Date: 9/29/18
Assignment: Watch Black Mirror Season 3 Episode 1 “Nosedive”
Duration: ~1 hour
Intensity: Watched the episode before just needed a refresher.
Reflection: I still remember most of this episode. The actress did a wonderful job portraying the main character’s descent.
Date: 9/30/18
Assignment: Read “Wikipedia, the last bastion of shared reality”
Duration: 20 minutes
Intensity: Read the article
Reflection: It’s kind of crazy how important and useful the internet became in such a short time span.
Date: 9/30/18
Assignment: Read “Teens are debating the news on instagram”
Duration: 10 minutes
Intensity: Read the article
Reflection: This article really reminded me of how people have “rinstas” and “finstas.” It also reminds me of how much people love confirming their biases and how Americans do it more.
Date: 9/30/18
Assignment: Week 5 Response
Duration: 30 minutes
Intensity: Wrote the response and thought about social media and reality
Reflection: This really reminded me of how much I hated people in high school. Everyone had an unhealthy obsession with drama and social media that it created such a toxic environment. Teenagers are pathetic.
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