Author Archives: Yifan Xu

Blog 4 – Reflections on This Course By Yifan Xu The first important skill I have learned is to curate relevant content as part of content marketing. It not only can save time and energy while establishing a meaningful way … Continue reading →

Social Media Spotlight: “Storifying” on Social Network By Yifan Xu Back to the origin of social network, one of its most significant functions is to help people record and share their ideas, thoughts and daily life with others through online texts … Continue reading →

 Tech Blog 3: Sina Weibo The social media platform I choose to analyze this time is the Sina Weibo, a Chinese mircro-blogging website. Although it may not be familiar to most people outside China, it is playing a really essential … Continue reading →

Conducting researches through social media has become more and more common in today’s digital age. While social websites continuously provide people with convenience, creation and easiness, the lacking of reliability as well as proof of credibility on these online media … Continue reading →

“Blog #1 – Without SM” Escaping from Social to Silent by Yifan Xu I did the “Without SM” experiment for a total of 30 hours from 16:00 p.m. to 22:00 p.m. on 1/18 – 1/19. (Photo by Yifan Xu) I … Continue reading →