HW Creativity

In this day and age, any social media user is an around the clock content producer. Although depending on if your social media activity is business or leisure related, the seriousness and scale of your production might change. Overall, anyone that publishes anything on social media has the same goal; expose their production to at least a single consumer. As a result, people are constantly thinking of new ways to produce content on their social media pages, provoking creativity. For example, in Issac Bell’s argumentative thesis driven research paper, Bell explores the realm of creativity in respect to social media. Specifically, Bell points out how when “someone creates art, from text to music to paintings, other individuals see that art and want to improve on it, present their own take, or want to offer a response to the emotions or ideas that art gives to them” (Bell 16). In other words, when a consumer of social media uses social media in any volume, the content in which they consume stimulates creativity. Bell further argues how when people with similar hobbies and interests interact on social media, they form communities, discuss works, and potentially act publicly or otherwise engage deeply with the ideals expressed in a work” (Bell 16). Essentially, if you are either freelancing on social media or interacting in topic specific areas on social media, the sheer interactions and connectivity located around content on social media produces creativity for further production of content. Personally, I have participated in this domino-circuit of finding myself trying to produce creative content on social media to stimulate or respond to another person's creativity. While the domino-effect makes every user a participant, I believe social media benefits from it and attributes to the addictive aspect of social media for many users. 

Work Cited

Creators, Audiences, and New Media: Creativity in an Interactive Environment by Issac Bell, Bell_ku_0099M_13626_DATA_1.pdf