For this reading response I explored Storify. Storify is basically a way to tell a story through existing social media. You can combine stories from all over the internet to create one big picture. I'm really surprised that I had never heard of this tool, considering it uses Facebook, twitter, and tumblr. Not to mention the craze to find the newest and coolest socia media tools that should've led me to this site.
One of the benefits of this tool is that it is an involved story-telling method. Because you draw in stories from all different media, this means you most likely aren't the one writing these stories. This gives you the opportunity to use a full spectrum of opinions and perspectives. This also means that the owners of the stories you incorporate can be involved in your story, or as Storify says, "part of the bigger picture." We could use this tool to show what other college students are saying about traveling.
The downfall of this tool, as I mentioned, is that you aren't writing the stories yourself. Depending on how you think of it, this might mean having less of a creative freedom. For one, you aren't creating the stories to include. However, you can still be creative in which ones you use. Additionally, since you are pulling from media to tell a story, this means the story can end up very one-sided if that's the direction you choose to go in.
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