Monday, November 12, 2018

6th Reader's Blog: Compare and Contrast

List:
- Snapchat
     - leaning more towards social media way of communication/focus on pictures and videos
- Text messaging
     - more of a base of conversation, more noticeable/direct, focus on words
- Video games (focused on building types of games)
     - improves spatial skills and how things are created/formed/built, how they go together
- Video games (focused on shooter/action games)
     - improves hand-eye coordination, quick reactions

Text messaging vs Snapchat

> Similarities:
- ways to contact/have conversations with others
- can send pictures/videos
- use of emojis
- group chats
- fulfills main purposes of having mobile devices (instant notifications from friends/family)

> Differences:
- snapchat is more of a social media (with Stories, news articles, current events)
- snapchat based off of pictures/videos
- texting you can send gifs/memes
- texting is more direct/noticeable (with noise and how its portrayed on phones)
- snapchat blends in more with notifications b/c of its style
- texts stay forever on screen
- snapchat disappears after short period
- texting usually used for more instant/direct conversations while snapchat is usually used for a more laid back way of communicating/portraying yourself

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