Exploring Culture unit one: social media on lingrolearning. It helped me understand how other countries use social media. Another assignment is the discussion board post three where we talk about holidays. It was interesting to learn what holidays that other cultures have.
I do have a different perspective on how different cultures do things differently compared to in the states. Honestly, I assumed everyone uses Facebook all around the world but it varies on the country who has access to it. When I researched Hispanic countries that use social media I was surprised that Facebook turned out not to be user-friendly. It was interesting things like Twitter, skype, or LinkedIn are the most popular. Different cultures express themselves in various traditions with social media they also do it for holidays. Learning about the holidays caught me by surprise because It made me realize how different other countries can be with their holidays. The Hispanic countries have some out-of-this-world experiences. The vast majority of the holidays involve wild animals or just plain fire. There was one where people go around beating each other with brooms. It put me in a different perspective on how they view the world and that some of the holidays might be a reliever of stress. Honestly, I do not have any stereotypes with anyone because you celebrate who you want you live how you want is the conclusion I came to with doing these assignments. The only thing I assumed was the whole Facebook thing because I thought everyone uses it but it varies on who uses it. As I said before about the holidays and what they do on those days such as fire and acts of some sort of violence is a way to relieve stress. There are so many different versions on how some Hispanic countries celebrate the fourth of July is what I learned from the Hispanic video on holidays. As for seeing things in a different light is what I took from this is that they were not afraid to express their heratige. Everything about the holidays from their point of view was energetic and free.
