Digital technology has become a major factor in the way texts are read. Through digitized texts, works are able to be manipulated, edited, and accessed from any location that has Wi-Fi. It only takes one look at popular social media …
Blurring the Lines
In his article “Faux Friendship,” William Deresiewicz makes this frighteningly plausible argument: “We have given our hearts to machines, and now we are turning into machines” (12). The notion that technology is making us more like machines than human beings …
Best of Both Worlds
As an aspiring teacher, I constantly read about the importance of learning how to read and write in a child’s early years. Although the structures of reading and writing are perfected slowly as kids get older, the vitality of opening …
Post #2
An interesting idea comes from the idea of the Digital Native. It seems quite clear that someone born into the digital/virtual world will have a much different reading and writing style than someone born before such modern digital technology. It …
The Digital Transformation of Society
Technology has essentially broken the barriers of communication. “A Manifesto For Cyborgs” intimates that we are man merging with machine. This idea is also spoken about in the article “False Friendship,” with the author closing by saying: “We have given …
Second Blog Assignment
This assignment is delayed due the fact that I came down with the cold that is going around almost immediately after class on Wednesday. I am aware that the first three readings (“A Manifesto for Cyborgs”, “Johnny Mnemnonic”, and “The …
1st Blog Post
I think DH is pretty cool I never thought specifically about how much my generation and just the way things work around the world now, how everything is digital with twitter, facebook, university websites and even grade school websites are …
The Electronic Leash
My opinion on the current position of Humanities is that
eventually everything will be online or in a digital format and that fusing
with the sciences is inevitable. We as a society have become completely
dependent on technology with our …
Blog Post #1
Personally, I have resented the encroachment of technology into my life. I have (thus far) successfully rejected getting a Droid, a Kindle or a Tablet. I do not feel the need to be constantly connected to the internet. Despite my …