For my StoryMap I chose to focus on the keyword identity. After reading the keyword, conducting my own research, and using prior knowledge from my own experiences, I analyzed a few different facets of the word. I first broke this keyword down into two parts: visible and invisible identity. One is made up of character traits that are visible to… Read more »
Surveillance is the act of being watched or monitored by something or someone. Surveillance can have many different forms, as with today’s modern technology there are many ways that people can be watched. As mentioned in the reading, when first thinking of surveillance we tend to think of devices such as security cameras, tracking devices, etc. All these technological devices… Read more »
As defined in the reading, “gaze is concerned with how gendered, eroticized, and controlled bodies become visible within media and other texts, and how individuals look at, identify with, and are constructed by visual representations.” Gaze is often seen through what we know as the “male gaze” which is portrayed in most forms of media. In most movies, especially those… Read more »
The keyword flow can be applied to media in today’s society. Flow can be defined as the constant stream of media to keep users engaged and constantly active on a site or app. Different apps and platforms have different ways to keep users engaged which creates profit for that platform. TikTok does it by having a constant and never ending… Read more »
According to the reading assemblage is “the arrangement and organization of a variety of heterogenous elements” (16). Assemblage can be applied to a variety of aspects in media as most media has many working parts and elements to it. Assemblage also points out how these different elements have human and non-human parts. In my group we looked at the assemblage… Read more »
Agency is the interaction between technology and humans. Media thrives off of human interaction because it gives it more information about the user. When I think of agency at its most basic level I think of someone doing a google search. The human is interacting with technology by hitting “submit” and then Google does the rest by giving the user… Read more »
Infrastructure is a network or structure that is needed in order to keep a technology or community thriving. The word infrastructure can be used to talk about several different things. For example, the infrastructure of a city keeps the highways and roads functioning and keeps the “behind the scenes” aspects of the city up and running so that the people… Read more »
In my opinion, the term “networking” means people connecting with other people in order to complete a goal or motive. In today’s age, networking tends to be carried out through social media or on some sort of technological platform. Often times networking can be used to look for a job or even to meet other people who you may be… Read more »
Data is constantly being taken in all around us. There are a wide variety of technologies that use data to their advantage. Often times these technologies and corporations are intaking data when we don’t even realize. For example, I have noticed that on Instagram when I click on a link to a website (usually a clothing website), after I visited… Read more »
The Cudamani Gamelan and Dance of Bali was a performance unlike anything I have ever experienced, and it allowed me to encounter a completely different culture. This performance combined elements of dance with music which allowed the audience to experience multiple mediums of their culture. The start of the performance consisted of a musical number which was played on instruments that… Read more »