Task 1d

I have recently been thinking about how the use of images and audio-visual is so important to social media this day and age. Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, blogging etc... all use images and videos. It makes it easier for us to show rather than explain our situation in detail. We can now take images and audio-visual with a click of a button on phones, cameras, we have now invented such a thing as a 'selfie stick' which gives us more length (than an arm) to fit more in our pictures. Everyone takes pictures of everything; food, sunsets, views, friends, injuries, tourist attractions, holidays etc... it is such a good way of advertising!
My dance school is now designing/updating our old website because everyone uses social media, already there has been an improvement on more newer children wanting to try out classes. We also have Facebook and post pictures and details on events, classes, half term workshops etc.. the parents loves sharing photos of each other's children and it also shows their 'Facebook friends' our dance school and what the children learn. I think it is so impressive how we can all share images and so on so easily but on the other hand it is so scary with a click of a button we can show everyone world wide our life. Many people regret putting things up online and that's why we all have to be very careful!
For example Adele the singer-songwriter, was offered a recording contract from XL recordings after her friend posted a demo on Myspace in 2006, this was life changing to Adele obviously and made her who she is today. But also on the bad side people that are interviewing/auditioning for jobs more recently have found that their employers have been checking their Facebook and other social media, which can be a downfall for some people if they have posted inappropriate pictures, audio-visual or posts on their page. Social media is incredible as long as we think before we post it for everyone to see. It is such a powerful influence for good and bad.