Group Memo Keeley Boell, Tajah Green, Ian Self 22 November 2019 Work Plan: History of a Public Controversy, Technological Planned Obsolescence Future Timeline: Friday Nov 22- research mostly done/share research with rest of group Friday Nov 22, discuss ideas for video and images MONDAY, Dec 2- Video clips and images selected begin script writing […]
RCL BLOG #9
Topic: Paradigm Shift from dating culture to hook-up culture Purpose: Inform people of the implications of the spread of hook-up culture Make people more aware of what they are voluntarily participating in Thesis Statement: The paradigm shift from dating culture to hook up culture in the last century was enabled by technological advances, has caused […]
RCL BLOG #8
What was the most helpful feedback you received in the peer review workshops? Organization: I was very confused about how I should organize my information because I think of my essay in terms of the chronological order of my research, instead of what readers need to understand. What were the most interesting discoveries you made […]
RCL #7 Paradigm Shift
Topic: Development of hook-up culture (1920s to now) Intro: Hook—Stats on STDs from 2000 to 2017 https://library-cqpress-com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2019022200&type=hitlist&num=0 Establish that a shift happened–point to evidence of the shift Rise in dating apps, rise in STDs, rape culture Thesis: a declarative statement, an assertion, of what changed and why the change matters. The shift from dating […]
RCL #6
Identify your chosen focus for the Paradigm Shift projects (essay and TED talk). Indicate the boundaries of your intended focus as clearly as possible. What is the story that you seek to tell? As you now envision it, how long of a time period is covered by the expected focus – several centuries, just the […]
RCL #5 Speech Reflection
1) What do you feel you did well on? I think I did well with speaking confidently. There was definitely a part near the end were I started tripping over my words, but other than that I think my voice was clear. I think my tone was good because it was casual enough that it […]
Athletic Watches: Outline
What is the major proposition (argument/thesis) of the speech? How is the artifact civic? To communicate the importance of fitness trackers and how their rising popularity reflects commonplaces about the importance of health and fitness How is this artifact a response to a particular exigence? Does it take advantage of a kairotic moment? This artifact […]
Activity Tracker: Elevator Pitch
How many of you are currently wearing a fitness tracker? An apple watch, a fitbit, a Garmin, a Huawei, an Honor Band? As you can see, I am a champion of the Fitbit Charge, the 2016 Fitbit fitness tracker and watch all in one, which is easily mistaken for an apple watch. Watches have been […]
Civic Artifact: Activity Trackers
Civic Artifact: Activity Trackers (Ex: Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch, etc.) My artifacts are fitness watches aka “activity trackers.” People of all fitness levels use these watches to track health metrics such as their step count, heart rate, sleep, calories burned, and mileage. All activity tracker users benefit from this technology because it gives them information […]
RCL Blog 1
The responses below refer to the podcast entitled “This American Life” and their 396th episode: #1 Party School which was published in 2009. What commonplaces and ideologies are represented in the podcast? This podcast represents the ideology at Penn State that binge drinking is “cool.” The podcasters believe that there is an ideology at Penn […]