For my final project for digital studies I decided to write some music. I wasn't sure exactly how much to write or what to write about but I wanted to keep 2 things in mind while I was working on this project: I wanted to make up for some of the work I turned in late by doing something big, but at the same time I tried that in a different class and it didn't go well. So I wanted to do something big but I also wanted to do something small and...
I do think games can be an effective tool for social change, in more than one way. I think games can seriously impact how people look at and understand the world, just like books and movies can, and sometimes even more so, since you as the player controlling the game often feel a stronger connection to what is happening in the game. Bad News Illustrates how people in the digital age can often become disconnected from their actions. In the game...
The is a truly miraculous thing, it began as a network which established a like between different computers, and now its more like a network which links countless systems together. The development of transportation technology like planes, trains, and automobiles shortened the distance between each of us, but the internet essentially erased that distance. With that being said its basically just a communication system, but it is a communication...
Misinformation, Disinformation, False information, Lies, whatever you want to call it is essentially the same thing, spreading information that is not true as though it were. Since 2016 and the election of Donald Trump we have seen considerably more examples of "fake news" conspiracy theories and misinformation, in part because groups which promote these conspiracy theories were supported or emboldened by Trump, and in part because there were...
For my word cloud I used the text from Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, and placed it in the shape of a computer. Little brother tells the story of a high schooler and this peers living in a society plagued with hyper surveillance and paranoia, and how these teenagers choose to fight back against the oppression of their government. The book centers around technology, and how it can be both a blessing and a curse, so I thought it would be fitting...
As time goes on, less and less analogue technology is being employed by the masses, however this isn't simply an issue of the new replacing the old, nor is it simply an issue of convenience (although convenience is a factor). Analogue technology, while it does have its advantages, has many more failures, failures which are not easy to rectify. Digital technology on the other hand is accessible, it is sustainable, and it is constantly improving,...
I think privacy has probably been an issue since humanity created the front door. It is an issue of security, It is difficult to feel safe in one's own skin when you know you're being watched, or when your information is available for anyone to look at, just as one might feel insecure with their front door wide open. That being said I technology has made a lot more doors that could proverbially be left open, and once someone has entered through...
To put it in the simplest terms the internet is a communication network. It is a medium through which we can communicate with one another, and it just so happens to be the largest and most versatile communication system ever created. It encompasses hundreds of other communications systems within its network, including sound, images, text, videos and more. Like any other communication system, you have to opt into using the internet, however,...
We are now in week 10 of the semester, or maybe week 11, I'm not too sure anymore, it could be week 9. However long it has been, this has been the hardest semester of my college career. I probably said the same thing last semester, and it isn't because the classes are become more difficult or because the work load has increased. It has become clear to me that the reason this has been such a difficult semester for me is because the pandemic has...
I put off reading Ray Bradburry's stories because technological dystopian science fiction tends to leave a bad taste in my mouth before bed. However, in the case of The Veldt, something about the story just didn't stir anxiety within like other stories do. Perhaps it was the behavior of the main character's which I didn't find believable or maybe it was an inability to connect with the text due to my own biases. I frequently found myself...
