Gateways 2018-2019

  JC Church 11/3/26 Digital Media: Theory and Practice Questions for Social Media Use in Political and War Turmoil around the World How does social media use help different sides in these political and war turmoil around the world? Social media helps different sides in political and war turmoil around the world by allowing them to share information, spread their perspectives, and gain support from people around the world. The video about Russia and Ukraine shows how Ukrainians use social media to inform the public and gain international support, while the POLITICO article explains how Israel uses online advertisements to influence public opinion about its war with Hamas. Both sides of a conflict can use posts, videos, and emotional images to shape how people view events. However, social media can also spread propaganda and misinformation, making it important for users to question what they see and check multiple sources.  What specific impacts does social media use have in the...

  JC Church 10/26/26 Digital Media: Theory and Practice Questions for the article “YouTube” How does the interaction online become the key for YouTube video production community? Please use the media convergence concept to explain it. Online interaction is key to YouTube’s video production community because it allows creators and viewers to share feedback, exchange ideas, and support one another. Through media convergence, YouTube combines video production and sharing with social networking features such as comments, likes, and subscriptions. These interactions encourage creators to make more videos, improve their content based on audience feedback, and build communities around shared interests. As Clement Chau explains, YouTube is more than a place to watch videos, it is a participatory culture where people create, connect, collaborate, and learn.   The article mentioned that the teens are mainly passively consumers of Youtube being on the periphery. But seven out of 10 ...

  JC Church 10/5/26 Digital Media: Theory and Practice Questions for AI in the Media Industry: A Miracle or a Minefield? 1. What is generative AI? What are the differences between generativities AI and traditional AI? Generative AI is AI that takes from large amounts of information and uses that new knowledge to create new content. It does this using deep learning, a technique inspired by how the human brain works, allowing the system to recognize patterns in data and make educated guesses about what comes next. The difference between generative AI and traditional AI is that traditional AI follows a set of programmed rules or patterns. These systems could do a multitude of things, but they worked within limits set by humans. This type of AI was powerful, but it couldn’t really create anything new on its own, unlike generative AI, which doesn't follow instructions and, by doing so, is able to create brand new ideas. 2. What is “legacy media” mentioned in the article? What are the di...

  JC Church 9/28/26 Digital Media: Theory and Practice Questions for Social Construction of Society How does social construction of technology reject the two tenets of technological determinism? Social construction of technology rejects the two tenets of technological determinism by arguing that technology does not develop independently from society and does not automatically determine social change. Instead, technology is shaped by the needs, values, interests, and decisions of different social groups. At the same time, society is also influenced by the technologies it creates and uses. In this view, technology and society influence each other, rather than technology simply controlling the direction of social development. What is the relationship between technology and society according to social construction of technology theory? According to the social construction of technology theory, technology and society have a two-way relationship in that society influences how technol...

JC Church 9/21/26 Digital Media: Theory and Practice Questions for Technological Determinism 1. What is the impact of writing invention on social changes by breaking through the limits of oral culture? The impact of the invention of writing on social changes by breaking through the limits of oral  culture is that it ascended the previous bounds that came with the oral transmission of knowledge. In the  article Walter Ong expressed his opinion that oral transmission had been heavily tainted by hierarchical  control with the indefinite knowledge of history only being stored in the minds of those who experienced it first hand. With it most likely going through a multitude of changes of time went on through missing details or added details whether due to forgetfulness or differentiating opinions to sway history in favor or against a certain group. Ong believed that writing allowed knowledge to be accessible to a much large r group of people instead of those just at the t...

  JC Church 9/15/26 Digital Media: Theory and Practice Questions for Media and Digital Technology 1. What is mediation? How do digital technologies illustrate mediation in modern social, political, and economical life?      Mediation is the process through which a medium such as technology shapes how people communicate, understand information, and experience the world. Instead of experiencing many events or relationships first hand, people often encounter them through some form of mediation. In social life, technologies such as social media, messaging apps, and video-calling platforms mediate how people communicate and maintain relationships. They allow people to interact across long distances and create online communities. In political life, digital technologies mediate how citizens receive political information and participate in public debate. Social media and online news platforms allow people to follow politicians, discuss political issues, organize movements, a...

Molecular Gastronomy   By: Shahminah Mahar-ullah Date:3/22/19 Molecular Gastronomy is both a fusion of science and cooking. The scientific discipline gives the chef complete control of what the texture, taste, and physical appearance of the dish. Molecular Gastronomy is a modern unique style of cooking that some would say it could be considered art. There are three aspects of Molecular Gastronomy, as i said before it is texture,taste,and physical appearance. Molecular Gastronomy can have a very simple and familiar taste or a new and unique taste. Taste is often a aspect that is forgotten about in Molecular Gastronomy. Mostly because people who don't know much about the style of cooking kinda forget that its actually cooking ,not just some form a science. Taste is the main focus with cooking in general and with molecular cooking taste can be brought to a whole new level since you have complete control over each part of the dish. Same goes for physical appearance and ...