119 Posts Tagged "Networked Narratives"

Kean University 2019, The Network

Exploring the History of the Selfie~

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So, I know this post wasn’t formatted exactly as suggested but I was in “the zone” and didn’t even think of writing this post as suggested. Sorry >.< Just know I contain plenty multitudes~ When it comes to discussing emergent forms of digital content creation, I think there are few more disputed or more controversial forms than that of the selfie. It has been vilified across the board, reaffirmed, vilified again, then reaffirmed….and so on. It appears we as a people can’t […]

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I’m Nobody! Who Are You?

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Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Until recently, I considered myself a selfie-queen. I would post pictures of myself daily on my social media feeds. The pictures made me feel confident and made me see myself as pretty. Despite the confidence I’m sometimes told I project, I’m actually quite self-conscious about my appearance. Growing up my skin was too pale and my nose too big and my freckles too blotchy and my teeth too […]

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Following the Crumbs Can Be Crummy…

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This post is late because of a certain snarky blog poster’s birthday this weekend #24on24 Anyway…. Hey~ This week, we explored the nature of truth in online spaces. Often, online, false news or misinformation spreads more rapidly and much further than facts or more honest news or truthful reporting of information. With this being the case, how is one to navigate online spaces and make decisions about the truth or “fakeness” of a source? Can there be any fake or real […]

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field guide attempt 0.1

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Alright, so I’m less lost on how to go about working on this field guide collection of resources… but I’m not sure how helpful I’m gonna be regarding finding said resources to use regarding the darkness of the internet. I can barely find my glasses in the morning. And half the time they’re on my face. BUT. We’ll give it the ol’ grad school try. One thing that really stuck out to me this week was the “eating spiders in […]

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There Is No “NO” Button…

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This post may be late because it’s a certain snarky blog poster’s birthday on Sunday, the 24th…. Hello~ Welcome back to the hellscape ^.^ This week, we’re exploring the circumstances that led to a post-truth Internet and the creation of a platform that is responsible now, more than ever, for spreading more “fake” content than real. Strap in! There Are Only “Okay” Buttons In this day and age, I think it’s a given for most of us to believe that […]

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nothing is real but, like, *shrug*

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The first thing that I think of when I look back on what middle school taught me about finding appropriate sources is that you should only trust sites on “.edu” and “.gov” domains. ( Now, consider the fact that Present Day Me views both the education and governmental systems to be largely working against the general public, and you can see a bit of a conundrum here. Basically, the whole world is fake. No system is helping you 100%. Time […]

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Kean University 2019, The Network

[ten-year-old voice] sNOW DAY

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[aka How Many Girl Group Songs Can Masooch Link In One Post.] Oh whaaaaaat we had a week off from class, wowie. As such, this’ll be a short post, where I’ll just be recapping the DDAs I did, plus other comments and such, yadda yadda yadda. Let’s jump right in. … … … … Hello, it’s over 18 hours later, during which I had a whole adventure and went to a whole concert and nearly missed a train and crashed […]

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Kean University 2019, The Network

Privacy Is A Privilege?

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“We are paying for everything right now. The currency we’re trading is data.” ~ Anne-Marie Scott So, this week the polar vortex finally descended upon us and swallowed us whole in a show of might that only emphasized how insignificant we are– Actually, class just got snowed out cause global warming is a thing and it’s screwing with the weather. What are you gonna do??? Pass Ocasi0-Cortez’s Green Deal??? Anyway, despite this week’s unfortunate weather, some of us were still able […]

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Developing Digital Literacy (One Video at a Time)~

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Hey~ Welcome to this week’s bonus post ^.^ I’m going to try to keep it short & sweet! A big topic in class related to privacy, data tracking, and navigating online spaces as a whole is that of digital literacy. Data tracking, learning algorithms, and surveillance capitalism have largely been allowed to propagate and perpetuate and make a butt-ton of money off of all of us due in large part to a lack of regulation. Unfortunately, much of this has gone […]

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Kean University 2019, The Network

hello from the dystopian present

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Alright. Remember last week when I said that I’d get everything together for this week? Haaaa oops. Also ha ha ha don’t you just Love when you fall asleep writing a post and wake up past its deadline? Haaaa yeah. So! We’ll kinda breeze through what we gotta do this week. This chickadee wants to snooze. DDK & DNT The first two activities that we have to do for this week are very Me-centered. The Data Detox Kit wants you […]

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Field Guide 0.0

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I’m not 100% sure how I’m gonna go about even figuring out how I wanna contribute to this field guide project for the end of the semester. I think I’ll be needing a bit more explanation and discussion of the project in general before I start planning things, y’know? Sounds reasonable, I think. Can’t say the same for my thesis. Time’s a’tickin. Buuuuuuuut I’ll figure it out. Always do. Anyway, I’m also a little fuzzy about these additional posts we have […]

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Kean University 2019, The Network

In the Algorithm We Trust (But Should We????)

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Welcome back to hell~ This week, we dove deeper into the darkness of the web and the practices of those who use the web as a tool for mass surveillance. Topics in this week’s discussion include 1) data tracking, 2) digital redlining, and 3) surveillance capitalism. Light stuff, I know. Anyway, I suggest you grab a drink of your choice and strap in for my *hot take* on some of these issues~ Data Tracking, Digital Redlining, & Surveillance Capitalism Oh My! […]

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I’m Unique…Like Everyone Else

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If anything, delving into online data tracking has made it readily apparent just how much of our information is, well, readily apparent. Just about every application you could conceive of using is tracking you to some extent. Don’t believe me? Sounds far-fetched? Well, there are plenty of sites you can explore that will break down for you how different forms of online data tracking work. This week, were provided a list of different sites in the class blog post that let […]

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Kean University 2019, The Network

big & little windows

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I’m… just gonna apologize right out the door. Though, confusedly, a bit. I hadn’t realized that the blog posts for our class are due Sunday night, not Monday night. I’ll get my act together in the upcoming weeks. Hopefully. Maybe. No, not maybe. I’ll do it. Okay, so. Gonna hit a few things tonight. And by a few I mean I’m planning on hitting two, and we’ll see where it goes from there. Three. After writing the first part, I’m realizing I […]

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Descending into Darkness…

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So…. this past week was a bit of a mess. I experienced some major and hella expensive car issues that made me wish for a self-driving car for the first time ever despite their numerous, reported issues. Anyway, enough about my ever-growing list of issues. Let’s dive into the Internet’s f*ckery~ The Dark Substance of the Internet This week, discussion started off light enough with an introductory reading on alchemy and the creation and nature of this ancient magic’s digital form. This reading was also […]

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