Tag: J. D. Applen
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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.
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New Media & Literacy
New media and literacy alters how self expression is shown from printed text to digital format like with images and posts.
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Speech, Text, and Literacy in Media
Evolution of different types of communication like speech, text, and literacy through old media, new media, and knowledge
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Digital Fairies and Flow States: Writing in the Age of AI
From ink to code, writing has evolved into a dance between human creativity and digital precision—keeping our voice alive online.
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New Media and Literacy
Mew media/ literacy gives readers better interaction with the pieces than traditional writing does. Traditional written literacy has creative boundaries.
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It Was All A Game Of Telephone Before
Writing isn’t just communication; it reshapes thought, preserves knowledge, and frees ideas from memory, allowing them to last and grow.
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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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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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The Interactivity of Digital Text
What does it mean for a text to be interactive? What makes the interactivity of digital text different from printed text?
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Fanfics May Be New Media
The comments made on fanfics do not make them interactive. They are already interactive on their own, and possibly qualify as new media.
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The Weight of Digital Text: Formal v. Informal
Sven Birkerts is not as compelling as J. D. Applen thinks. In fact, Birkerts’ words are as weightless as he deems digital texts to be.