Facebook Mission Statement, Personas and URL

Mission Statement:  

In order to meet fellow DSU students and make some good food along the way, Derek Castro and Hannah Folks want to invite you to The Country College Kitchen.  This is an exclusive breakfast experience where on Saturday mornings twice a month, students of Dixie State University can come and enjoy some good old fashioned country favorites straight from a home kitchen while getting to know some of their fellow classmates.  With only 6-8 seats available, it is a first come, first serve basis with a reservation of a seat required.  It’s all the home-cooked food you can hold, a chance to meet new friends in a casual, homey atmosphere and connect on a college budget, so we hope to see you around the kitchen table!

Reservations can be made through Instagram, Email or Facebook.  Suggested donation of $4 (or whatever you can spare) to help with food cost.  

Persona 1:  Kelly is from Iowa and a freshman this semester at Dixie State University; she is enjoying her classes but misses the home-cooked meals and atmosphere of home.  She’s tired of always eating out or in her dorm, and wants the warm, inviting atmosphere of enjoying good food in a family environment.

Persona 2: Greg is on the typical college budget and is getting tired of always resorting to pop tarts for breakfast; he can’t really afford to always go out for a good full breakfast, but he needs to diversify with his food choices while at the same time not breaking the bank.

Persona 3:  Sadie loves to meet new people and socialize over good food every once in a while, but she doesn’t really know how to reach out to people who might be interested in that as well.  She would love to meet people besides her classmates, but in smaller groups, as well as be able to have a quiet place to study.

https://www.facebook.com/thecountrycollegekitchen

 

Social Networking and Stabilization

In our lives, we are all about priorities and what we think is important; whatever is on our priority "list" is what gets our attention, and it is no different with social media.  In this day and age of technology and social networking, we are becoming more aware of so many events from around the world almost as it's happening than we ever have before; events such as the recent terrorist attacks on Paris were spread across the news as well as the social media scene immediately.  But what about other similar types of events and news that we don't hear about or see, such as the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that occurred around the same time as the Paris attacks took place?  Aren't those just as important to share with the world and bring to people's attention?  It's all about priorities.

I think that in our age of instant knowledge and vast information that is available to us, that we as citizen reporters and news consumers need to be very diligent and careful about not making news of any kind more of a priority than other types of news.  Being selective with what is made known to individuals around the globe is not fair reporting, nor is it the complete picture of society.  Granted, it is difficult to report everything, in fact it's downright impossible to accomplish that, but there is room for improvement.  It's not too much to ask that we be informed about occurrences in the world such as the attacks in Nigeria instead of reading about Miley Cyrus' latest party or who's divorce in Hollywood is more expensive.  In this digital and technological age, power has been given to the people and citizens of the world; social media could do wonders for reporting and spreading news of all kinds, but especially concerning incidents that occur and may not be shared any other way.  Social media started out as being a cool novelty, but it has quickly become and is capable of being a powerful tool, especially in journalism.  But we as individuals need to view it as such, and report and share what we see happening in the world around us.