This question is one that is asked almost daily in my household, and I am pretty sure it is the same case for your family. Everyone...
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Where in the World Is PenPal World?
The first time I held my iPad, I felt as if I had opened a small door into an unknown universe. I had just finished the...
Continue reading...YouTube is everywhere
When we think about the digital world, one platform seems to stand out above all others: YouTube. What began as a small website to share videos...
Continue reading...Mind Starved
“Our modern community is mind-starved and mind-hungry. It is justifiably uneasy and suspicious of the quality of what it gets. The hungry sheep look up and...
Continue reading...Drowning in Data: Are We Really Free in the Digital Age?
Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is pick up my phone, scrolling through the latest news, social media updates, and endless...
Continue reading...TikTok Told Me So
At 7am every Sunday morning, my dad gets up to go buy his weekly newspaper. Whatever stories get published throughout the week, he reads on his...
Continue reading...ChatGPT As Therapy?
My mother came to me the other day quite baffled by the actions of her close friend; she explained to me how her friend would diagnose...
Continue reading...Restoring my Relationship to the Internet (Part 1)
If you read my blog last week, you might remember me talking about seing people getting shot on Youtube as a kid and how this affected...
Continue reading...The Algorithm Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself
We’ve all had that moment: you’re scrolling through Instagram or TikTok, and suddenly a post appears that feels a little too accurate. Maybe it’s the exact...
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...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...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...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...
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