Facebook Campaign: Objective 7 Self Evaluation

This opportunity to create a self-promotion page on Facebook has given me more confidence in my ability to showcase my sports broadcasting skills, but I am in no way satisfied with how many people I reached.  There is a lot of room  for improvement there especially when it comes to attract potential employers. If I were to do it differently I would cross-promote with Twitter, SoundCloud to get more sports fans attention, and I would reach out more to potential employers with LinkedIn. I also would have planned to make more audio recordings to showcase what I would sound like on the radio or on a sports podcast. Doing that would have showcased more of my ability to operate as a sports talk radio personality.

Facebook Campaign: Objective 6

I have tried a bunch of different things to improve my post reach and engagement. None of the tactics I used significantly improved the engagement on my posts, but as far as my post reach is concerned I found that if I shared each of my posts on my own timeline they reached more people. After the first month I started focusing in on gaining fans because I couldn't figure out how to attract potential employers to my page. After focusing in on sports fans I began cross-promoting with soundcloud.com and I've seen my likes steadily increase there, but no significant change on FB.

Facebook Campaign Objective 5

I started out mostly making and posting videos, but other than on the first one I wasn't getting much engagement so I started posting pictures instead. I discovered that by sharing each post on my own timeline my posts reached more people.  I also tried making audio recordings and posting them. I still didn't get much engagement on the audio recording posts on Facebook, but on my SoundCloud account the likes have steadily increased with each recording.

Facebook Campaign: Objective 4

With my Facebook campaign I planned to get my feet wet in promoting myself as a sports talk radio personality. I intended to post at least twice a week, but most often I only was able to post content once a week. My original goal was to attract the attention of potential employers fans. I have not heard from any potential employers as of yet, but I have gained a small following from this by sports fans.

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Recognizing Default Responses

As I read through my On The Media blog posts I noticed that I have a positive default response about anything that I can personally relate to whereas my default response to things that I can't relate to is to disregard them. Disregarding them usually comes in one of two forms. One is I don't believe it's true or two I  acknowledge it's true but it's not that important.
All three of my OTM posts were about topics that care about. For example, I chose to write about media portrayal of millennials because I identify as one and I agree that there are too many negative stereotypes about millennials in the media. I chose to write about the poverty tour for a couple of reasons. First is because I have been homeless before. It wasn't for very long and luckily I still was able to live in motel at the time with a roof over my head, but I was homeless nonetheless. I did not experience the same things that the poor Ohioans they focused on in the OTM story experienced, but being homeless for a short period of time has enabled me to have more empathy for anyone in that situation. Second is I'm taking a sociology class and I much more informed about society's role in perpetuating the unfortunate situations that poor people are living in. I chose to write about ISIS' weakened state because I'm passionate about America and our allies defeating terrorist organizations including ISIS.
There were many others I could have written about, but chose not to because I could not relate to them. For example in September I could have written about the OTM story on safe places on college campuses. One reason I didn't is because I never had to think about the need for safe places. I am a white, straight, Mormon male in southern Utah. Why would I ever feel that I needed a place to go to feel safe talking about my experiences? Everywhere I look is a safe place for me. Because of that I didn't feel the need to step outside myself to find the merits of other people living here having that safe place to go to and talk about their experiences on DSU's campus.
I have made an effort to change and be more empathetic of others that may or may not be in very different situations than me because of their race, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs or lack thereof, or whatever context it may be. One of the ways I am doing that is by taking more time to consider things that I see on social media or hear and see on the news before I form an opinion about it. For example I initially had a negative attitudinal response to Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the playing of the national anthem. I thought it was totally disrespectful and as a result I decided to lose respect for his character. Then as I took the time to consider his cause and how he was going about promoting it, my respect for him and what he was doing grew. I no longer make any negative judgment about Kaepernick or the Black Lives Matter movement. I disagree with kneeling during the anthem, but I am tolerant and respectful of those that choose to do so. And I am respectful of any peaceful form of protest regarding our country's handling of social issues.
Before this semester I would have disregarded Kaepernick and black people's cause and their peaceful forms of protest because I could not relate to it. Now I admire the actions he and others have taken and I am much more tolerant and respectful of them. I hope to continue to change for the better in that regard.