Final Essay Instructions

Overview

Participatory Culture and Trolling

Fandom spaces at risk

This week I learned about the intersection between affect, media, and empathy. In the reading, it discussed how there is a unique connection between affect and ideology. One example from the reading is “radio broadcasts helped protesters coordinate and disseminate the message about oppression to broader publics. The affective attunement enabled…

Portfolio Assignment #7

Posner’s article on supply chains aimed to explore how vast amounts of information are passed through commercial networks and what moral implications exist for this sequence of processes. Posner asserts that software and practices that companies use, like SAP and “black-boxing,” that…

Portfolio #8

Diana Floegel’s guest lecture on fandom and participatory culture examined some issues in online fandom spaces, and it was…

Fanfictions, Fandoms and GamerGate Oh My

By: Emily Lockatell

Of the materials we encountered this past week Diana Floegel’s lecture regarding fandoms and the history of fanfiction has been the most eye-opening to me because I did not really consider how much of an impact…

Portfolio Assignment 8

This week’s guest lecture on critical perspectives on fandom and participatory culture was fascinating. I only had a brief understanding of what fan fiction is and so the various topics discussed in the lecture were basically all new to me. I found the issue of non-native English-speaking…

Portfolio Assignment 1

Introduction —

Maintaining Communication

What stood out to me in this week’s material is the level of social we are still capable of maintaining online even throughout this time of crisis. While battling a global pandemic, people are finding ways through the use of social media, and video chatting to stay connected…