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Emergent Media is an extremely relevant and interesting class. It’s about new communication formats evolving in the present and it’s effect on our lives. From Unit 1, understanding media literacy, to Unit 10, the sports money cycle, it kept me engaged. I really liked the online nature of this course, but not all online classesContinue reading “Unit 11: Your thoughts on the course and blogging”

According to the notes, the changes in media technologies have made it easier for marketers, governments, and criminals to invade your privacy. So, what can we do to protect our privacy? Here are a few ways to accomplish this: Make a list of the things you can do to reduce and even eliminate threats RemoveContinue reading “Unit 10: What can we do to protect our privacy?”

According to Potter, media literacy is “a set of perspectives that we actively use to expose ourselves to the mass media to interpret the meaning of the messages we encounter.” Media literacy is essential in our digital world. Information is available at exponential rates and without media literacy we could not keep up and mediaContinue reading “Unit 4: What is Media Literacy?”

According to Potter (2016), we live an information-saturated culture, and this is growing at an accelerating pace. Moreover, social media continues to be the fastest growing area for media exposure, being consumed mostly on smartphones and other mobile devices. To be honest, I can’t imagine life without social media. It is a part of everydayContinue reading “Unit 3: Social Media, not all bad”

I just joined this class – Emergent Media. According to the Dr. Magolis’ syllabus, the course develops a students’ media literacy knowledge and skills – preparing them for an expanding technological society. According to Potter (2016), Media literacy is a set of perspectives that we actively use to expose ourselves to the media and interpretContinue reading “Unit 2: Emergent Media”