The link below will take you to a video I think everyone should see. People on the streets are asked about what made them begin to care about their online privacy... Is your privacy online important to you? From my own online experience, I'm positive that our information is not as private as we think … Continue reading #Two – Marketing Dream
As discussed in my previous post, our online privacy is often breached without our knowledge, read more here! However, there is a silver lining surrounding this topic, and that is end-to-end encryption. Recently, WhatsApp have introduced this invisible feature which encodes every message a user sends, and decodes it only when it reaches the desired … Continue reading #Two – Encoded.
Cambridge Analytica is probably a familiar term to you, however, before Facebook's privacy scandal reached the news, I assume this was not the case. Cambridge Analytica specialises in data analysis, and was accused of trading user information around the time of the US election. Deceiving internet users who were under the impression they were being paid … Continue reading #Two – Are you worried?
Leave your phone at the front of the room, and after two hours, take notice (pun intended), of your notifications, with the looming question, "Can I live without this device?" This was an in-class experiment we observed, and there was a mixed bag of results. At the end of the class, some announced that they … Continue reading #One – Notify Me
Direction. A qualification. Career path. Structure. Opportunities. Practical skills. Network. Friends. Confidence. This list could have many meanings. It could have been drafted on December 31st and revisited on the morning of January 1st; motivation. It could have been created in a weekly journal entry; daydream. It could have been thought of whilst painting in … Continue reading #One – What are we striving for?
Welcome to my blog! My name is Emily, and you'll be hearing from me for the next twelve weeks, I will be cracking open interesting and thought-provoking aspects of new communication technologies. Stay tuned for thoughts and discussions about communication! "We shape our tools and therefore our tools shape us" - Marshall McLuhan
1501LHS New Communication Technologies 