Category: Unused Topics from Past Semesters
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Is the Medium the Message?
“The medium is the message” means in order to grasp the technology used we have to understand its impact on our society and culture.
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Are We Using Good Media?
I could see a bit of similarity between the two reads. They both expressed how the media and the web have changed our culture entirely.
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Are You Not Getting the Message?
I’ve heard of Marshall McLuhan’s “the medium is the message” speech during my public speaking class, so I think this text would be familiar.
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Technology, Media, and Safety
Carr explains how we have strayed away from intellectual thinking and look for quick answers on the web. Also explains surveillance capitalism.
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The Role of Platforms in Education
Technology in the educational setting can improve learning, but it also restricts critical thinking and creativity, so its usage must be careful.
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Modularity and Variability
Explore how modularity and variability in new media make it flexible, dynamic, and adaptable, which is unlike traditional print.
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Navigating the Media
Learn how media literacy helps navigate misinformation and promotes responsible digital consumption in the modern information age
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New Media & Literacy
New media literacy is the ability to understand and navigate across digital platforms while also playing a role in modifying and interacting with content.
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Literacy in all media
In “New Media and Literacy” by J.D Applen, he addresses the shift from traditional literacy to digital literacy and how it has
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Shifting Perspectives: Old and New Media
Understanding variability, perceptions of old and new media, and hyperlink rhetoric. Are we really thinking for ourselves when we read?
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Literacy & New Media
Gain an understanding of what New Media Literacy is and discover how other forms of media differ in the ways we perceive it.
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New Media and Literacy
Explore the differences between old media and new media literacy and discover how they differ in how we interact with content.
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Exploring Media
Media comes in all forms and can be changed, but how much of it stays the same? Similar to the Ship of Theseus, is it the same context or not?
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New Media and Literacy
Reading things off a website can cause the reader to stop and notice the size and color of words or pictures instead of understanding the actual meaning.
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New Media and Literacy
A deep dive into Applens reading. Manovic and Lanhams views on new media and literacy. Modern communication methods can be limited but useful tools.