Day four delved into the examination of what ‘new media’ and ‘social media’ is. Consequently, we then spoke about how they operate and how their logics alter user habits. Thus the lecture was split into three parts. New Media Social Media Instagram  Elaine began by defining new and social media and its relationship to the… Read More Class 4: New Media

Day Three. In this session we spoke about the term ‘network’ and what it means in relation to the web as well as its history within the internet. We discussed the spread of ARPANET in the U.S, that allowed computers to form globally and result in internet protocols to develop; thus creating multiple networks. In… Read More Class 3: Network

Day two delved further into the course prompt: ‘How do the affordances of Instagram affect the way that photos and videos are authored, published and distributed in the network?’ Today we discussed the term ‘affordance’ and the way it correlates to our overarching hypothesis. As I understand through this week’s readings, Donald Norman created the… Read More Class 2: Affordances

Day one marks the first class of Networked Media for Summer 2020. I was initially interested in this elective due to the fact that we would be writing continual blog entries. As a third year Public Relations student, I am no stranger to writing. I wanted to try this class because I believe I would… Read More Class 1: An Introduction