Media 1:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My first media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this media is a video. The original source of the media was created and/or shared on the La india YuridiaFans Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video was shared by Morales on Facebook.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to entertain and showcase a comedian’s segment.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to click on the video.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the full video since I have seen videos of this comedian before and really enjoyed her segments.

If your engagement was active, provide the rhetorical situation for the media (1 per week)

• Purpose: The purpose of this media was to entertain and show a comedian’s segment.
• Audience: The intended audience was anyone interested in Spanish-speaking stand up comedians.
• Genre: The medium used was Facebook, and the genre used was a video.
• Context: This was being shared and discussed  by anyone following the La india YuridiaFans Facebook page or those who are friends with users who share the  video.
• Exigence: This media focused on a segment from La india Yuridia.
• Subject: The subject of this media was a stand-up comedian’s segment.

Media 2:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My second media is a meme that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this a video. The original source of the media was created and/or shared on the Wave TV Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video showed up on the “Similar to Posts You’ve Interacted With” recommendations.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to I guess to entertain and to make people laugh.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• Why? That was all. That was my reaction. Why? Enough said.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the whole video. I admit that I stopped and watched it just to say “this is so stupid.” This was that video for me; you know, the video one watches randomly on Facebook then decides, “that’s enough internet for me today. I’ve lost enough brain cells today.”

Media 3:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My third media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre is a video. The original source of the media was shared and/or created by the Guff Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video was shared by the I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me Facebook page.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to show some “proper” pineapple cutting technique.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the whole video to see what would happen.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the whole video. I watched this video when I was hungry, and for some reason, it drew my attention and apparently learned that pineapples can be used to tenderize meat.

Media 4:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My fourth media is a video that I came across my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this is a video. The original source of the video was created and/or shared on the Blossom Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video showed up on the “Similar to Posts You’ve Interacted With” recommendations.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to show some nifty things one can use cement for.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the video and see if there was anything cool I could learn from it.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I watched the full video. I was fairly disappointed with the video and was like, “why even?” for several of the things created. I found myself just disliking the whole video because I felt like I learned nothing cool I could randomly bring up in conversations like, “but did you know you could make [thing] with cement? Well I did!”

Media 5:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My fifth media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this a video. The original source of the video was created and/or shared on the Tasty Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video showed up on the “Similar to Posts You’ve Interacted With” recommendations.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to show a neat way to create a BBQ smoker out of flowerpots.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the video and see how the smoker was made.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the full video. I stopped at this video because I thought it would show some good food being cooked since I was hungry. I have a strange habit of watching food videos when I’m hungry which in turn makes me even more hungry.