Digital Beginnings
The term Jaron Lanier uses to refer to the reason behind the lack of change in each technological cycle. Buckle up!
What is lock-in?
This kind of revenue enables digital platforms to make a profit. Think of it like a modern day commerical.
What is advertising?
This kind of game lets people enjoy themselves online. The issue emerges when users often go as far as abusing others as a result of gender differences.
What is a video game?
Anthropic decided to do this to the AI, adding ethical principles akin to those of our Founding Fathers.
What is constitutionalize?
This Disney robot reminds us that if we don't do our part to clean up electronic waste, we won't have an Earth to call home. Only large conglomerates like Buy n Large will be left.
Who is Wall-E?
These chains allow us to find the information we need on the internet.
What are links?
Frogs, burning houses, and interactions on a street. This list has very little in common with the others, yet online users rely on the meanings of these images to relate to their own real-world situations.
What are memes?
Based on an example in The Social Dilemma, your social media data would be worth a little over this amount. Just a few pennies.
What is $0.03?
We had a lot of fun this semester using the AI Claude to do this. It sounds like there's something for you to encrypt, but it also means to write a website.
What is code?
A professor at this college coined the term "viral," meaning that online content has reached a large audience. Let's go, Mets!
What is Queens College?
Did you know this country developed one of the first free internet platforms? Oui.
What is France?
Justin Rosenstein invented tons of resources we use every day: Google Drive, Gmail Chat, and this famous Facebook button. Use this reaction of esteem for a picture of friends that appeared on your feed.
What is the like button?
During the web revolution, companies like Facebook/Meta relied on hiring external workers to monitor feeds. This potentially dangerous concept in tech is also referred to as what?
What is outsourcing?
What is illusory?
Throughout the semester, I've been writing weekly journals about what I've learned in class on this online journaling platform. It almost sounds like a sandwich shop.
What is Substack?
This technology company was one of the first investors in the digital chat service Netscape. "You will" know this answer.
What is AT&T?
Oh no! Here comes a middle school student. They'll likely exclaim this number, a meaningless phrase from videos on their TikTok feed.
What is six-seven?
This concept means making the web worse, often by requiring advertising or subscription revenue on pages like this one.
What is ensh*ttification?
The phrase Marshall McLuhan uses to describe how society interacts with content online. The question is what is conveyed?
What is the media is the message?
The algorithms seem defeating, but Instagram feeds like @Readtheselabels use this theory, turning the algorithm into a platform for good.
What is hacktivism?
This founder of the online community Reddit was led down a rabbit hole by the online court system PACER, hoping to democratize data. He was overcharged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Who was Aaron Swartz?
It As a part of his final projects in senior year, this senior created this Jeopardy page to celebrate everything he learned in his digital humanities class.
Who is Andrew A.?