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ETEC 540 – Task 10: Attention Economy

Introduction In this assignment, I reflect on how the design choices in the game “User Inyerface” influenced my behaviour as a user and heightened my awareness of manipulative design practices in online spaces. The “Attention Economy” Digital platforms are constantly competing for our attention. The “attention economy” describes the ongoing,…

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ETEC 540 – Task 9: Network Assignment Using Golden Record Curation Quiz Data

BACKGROUND INFO: TERMINOLOGY NETWORK STRUCTURE AND GRAPH THEORY Vertices, vertex, nodes = an entity and we can ascribe some value to; each person or song in the visualization is a node; they have static properties that can be quantified. Edges, links, ties, relations = can be defined as a relation…

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ETEC 540 – Task 8: Golden Record Curation Assignment

What is the Golden Record? Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977 and are currently the most distant human-made objects from Earth and the first to enter interstellar space. On board each Voyager is a Golden Record containing music, voice greetings, photos, as well as images etched onto…

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ETEC 540 – Task 7: Mode-Bending (What’s in your bag?)

Your browser does not support the video tag. If the animation doesn’t appear to be working, follow this link Introduction Writing today is increasingly transmodal – a process where different media such as text, sound, and image interact to create new forms of meaning (Murphy, 1969, as cited in New…

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ETEC 540 – Task 4: You say Puh·tay·tow, I say Pih·tah·toh

For Task 4, I selected the Potato Printing assignment, blending my love of crafts with coursework. I chose the word “IDEAS” as it reflects both what one could carry in a tote bag and what a sketchbook represents. Preparation Using supplies on hand, I gathered yellow and sweet potatoes, vintage…

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