Category: Unused Topics from Past Semesters
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The Media, The Message, and McLuhan
While new mediums can be great for spreading information, how can they affect information being retained by those users?
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Short-Form Media: What McLuhan Would Say About TikTok
Explore how TikTok and short-form media are reshaping our attention spans through the lens of McLuhan’s “the medium is the message” theory.
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Understanding technology in the classroom
Understanding technology in the classroom. How it can be helpful and harmful if not orchestrated correctly. Doing right by the students
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Understanding McLuhan’s “The Medium is the Message”
Marshall McLuhan’s famous phrase “the medium is the message” explores how technology shapes culture beyond just transmitting information.
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An Archive of Our Own
The thing about fanfic communities is that when you wanted to post fics about characters kissing, you had to go deep diving for a forum for that.
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Applen Dissection
Applen dissection of how McLuhan’s ideas cultivate different media forms that shape human perception, communication, and societal structures.
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Technology ‘s Influence
This blog reflects on how technology shapes not just what we do, but how we think and learn. Drawing from Old Media, New Media, and Knowledge by J. D. Applen, it explores Marshall McLuhan’s idea that the real message of any medium lies in how it changes culture. The post also connects to Nicholas Carr’s…
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Rethinking Technology in the Classroom
While technology plays an incredible role in today’s classrooms, it is crucial for educators to consider its negative impact on students.
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Pedagogy & Technology
Becoming a future educator while keeping in mind that pedagogy and technology go hand in hand; how to present this to future students.
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Educational Spaces
Pedagogy and the Log discusses the tool unsettling truth of technologies shaping our educational spaces and digital lives are not neutral.
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Medium Coffee
McLuhan said that the medium is the message, but what does that really mean? Does simply making something automatically produce a message?
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The Platform Using Me: How Social Media Reshapes Connection
Social media reshaped how I connect, making me realize the platform was using me, not the other way around. Changing connections forever.
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Platforms. What Are They?
I would like to challenge the fusion of these two concepts. If the media is the message, what does that say about platforms?
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Media Hold Responsibility
Chris Gilliard says “saving” the web via higher ed means envisioning “new ways to exist online.” I say we need to hold companies accountable.
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New Media Is a Manipulator
New media is a manipulator, or rather, uses manipulation as a tool. It incorporates multi-media facets in order to optimize user experience.