Digital Media and Information in Society/Theoretical Frameworks Early Electronics Telegraphic Telephonic Photographic Phonographic
Assignment: Analyzing Technology through Theoretical Lenses edit
Objective: Examine specific information technologies through different theoretical frameworks, gaining insights into how these tools have been researched and understood academically.
Telegraph | Telephone | Phonograph | Photograph | |
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Semiotics | Michael, Vincent | Michael, Vincent | Connor, Johjn | Connor, John |
ActorNetwork | Caden, Elijah | Caden, Elijah | Tyler, SamD | Tyler, SamD |
Postcolonial | Hunter, Casey | Hunter, Casey | Jared, Corbin | Jared, Corbin |
Narrative | AlexA, Everett | AlexA, Everett | Ayden, Draven | Ayden, Draven |
Critical | James, John | James, John, Angel | Darren, Zedd | Darren, Zedd |
Phenomenological | Nicole, Gianni | Nicole, Gianni | SamB, Bart | SamB, Bart |
CulturalMaterialism | Tobias, AlexC, Charlotte | Tobias, AlexC | Declan, Tucker | Declan, Tucker |
Feminist | Jalen, ElijahS | Jalen,Steve, ElijahS | Braden, Reese | Braden, Reese |
Instructions: edit
- Selection: Review the table above; each cell represents a combination of a technology and a theoretical framework. Students will be assigned cells in class (if you were not in class, select an empty cell or a cell with only one name if all are filled).
- Review: Review the Wikipedia articles about the theoretical frameworks associated with your assigned cells.
- Research: Use Google Scholar to identify a scholarly source for each of your assigned cells that studies the respective technology using the chosen theoretical framework.
- Summary: For each source:
- Detail the method of analysis: What data was collected? How was it analyzed?
- Highlight the most intriguing conclusion of the analysis.
- Provide a citation to the source.
- Wikiversity Journal Sub-page Creation:
- Navigate to your Wikiversity journal.
- To create a sub-page, add a slash (/') at the end of your journal's URL, followed by a suitable title for this assignment, for example: /Semiotics_Analysis_of_Telegraphy (use _ between words).
- Click 'Create' to start the new page.
- Write your summary on this sub-page.
- Categorization: At the bottom of your sub-page, add categories for both the theoretical framework and the technology you have researched:
- [[Category:TheoryName]] (use theory exactly as presented in table)
- [[Category:TechnologyName]]
- Submission: Submit the link to your sub-page in the appropriate Brightspace quiz.