Tag: Media
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Navigating the Shift from Print to Digital
The shift from print to digital changes how we read, learn, and focus, blending the strengths of books and screens for deeper understanding.
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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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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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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 Just Media, But With a Cooler Name
The word “new” in new media is quite misleading as it is simply just another form of media with its own set of rules and criteria.
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New Media and Literacy
New Media and Literacy in today’s modern world… what changes compared to old media? This blog post discusses Richard Lanham’s thoughts.
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Media, Life, and Perception
I see the modularity and variability of websites that all make up the flow of the internet. I get to interact with both in different ways.
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Structured
Readers must now actively evaluate sources, question biases, and verify facts rather than rely on traditional gatekeepers.
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Visual Rhetoric and Digital Media
Digital media and visual rhetoric have significantly transformed how we communicate today, with platforms like images, videos, and graphics reshaping how content is created, shared, and consumed. Drawing from Doug Eyman’s Defining and Locating Digital Rhetoric, the discussion highlights both the benefits and challenges of digital media, including its ability to reshape and share content…
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Orality Vs Written
The difference between writing text and orality. How people conveyed information before written text using oral language
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Intertextuality and Rhetoric
Intertextuality and Rhetoric highlights that new ways and methods we can use to interact with different media types online through text.
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Interactivity: You’ve Got Mail
A cheery “hello” flashes in a bunch of languages, and it asks for your info—so it knows where to charge you later, of course.
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Media ft. Messenger Pigeons
Media is a massive influence, no question. New media has shaped the world in countless ways, and it’s up to us, the users, to understand how.
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How media has affected us as readers and writers
Media has taken over our generation in enormously different ways. J.D Applen addresses the media takeover in his piece “Writing for
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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.