Module 1 Week 1 Lecture Discussion Post: Assumptions

May 16, 2015

Listen to the NPR clip (Links to an external site.). Offer your analysis of the speaker’s perceived views on epistemology, ontology, and axiology. Use examples from the interview to support …

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Module 1 Week 1 Reading Response Post

May 12, 2015

Mind of Mass Media Interesting how we as a civilization see each advancement as the immediate demise of something else. I wonder why the concept of people evolving with the …

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Treasure Island

Sunset on Treasure Island

May 2, 2015

A quick weekend trip to the west coast of Florida, Treasure Island. I was able to capture a few sunset shots each night, after fun in the sand and surf.

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SeaWorld San Diego & San Antonio

Eagle Owl at SeaWorld San Diego

April 23, 2015

I had the opportunity to visit two of the theme parks for the company to which I work. A visit to SeaWorld San Diego and SeaWorld San Antonio resulted in …

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Long Time, No See

April 19, 2015

Reports of my disappearance have been greatly exaggerated. The lack of recent posts has largely been driven by the amount of research and writing I've had to complete for school. …

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Week 15 – Big Data

April 13, 2015

“I love data!” There, I said it. My name is, “Ross Schmadebeck,” and I love data. There’s something mysterious, intrinsic, and skeptical with data that makes it of interest for …

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Week 14 – Message Testing

April 6, 2015

In this week’s materials, we were asked to read about how the attitudes and perceptions of a website’s users can impact how the user overall interacts with the site, i.e. …

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Week 13 – Information Aggregators

March 29, 2015

This week’s subject of Information Aggregators is of personal interest as I tend to be a data hound when it comes to my marketing methodology. When I look to a …

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Week 12 – Online Reputation

March 23, 2015

This week’s subject of online reputation management is both of interest and certainly a topic that I’ve been included in the subject in my professional life. While I can’t go …

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Week 11 – Social Analytics

March 16, 2015

This week’s topic of Social Analytics is one that’s always been of interest to me. As a business professional that has launched both social networks for businesses, as well as …

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