I used to dream a lot, and spent most of my time in books before high school. Sometimes I bring my own books, sometimes I just...
Continue reading...Essay writings and AI application
“Stay critical!“ When I stared at the bold, eye-catching words, my mind involuntarily drifted back to my experiences interacting with GPT while writing my essays. The...
Continue reading...The Last Page of the Internet
There was a time when the internet felt small enough to finish. Somewhere between early forums, webpages, and endless click-through rabbit holes, you could stumble onto...
Continue reading...How academic pressure manipulated me into using AI
ChatGPT was released shortly after I finished high school. So my first meeting with AI in an educational setting was at university. My two first semesters...
Continue reading...Searching Smarter: Staying Critical in a Digital World
High School and the Rise of Social Media I used Google for the first time when I was in elementary school. I still remember sitting in...
Continue reading...Humans and Digital Technology: In Finding Knowledge
What is the best way to satisfy that knowledge-hungry brain of yours? The answer is simple: feed it books. Now that autumn has officially arrived, the...
Continue reading...How I Search for Knowledge in the Digital World
When I have to find something out, whether it’s about daily life, the meaning of a new TikTok trend, or research for a university assignment, my...
Continue reading...Information or/and Entertainment?
During high school, our teachers were telling us to be aware of the sources we used online when we were searching for information. In university, this...
Continue reading...Just slow down
Hyper-productivity The overstimulation of our brains and nervous systems that happens through the digital media has now become a common standard. We can stream music, listen...
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How Wikipedia is misleading us
Have you ever searched something up and the first webpage you get recommended is Wikipedia? As a student who has to write academic papers, Wikipedia is...
Continue reading...finding stuff online (wikipedia is great but sucks)
I remember clearly how when I was in primary school, being about 9 years old, we needed to start writing ESSAYS on topics that interested us....
Continue reading...I Rushed Through the IELTS,Chased by Social Media
“The internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.” Pariser, E. (2011). The filter bubble:...
Continue reading...Google VS TikTok
This week’s prompt got me thinking about using other platforms and apps to find information. Reflecting on my own use of digital media as a search...
Continue reading...Log, Rate, Review, Letterboxd
I watch a lot of films, not only because I study film, but also because I love film. After watching a film I, and most people,...
Continue reading...Can We Trust Information in the Huge Digital World?
Nowadays, the most common medium to gather information is the digital world. Of course, there are many platforms and many ways to approach them, therefore it...
Continue reading...Not every answer is the right one
Not too long ago I was having a conversation with my parents and we talked about how I find it crazy that back then, you could...
Continue reading...In the third year of the 21st century
In the third year of the 21st century, my parents and I lived 960 kilometers away from our hometown. The first set of numbers I remember...
Continue reading...Biggest Casino in the World
In recent years, there has been this shift on social media. I believe that this trend has been targeting more men than women. This is the...
Continue reading...Where the internet is still free and wild
Oftentimes I hear people talk about how the internet is paved over and the companies turned it into a giant shopping mall. We go to Facebook...
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