Final CPE Project & Reflection Post

Final CPE Project  https://aklonsinski.wixsite.com/naturalbeauty/ The (long, tiresome, frequently irritating but hopefully all worth it) Process Ah. This project was unlike anything I've ever done before and I'm going to attribute that mostly to the fact that it was a multimodal piece. I've written research papers before and have had to submit annotated bibliographies and find …

How We Use Tools Matters

What am I going to write? While reading Thompson’s Smarter Than You Think, I was amazed at how many topics he brought up that I feel I’ve already written and posted blogs on. And if I hadn’t written on them, we had talked about them in class before, like when he talks about literacy and …

Fake News!!! Fake Realities!!! Fake Trust!!! Fake Everything!!!

First, I feel I need to explain my cover picture for this post. It’s from the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. The scene, which you can watch here, shows a man (bad guy) who is searching for the fountain of youth. They find the place, and he has to choose a goblet …

Infographic Reflection

Click here to see my infograph. Surprisingly Enjoyable This was my first time ever creating an infographic and I really enjoyed it, actually. At times, it was frustrating and time-consuming because I’m a perfectionist, but once I accepted that it can have flaws and still be good, I started to like the process. I definitely …

Infographic Picture

Infograph (Click link to see picture)

Fearful of What Google Thinks I’m Into After My Pictures Searches for this Post

This week’s readings – Adams and the first four chapters of Manjoo – discuss. a. lot. It was dense but in a way that was introducing so many new phenomena that it was incredibly interesting. As you can suspect, I was giddy with all the sociology and psychology that was brought up and delved into …

All About the Filter Bubble

**A quick note: I have viewed Clarkson but was really enthralled with Pariser, so his book was my focus point for this blog! I literally read it in one sitting; I couldn’t put it down.** Wow. I just sat down and read all of The Filter Bubble today and I’ll admit it was a lot …

Critical Photo Essay Proposal and Annotated Bibliography

The Question: How does media’s portrayal of ‘natural’ beauty contrast with the layperson’s definition of ‘natural’ beauty and what are the implications of this variation? Why I’m interested in this question: Wysocki’s text, The Sticky Embrace of Beauty, dove into the dangers that media can create when it comes to body image and objectification. I …

Harmful Efficiency

Is it our job to make something work or is it our job to make something work and be just?

Hayles and My Appreciation for Argument

To think, I was worried I wouldn't reach the word count before beginning this post, and thinking I'd be able to talk about BOTH Wysocki and Hayles!