1. Find an ad in your social media (or internet browser if you are not on social media) and reflect upon why you received that targeted ad. In your response, make a connection to Zuboff’s point about surveillance capitalism knowing your inner demons (See YouTube Documentary, 32:30-36:35). Week 2 Task: For your first participatory task, we want you to read Rebecca Nicholson's article in The Guardian. In your response of 300 words, you should consider how Marshall McLuhan's idea that 'the medium is the message' can be used to analyse and explain some of Nicholson's observations. Some things to consider in your response are (keep in mind that this list is non-exhaustive, so there are plenty of other things to write about): • The difference between texting and talking • How texting changes the use of the mobile phone • Nicholson's observ
Participatory Task Portfolio Week 9 In Convergence Technologies, in a section on the functional convergence of Blackberry devices, Patrick Barwise […]
