My Works

Below are selected artifacts from my work in the Writing in Digital Environments course. Each artifact demonstrates my understanding in one aspect of Porter's Techne framework.

Artifacts 1 and 2: Projects 1 and 2 - "Just Created a New Character. What Should I Call It?"

Prezi Presentation:
This presentation was created to explore how a specific "text" has circulated across time and space and the connections central to that circulation. In layman's terms, I explored a viral internet meme (Just created a new character. What should I call it?) to see how its circulation impacts those who use it, and why it's used. I even went further and talked about how its creation arose from another viral internet meme (Man), and the epicenter for both memes (r/BatmanArkham).
I included it because it best shows the Distribution/Circulation aspect of Porter's framework, as the presentation shows how a meme that started on Reddit could evolve both inside and outside Reddit. The more hands on process of getting the research and putting the Prezi together is ultimately why I chose this artifact over the others we did for the Distribution/Circulation aspect of Porter's framework.
Doing this artifact helped me better understand the Distribution/Circulation aspect of Porter's framework as it literally sent me on a wild goose chase to determine its origins. Fortunately, I was vaguely aware of its origins, so it was a just a matter of finding out when, not where. And once I had done that, I was able to dig deeper into the r/BatmanArkham subreddit to understand the method behind the mindness, and ultimately uncover that it was just for good fun.

Video Presentation:
This video is a follow-up to the Prezi from project 1, presenting the same concepts in a different medium. I included it because while the Prezi is text based, it lacks in accessibility features (specifically alt-text).
Including it also helps to show the Access/Accessibility aspect of Porter's framework, as now those who can't see the text can now access it via the video through either sound or by using a narrated closed captioning device. I chose this one over the other assignments in class for that very reason, it only enhaces what I have already provided. In my mind, I could not include Project 1 without including Project 2 as one of my artifacts.
Besides giving me high amounts of anxiety and eventually frustration when the batteries for my clicker ran out around 3 slides in, doing this artifact really helped me understand the amount of work that goes into making text based content more accessible. I believe even with all my out takes, going in and adding the closed captioning still took longer to do than the actual recording and script writing process itself.

Assignments: Weekly Class Work

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This is the Friday assignment for Friday, October 30th, 2024, focusing on the Interaction aspect of Porter's Framework through the analysis of a study.
I included this assignment because it demonstrates how the results and findings from a study connect to the methods used and how the findings help move the conversation forward within the context of communication privacy management and social penetration theories. This assignment helped me understand the importance of connecting research findings to their methods and how each section of a research paper builds on the previous one. By having us analayze different sections of a study, such as the introduction and results, I was able to gain deeper insights into the research process that I otherwise wouldn't have having only done the initial section we did in class.
It relates to the Interaction aspect of Porter's Techne framework by emphasizing how the interaction between research methods and findings helps to advance knowledge. This assignment demonstrated how the process of analyzing and interpreting data in a study can interact with theoretical frameworks to offer new insights into social media privacy concerns, specifically self disclosure, and how it varies by age and gender.

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This is the in-class assignment for Wednesday, October 28th, 2024, focusing on the Interaction aspect of Porter's Framework through the analysis of a study.
I included this assignment as it directly relates to the previous one, and adds the added context needed to fully understand that response. This assignment helped me understand how an introduction can easily layout the topics of the study. In this case, it makes it clear early on that this study deals with the Interaction aspect of Porter's Techne Framework by giving the research question. Due to the limited time in class, we weren't able to go into much detail, but it essentially just laid the foundation for the study.
Like I said above, it relates to Porter's Techne Framework by introducing the topic of the study, self-disclosure, something that requires interaction to even be considered disclosure, and that was a connection I wouldn't have made had this not been assigned.