Month: October 2015

For centuries, human beings have been communicating information and stories in various forms: through speech, text and images. Now in the age of information technology, individuals are being constantly bombarded by massive amounts of information through new mediums such as mass media, social media, and other new technologies. These technical advances allow people to have …

Gillian Whitlock challenged readers to take a look at the “packages of life narrative” at bookstores and analyze the outer layer of the book (Whitlock describes this as the covers, introductions, acknowledgements, dedications, and blurbs). According to her, the outer layer of a life narrative says a lot about the book and even adds a …