorized under two stages called "Knapp's relationship escalation model" and "Knapp's relationship termination model". This model can be used to analyze romantic and platonic relationships. Today I would like to analyze the relationship between me and my boyfriend.  My boyfriend and I met during our Freshman year of college at Oregon State. We were introduced through mutual friends and initiated our relationship by talking casually about classes and how we chose Oregon State for college. The initiation stage lasted for a few weeks or so, while we were hanging out in larger friend groups and talking about surface level things.  We finally entered the stage of experimenting  the first time we spent time together alone. The levels of conversation got

 Hello!  I'm back with my second weekly post where I would like to talk about social media and some of the influences it has had on our society's ability to communicate efficiently. This is especially important for my generation because our life has and will always include social media/online resources as a mainstream source of information and communication.  Here's a link to a helpful article by University of Canada West to help understand how social media can be beneficial for our ways of communication:  https://www.ucanwest.ca/blog/media-communication/how-has-social-media-emerged-as-a-powerful-communication-medium/ I think that different types of social media sites offer completely different drawbacks and benefits depending on how they are utilized. These drawbacks/benefits are entirely influenced by the site's specific purpose, targeted audience and the features they choose to have. Let's list some positives for a couple of the most popular social media sites l

Hello!  My name is Callie and welcome to my blog! I was born in Yuba City, CA where I lived until I was seven years old. Before my eighth birthday my family bought a home in Rocklin, CA which is where I stayed until I chose to attend Oregon State for school. I love living in Corvallis, the scenery is stunning and anywhere I go there will always be a beautiful view                                  I am in my Sophomore year at Oregon State and I am currently majoring in Animal science with specifics in Animal behavior. I hope to use my degree to analyze animal behavior and make new discoveries about how animals function and make decisions. I have always had ambitions to play a role in research done with larger ape species because I think they are extremely fascinating. I have a great amount of passion and love for all animals and the natural world!              When I have free time I like to travel, whether that be to another state or a drive that takes just a few hours. This past summe