Month: January 2017

According to Couldry, most media scholars agree that “we are in the middle of a media revolution” (9), which not only transform human actions but also power relations.

Likewise, Athique argues that we are currently living in a digital society (17) in which technical changes lead to new social practices. Here, Athique invites us to consider coupling both technological innovations and social changes in order to understand what it means to live in a digital society.
For your first blogpost, please do the following:
  1. Spend 1 (one) hour online and carefully take down notes on any single activities you do during that hour. Did you click on an ad? Did you ignore a post from a friend that you disagree with? Did you post a photo on Instagram or comment on a reddit post? etc.
  2. Review your online activities and imagine how you would do the activities in pre-digital era. Do the activities occur only with the existence of digital media? Are there activities that can only occur without digital media? In other words, are there activities that HAVE NOT changed in our digital age?
  3. Using Couldry and Athique’s readings, explain
    • In what ways do computerization and digitization improve human activity? Why?
    • In what ways do they create negative consequences? Why?
    • Does digital media revolution bring positive or negative effects to our society?
  4. Make sure you follow the general rule of making a blogpost for this course stated in the syllabus and that you include synthesis/analysis, quotes from readings, hyperlink, visual media, and questions in your post.
  5. Categorize your post under “digital revolution.”