COP3 - Essay - Theory Research

Reflective Practice

Reflective Practice, Writing and Professional Development, Gille Bolton

page 31
'Our stories are inextricably intertwined: with themselves and those of others.We tell and retell, affirming and reaffirming ourselves in our own and each other's eyes (and ears). The accounts slip and merge as we tell, developing new twists and losing ones that have served their turn. This urge to recount and re-create each day is strong, but it is easy to devalue our own stories because they are unimportant compared with those of powerful others, such as pop stared, surgeons, politicians: we have lost trust in ourselves and ownership of our stories. '
APPLY TO SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS

page 93
'The distinction between fiction or fact ( true or false) is one of those artificial binaries which besets modern living. A story is a creative construct, whatever material is drawn upon.'
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA INFLEUNERs BLUR THE LINE BETWEEN OPINION AND SPONSERED CONTENT

page 94
'it does really seem as if the consumption of fiction is a part of the necessary education of modern people in the fine points of human relationships. So many examples are given of how people are, how they may be expected to react and what the harvest is likely to be'(Rockwell 1974,p.81)
PEOPLE LIKE TO READ LIES AND FAKE INFORMATION, IT'S DRIVEN INTO SOCIETY AND PEOPLE CAN GAIN FROM THIS IF IT CAN BE CONTROLLED

page 95
'Stories not only present comprehensible possible ways of being, they create questions. Stories offer to understand, but also lead the reader to want to find out more: The truest respect which you can pay to the reader's understanding is to...leave him something to imagine, in his turn, as well as yourself. (Sterne[1760]1980, p.77)
POSTS AS STORIES, LEAD THE READER TO INVESTIGATE THE BRAND MORE, PROMOTE THE IDEA THEN ALLOW THE CONSUMER TO GIVE THE CONTENT AND DO THE RESEARCH

Awareness of detail, inculcated by writing and discussing, increasingly slips into daily practice, making it more aware and reflective: This course helped me, encouraging me to be more aware of each day and making me more observant. (Brimacombe1996, p.15)