An ASU Digital Literacy Student Blog
Yesterday, I was browsing my Instagram for some old photos and videos I took a few years back from a Disneyland trip. I tried to download them and found out I can’t, or at least not without requesting permission to download my images from Instagram. Why do I have to request permission to download my…
I have been told that the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia is considered one of the most essential collaborative efforts on the Internet. Wikipedia is a not-for-profit organization that owns one of the largest wikis, a website that allows users to edit content collaboratively on the Internet. The most famous is Wikipedia. During my educational journey, I…
ChatGPT can scare or intimidate some people who feel that these AI programs pose a threat, potentially leading to the creation of biased and inaccurate content. ChatGPT’s creator, OpenAI, states that the software is designed to assist people with various tasks, including answering questions, generating text, and even helping with computer code. No matter where you stand on…
Our First Video blog post features a quick introduction to the purpose of our site and a short discussion of a recent article I read about how online sources like blogs and Wikipedia affect the media cycle. A Vlog is a blog post that uses video instead of images and words. As this is our…
Today’s internet content creators live and die on user engagement. Clicks, likes, and shares rule our world. We need daily content that attracts viewers. Creating images or videos is not easy. It requires skill, equipment, and time. What should bloggers do if they seek clicks but lack the time or skill to create images that…
Media literacy enables society to effectively consume and evaluate information by asking critical questions and resisting manipulation. It also provides individuals with the tools to take action when observing media manipulation, fostering positive change for truth and understanding. When discussing the importance of media literacy in society, it would be a great disservice not to…
It is 1993, and I am sitting on a couch at a friend’s house with about a dozen others, watching the now cult classic crime drama Blood in Blood Out. The film follows the lives of 3 young Mexican American gang members as they start as gang members in East LA. It’s filled with cartoonish…
This week, the US Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. His confirmation faced significant backlash from Democrats (a party he is a member of) and many in the medical and scientific community. Now, you may ask why. Well, RFK Jr. is seen as the leading…
In this week’s module of my ASU Digital Media Literacy class, we reviewed how data brokers and media companies record our interactions to improve their products and monetize our data for sale to third parties for advertising. Let’s examine my daily diet to see how data collection affects my media experiences and how I control…
Hello, and welcome to my first blog post. For this post, I will share my 24-hour media diet for Saturday, January 18, 2025. I will start with the first media I touch when I wake up and then the last press I use before I sleep. Let’s get up and out of bed and start…