Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore Writing for Digital Spaces. New posts arrive weekly throughout the semester.
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The First Touch-Screen: The iPod Touch (2007)
Apple’s iPod Touch has changed the world we know today, bringing both music and screens rapidly into modern culture ever since its birth.
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Human-Computer Interaction: Designing for Real People
An open book with stacked pages behind it reflects human-centered design, where knowledge is organized to create a smooth and engaging reading experience.
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Digital Connectivity Effects: The Invisible Message
Does the Internet change how you think? Let’s dive into McLuhan’s theories to see how modern tools like Google and PowerPoint reshape our culture.
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Saving the Web Starts in the Classroom
The Web, in its current state, is a place of discriminatory practices, and to change it, we have to look beyond the content it presents.
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Hidden Message of Technology & How Media Shapes Thought
Modern media doesn’t just deliver information—it reshapes how we think, learn, and understand the world around us every day.
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Message in the Medium
Media doesn’t just deliver content. They shape habits, attention, and thinking, pushing us toward speed over depth in digital spaces.
Categories
- About the Class (3)
- Preparation (Wk 0): Privacy & Agency on the Web (87)
- Topic 1: Digital Situationships (361)
- Topic 2: Power Distribution (100)
- Topic 3: Public Audiences, Public Authors (145)
- Uncategorized (79)
- Unused Topics from Past Semesters (404)
- Connections (11)
- Mediums (64)
- New Media (30)
- New Media and Literacy (77)
- Refining Terms (16)
- Speaking, Writing, and Literacy (75)
- Text (79)
- The (Late) Age of Print (57)
- Traditional Writing (9)
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