The power we bestow upon news outlets comes with an inherent authority and trust. What happens when that trust is misguided, and what happens when we lack the cynicism and skepticism to determine fact from fiction? In those moments where we fall victim to fake news, we reduce ourselves to nothing more than puppets toContinue reading “Ideological Misinformation”
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Modern Product Placement, Will it Stick?
To sell a product people need to know about it, it needs to remain in their thoughts well after the advertisement’s end. Picture yourself running a business, you make a product you know will sell well if it draws enough attention, so how do you then turn your product into a spectacle? For Beats headphonesContinue reading “Modern Product Placement, Will it Stick?”
Unity and Propaganda
There are countless pros and cons to social media networks. While watching “The Facebook Dilemma” I couldn’t help but put them together to try and ultimately decide whether social media is inherently a good or a bad thing. However, I ran into an issue, that being, social media isn’t inherently good or bad, it isContinue reading “Unity and Propaganda”
Relationships in the Digital World
What happens when relationships cross the threshold into the digital world? There’s only one answer to that question for me and that is, I believe digital relationships are incredibly complex and truly do connect us. Often we hear of this theme that technology can connect us to the digital world while simultaneously disconnecting us fromContinue reading “Relationships in the Digital World”
Disconnected and Discontent
Time can pass rather quickly or rather slowly depending on a myriad of factors. I had been tasked with spending four hours without technology, a seemingly trivial task. Unfortunately, in this little experiment time was a victim of circumstance and slowed to the pace of a sloth, but why? I had plenty to do inContinue reading “Disconnected and Discontent”
Supply and Demand
Free-market economies are founded on the ideology of supply and demand. When it comes to attention there’s a very finite supply and an ever-increasing demand. The demand for attention as a resource may be higher than any other. Unlike money you can’t make more of it or save it up, what you have is whatContinue reading “Supply and Demand”
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