Over the past semester I've been the lucky benefactor of a type of class that I never thought that I would get to experience in college -- one that ended benefiting me outside of my major and outside of the classroom. This class made me critically access my use and my personal online presence in a way that I often took for granted but now realize is...
Monday, December 12, 2016
New Technology? New Impacts.
Electronics have revolutionized the way people connect -- whether online, offline, or anything in-between the world as we know it is progressing towards an electronic world for better or for worse. In our world we connect with our phones, laptops, and even our appliances that somehow have an internet connection. In the world we know today the impact...
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Media Forms Communcation
There are many characteristics of electronic media that shape the form and context of communication, take this blog as an example. Writing this information in the form of an essay wold lead to a completely different feel for the reader and a completely different topic path for me, the writer. It's undeniable that the platform you read your news on...
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Electronic Media and Our Relationships
As electronic media has progressed so have human relationships. Relationships with our environment, ourselves, and each other have changed more rapidly than they have ever previously had the ability to and the introduction of new medias, new relationships and formed and older, outdated ones are phased out. In Baym's reading Personal Connections in...
How Our Electronic World Came to Be
Since soon after the creation of electricity, the way humans interact with each other has never been the same. With the introduction of the telegraph and other similar technologies based off of the idea communication with those who aren't directly in your presence there has been a shift in the way that people communicate with those around them....
Friday, December 9, 2016
Electronic what?
Electronic presence is something that nearly every person in developed countries lives in. With the expansion of the internet and the adaptation of it to nearly every aspect of our lives it's almost impossible to go somewhere and not be impacted by the internet. Whether it be giving your food order online, studying using online resources, or texting...
