Cancel Culture. What is it? Who can get involved? Where did it come from? Just a few of the many questions that come to mind when you think of the term. …

The term meme was coined in 1979 by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene. He defined the term as something that determines the behavior of an organism, either taught to or learned through experiences. Overtime the term meme has taken more of a turn towards the internet, and…

The Digital Public Sphere allows citizens from all over their country, and other parts of the world to engage in a sector of free conversation and debate. It’s a place where people can easily discuss issues and voice their opinions. I believe that the Digital Public Sphere creates an increase…

During the 1960s and 70s America saw a huge growth and rise of social change throughout many aspects of civil and equal rights. Among these movements were the feminist/women’s liberation movement, the anti-war movement, civil rights and black power movement, environmental and early gay rights movements. All of these issues…

The interconnected world that we live in today has been a developmental process that began with the first words ever written down and has succeeded in taking the world step by step into new ways of communication, resulting in ever changing cultures and socially constructed worlds. The ideas that mediums…

In the late 1700s the rise of mass communication led to the turn from the Scribal Era to the early rising of the Modern Era. Thanks to Johannes Gutenberg’s critical invention of the printing press the rise in standardization of language, knowledge, information were all possible. Standardization leads to more…

The main ideas from this week’s studies are about the Four Major Eras of technology and social change and how they correspond with each other in a society. The Four Eras include; Tribal/Oral, Civilizing World/ Scribal Phase, Modern Era/ Modernity, and Postmodern Era. The idea of these four eras and…

Living in the digital age has been a topic of discussion that has increased more and more over the past few decades. The initial arguments were very one sided, either a yes or no, good or bad, right or wrong. Technologists, engineers and scientists and entrepreneurs advanced technology and digital…