Category Archives: Understanding Media Studies (course)

The Risk Society

Earlier this semester, I was exposed to the idea of the risk society in my “Media Literacy” course (being taught online from Barcelona by Jörg Müller, a researcher at IN3). I was so taken with the concept that I chose … Continue reading

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Intellectual Autobiography

This week’s UMS class assignment was to submit a personal narrative that would elucidate the inspirations and motivations underpinning our interest in Media Studies. Please follow the link below to read my own account. > Intellectual Autobiography

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Information Wants to Be Free

In the first lecture of “Understanding Media Studies” (the course that I’m blogging for), Prof. Carol Wilder presented the class with a broad survey of key ideas and technologies from the history of communication, touching on such events as the … Continue reading

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