Hi Kristine, Thank you for your insight on the data we contributed. By the end of the assignment, I came to the same conclusion as you – I’m unable to conclude why we picked the songs we picked or why we didn’t pick the other pieces. I also found that the data set was hard to interpret, and even with the various filters, I wondered if my assumptions or lack of assumptions were correct. Looking at the world-wide-web, could the data set be altered to show favouritism or de-fame someone?
Is this how artists win awards for songs? Are data collected from Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, and other platforms to see which songs are the most popular? I like how Kristine provided her real-life example of how data is collected to help her business. I am struggling to find how understanding data points collected from the internet will help with instructional design for a course.
Interpreting or being unable to solve this data set made me question whether the information presented before me was correct. A new data set is produced if this same task is given to another cohort. Each collection of data collected is different because everyone has their thought process when selecting their songs. I never doubted the textbooks I read because I thought the information was accurate. Now data is mainly presented digitally, especially with the information that ChatGPT provides; it depends on how “popular” the search is. If I were to look up or ask ChatGPT to tell me the best vanilla frosting recipe today and ask the same thing two or more years later, the formula it gives me may be different. Since data is collected based on internet users, the information presented is determined by the culture or the community (Brown University, 2017).
Reference:
Brown University. (2017, July 11). Abby Smith Rumsey: “Digital memory: What can we afford to lose?” [Video]. YouTube.
