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...
Continue reading...AI, Google and social media
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...
Continue reading...Wonder why all these feelings just delusional
Have you ever considered starting a romantic relationship in the virtual? Imagine a man, actually, for most of the time, several handsome, wealthy and thoughtful men...
Continue reading...technically nostalgic
At this point, it’s has become a running gag in our family, my alleged first encounter with (digital) media.In our living room, we had a huge...
Continue reading...Tamagotchi ー My Little Friend
Although the level of media may be more advanced today, tracing back to my childhood memories, I think electronic devices have already been a familiar part...
Continue reading...The iPad Epidemic
When I think back to my earliest memories of digital technology, I picture my sister and I picking which movie to watch from our grandmother’s collection...
Continue reading...When I was a kid: My first encounters and misses with the computer
When I try to recall my earliest memories of digital technology, the image of my seven years emerged at first. At that time, computers were still...
Continue reading...Do We Work Out for Ourselves—or for the Media Watching Us?
Last Friday, I tried to get to USC for the 7 PM yoga class, but I couldn’t make it in time. Due to construction, the bicycle...
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