Category: MCO 425

The Cultural Resource that I have selected is finding true love through a television show. In spite of a “loneliness epidemic” that is widespread across the U.S., many still cling to the notion that true love is readily available and finding it can be made into a competition that also makes for entertaining television.  When…

Our world is one big media conglomerate – it’s difficult to go through the day without seeing targeted ads, billboards, Apple News notifications, or window displays fighting for one’s attention. As algorithms become smarter and know us better than we know ourselves (or at least that’s the goal for some companies), it can feel that…

Conspiracy theories are everywhere. I remember when I was 10 years old, I saw an individual holding a sign detailing that Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson were alive and well. Quite well, in fact, vacationing at a resort in the Bahamas. As we learned from The Language of Persuasion, “the goal of most media messages…

Once, newspapers and local news stations kept us informed, highlighting the most important stories of the day. Now our phones and laptops do this work in a much different fashion. 24/7/365 news, stories, posts, products, retweets, etc. are chosen just for us and pushed to us on a continual basis. Unlike newspapers, which primarily provided…

My use of technology and social media continues to evolve. I go through phases – sometimes worried of what FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) I may experience if I’m not checking my phone multiple times each hour and other times where I could not care less about leaving my phone at home (this happened last…