This code is a playlist of musical numbers from my
favorite musicals.If you click on each musical
poster, a song plays and you can see the title of
the song at the top after 'playing.' The volume
circles indicate the volume level of the song.
If you click on the Phantom of the Opera, you get
flower bouquets. If you click on Wicked, you get hats.
If you click on Cats, you get small squares that
look like diamonds. If you click on Les Miserables,
you get shards flying all over the place. If you
click on Sweeney Todd, you get sparkles across the
page because the crosses represent the darker theme
of Sweeney Todd. If you click on the Greatest Showman,
you get stars. I chose this topic because I like
musicals and wanted a code playing my favorite selection
with a vague representation of each muscial genre.
The Positivity Project is aimed to share some positivity
in the negative world we live in today. Pessimism takes over
our minds as a default mood in everything we see, hear, smell,
and touch. This website plays with the irony of users returning
to the very entity that hurts them in this digital age:
the internet. Manipulation by media trends and belittling
ideals probe negative emotions and crushes self-esteem, enhancing
gloom over light. Users can visit this website to write down and
release their darkest fears, and in return, receive several pages
of positivity. The idea stems from late-night conversations with
friends about life and our outlook as college students. I hope
this page shares positivity with any user happening to stumble
across it through a field of thorns and stinging nettles that
is the internet.
The internet is no longer a safe space. It's an emotional
dump of pessimism and an earnest desire to rip others down.
People hide behind a screen, typing away to vent their insecurities
but consequently projecting their anger on others. I wanted this
project to create a safe space of optimism and positivty for
those tired of the negativity.
This project illustrates the paradox of social media.
It studies the commercialized interactions between self-branded
influencers and materialistic audiences to criticize the wild
extents of social media platforms. Based on a literature review,
the project analyzes academic texts on micro-celebrity and
influencers in the health, sports, and luxury industries. The webpage
ultimately aims to recover the true potential of social media by
questioning the intent and focus of media posts.
Social media grows to glorify lifestyles and vilify the rest. Such
extremes perpetuate framing personalities as a norm, creating a model
for life, without a rationale that makes logical sense. The bigger
problem is that these influences reach the growing generations, severely
‘contaminating’ growing minds as they formulate a perception of the world.
Through thorough research and evaluation of certified academic papers,
this website raises awareness of the paradox of social media. It takes
the audience back to reflect on the origin of social media and asks for
users to contribute their own ideas and photos to begin a fresh, healthy
relationship with social media. The project is essentially a safe space
on the WWW.