Author Archives: Gwendolyn Savidge

Gwen Savidge: Technology

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Technology is one of the fasts growing commodities in society due to its forever evolving nature. Our technology today is very different and more advanced than our parents had. For school assignments we have the ability to research articles, videos, and any information we need; however, when our parents were in school they had to use the newspaper for articles… Read more »

Race: Gwen Savidge

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In society today and even society years ago, race has been a sensitive topic that should not affect our society to the extent in which it does. I believe that racism is taught by parents and any influential person in your life. It essential works the same way political thoughts are passed down throughout the family. For example, black people… Read more »

Queer: Gwen Savidge

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In today’s society, people are coming out and identifying themselves more into the LGBTQ community rather than hiding their true identities. On social media such as Instagram, Tik Tok, and various shows, creators have created characters that encompass the LGBTQ community and shed light on their community. In the show, The Fosters, there is a lot of LGBTQ representation from… Read more »

Gwen Savidge: Feminism

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Through the reading of the “feminism” text, they write about the various media forms and their impact on feminism. It states that romance novels and soap operas “helped keep women in their place”, they related women to being melodramatic and promulgate patriarchal values. For this exact reason, women are known to be more sensitive than men and not as tough;… Read more »

Gwen Savidge: Identity

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In today’s society, our identity is how we are perceived by others, whether it is on social media or face to face. Social media can falsify people’s identity through photoshop tools, catfishing, and peer pressure. As Myria Georgiou states in the reading, “identity has particular resonance to media and communications”(94), media is known to have an impact on people’s identity… Read more »

New Media: Gwen Savidge

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The term new media is all relative to the generation that is using it. For our generation, new media can be shown as technology or even as social media. For example, whenever Apple releases a new iPhone or the new MacBook, it is essentially new media. The old media is large desktop laptops and landline phones when the new media… Read more »