“Peyton are you ready to go catch a mamagal?” is just one of the many things I am asked from dad when the spawn is about to begin. My family has fished on Lake Sam Rayburn for many decades and I guess you could say it’s a tradition. We each have our favorite rods and reels and equipment that we believe is “lucky,” but sometimes it’s about more than luck. Nothing can compare to the wind that flowed through your hair as the boat darted across the water heading to your favorite spot. The smoky air was dense, as concentrated fog rose from the lake which made it hard to distinguish what was up ahead of you. The fog also brought a light dampness that soaked your clothes leaving your skin and your clothing soggy. However, it was a cool spring morning…
When portraying the medium of social media in cinema, director’s have used a variety of techniques to incorporate the medium into their films. As a result, they have created a representation of social media in film that is far different than it appears in the world. Outside of cinema, social media appears to function with one main goal in mind, which is to provide a platform for people to build a social connection with one another. As Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg once said, Facebook “was…
The popular MTV show Catfish is based on online relationships of people that have never met in person and are looking for love while also exposing the fakes, and exploiting people’s lives The MTV show Catfish has made its mark in personal invasion and evasion of people’s lives. The show deters some people from following their hearts due to fakes, while on the other hand it helps people find their love by taking advantage of the new age of social media and technology. The show Catfish has saved…
In 2010 documentary took Cannes by storm and became the buzz. The term catfish emerged and it was in everyone's mouth, Twitter and Facebook page. Nev Schumann became the big sensation at the Cannes movie festival. Nev documented his journey of meeting a young woman name Abby who had catfish too. The documentaries spun off a new show on MTV. Nev was joined by his sidekick Max on the road as he helped other people find a meet other people that they thought they were in relationships with that…
Social media or networking has taken over like a storm increasing connectivity among people in the hundreds of millions all over the world. However, I believe those are superficial and predominantly false connections. Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are platforms created for people to connect to each other, but how meaningful are those connections? People who hide behind their computers or cellular phones interacting with others have the ability to portray anyone they want. Social media or…
When people think of the word catfish, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a fish with barbells that dwells at the bottom of murky waters. On MTV, a Catfish is someone who uses social media to create a fake online persona, in hopes of pursuing a romantic relationship. The reality show Catfish itself is actually based on the 2010 film Catfish, involving a man and a woman who develop a romantic relationship via Facebook. When they finally met in person, the young man Nev, soon realizes…
Outline: Introduction Body: 1. Wong and Kingston wrote about two different situations in their past reflecting their own cultural background a- In “The struggle to be an all American girl”, Wong shows her disdain of being obliged to attend the Chinese school, and her desire to be an all American girl. b- In “Catfish in the bathtub”, Kingston is only interested in the traditional food of the Chinese culture. 2. The mentality of the author’s mothers are relatively the same a- Both mothers obliged…
People have been falsifying information and catfishing people since the inception of social media and it has only gotten worse now that modern day social media is more popular than ever. But catfishing initially didn’t become a popular and prevalent issue until a couple years ago when the pseudo-documentary film ‘Catfish’ came out in 2010 which chronicled a young man’s online relationship with a fictitious woman. By the end of the film, the young man, Yaniv Schulman, finds out that he had been…
Catfish is when a person is pretending to be someone they're not. Many people think it is easier to catfish someone thinking they would never be caught. Most people that do make the catfish account do it for fun or as payback to someone that they hate. While the person who is being catfished doesn't know on thing. Catfish has become a big issue in the cyberbullying world. There is a tv show that deals with some who is being catfished mostly on a relationship. The hosts of catfish are Nev…
People start interesting about how people meet online or the consequences. Therefore, by dragging people awareness there is a new reality TV series called “Catfish”. Catfish is a reality television show to show how people get into long-term Internet relationship without physical interaction and addressing people using fake identities and the reason of why they are using fake identities. Also, the…