Response to Rachel’s Final Project

Notes: Generation X 1965-1980 posts on social networks direct language. Value is in their structure.  Last generation to use appliances for one particular purpose. Millennials 1980-2000 prefer technology as main source of communication. “On to the next” mentality – “kings … Continue reading

Thinspiration: Where the Internet Proves Beauty is Not Just Skin Deep, but Bone Thin

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“Thinspiration” “What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?” – Justina Chen ; North of Beautiful … Continue reading

Readings 11: Games and Stories

Television’s Invitation to Participate: 3 types of invitation: A) overt invitations, where a TV show obviously invites a viewer to become involved B) organic invitations, where a TV show assumes that viewers are already actively engaged and incorporates evidence of … Continue reading