Choose your own adventure For the additional piece of media that I think should be added to this course’s syllabus, I have chosen John Oliver’s clip about Government Surveillance and his interview with Edward Snowden. While this is not a fictional piece, I believe it is vital to understand what the government has the capability …
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Historical Remix: The Great Emu War The Great Emu War is one of those topics that is just completely obscure when you hear about it for the first time. It’s confusing, makes no sense, and ultimately is shocking for everyone involved. The premise of the Emu War was in Australia in 1932, emus began migrating …
Blog #3
Instagram’s Data Privacy Statement Nowadays, it is almost common knowledge that large corporations like Facebook, Google, and Twitter collect and sell our data. However, not many people know the full extents of their collecting. To test this, I decided to interview my roommate to see what he thought without any prior research. Transcript: “I’m …
Blog #2
Stalk the Professors! After some serious digging around on the dark web, I have hoped to uncover some truths about my professors, Mary Abdoney and Elizabeth Anne Teaff. From a quick search of their social media accounts, I was able to attain a great deal of information about them, mostly from their Facebook about tabs …
Blog #1
A day in the life in the digital age For my first blog post, I am going to describe how I used the internet yesterday, and what it helped me accomplish. When I first woke up in the morning, the first thing I did was roll over to my side and check my phone for …
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