Megans Blog

       Hi, This week's reading Task included me having to read two other students' previous written blogs and give feedback. I learned a lot from this task in different ways. Reading other peoples blogs allowed me to notice the different things that would also help me improve on my blog for example being more clear and more detailed on different topics that I talk about to allow those reading to get a better understanding of the topic itself and my thoughts and ideas that I am trying to get across. I also learned that something as simple as structuring or laying my blogs out a bit better with paragraphs or paying more attention to my punctuation allows my writing to make more sense to others. I now understand that this task was very beneficial to both me and the person receiving the feedback this is because they are getting critiqued and can then make improvements in the future to better themselves and their writing and it benefits me because I can see what they did ...

 Hi, Today I am going to be discussing my thoughts on the ideas that are addressed in this week's videos about technological evolution.  Firstly I will talk about how the recent Covid-19 pandemic has affected everyone and has disputed every sector of our economies. The increased automation of work mixed with the global recession has led many workers to lose their jobs and this trend is expected to continue according to the 'What will the future of jobs be like?' video. There is a big ongoing shift in the division of labor between humans, machines, and algorithms this might displace 85 million jobs worldwide in the next 5 years. This is also a good thing because as it states in the video that 97 million new roles that are adapted to the distribution of the new tasks might emerge. By 2025, organizations say they will train over 70% of their employees to ensure that they can smoothly transition into the 'Jobs of tomorrow' as stated in the video this includes:  1. DevOp...

 Hi, Today I am going to talk about how dark patterns trick you online. Firstly, for those who may not know what dark patterns are, here is an explanation: Dark patterns are features of interface design crafted to trick users into doing things they might not want to do, but which benefit the business in question.   There are many examples of dark patterns online but from the video ‘How dark patterns trick you online’ one of the examples that were mentioned that shocked me was deleting an amazon account. Amazon made it extremely awkward for a user to delete their amazon account and I’m sure this is to throw people off from deleting their account so even though they may not purchase things on this account it still benefits them as a company. From watching this video, I also found the information that UX specialist Harry Brignull categorizes these specific types of dark patterns as a roach motel. A roach motel is a design that makes it very easy to get into a situation but h...

 Hi, In this blog, I am going to talk about how digital media companies found that there is a big lacking in helping other users to understand the online environment. From reading this article ‘Digital Media Companies Found Lacking in Helping Users Understand the Online Environment’. According to Kirk (20202), a digital news report highlights that 62% of people surveyed had ongoing worries over miscommunication and misinformation online.  I found the above statement to be the most interesting statement for me because I feel that even though surveys state that 62% of people that were surveyed had ongoing worries that all stem from miscommunication and misinformation online, many people are very reliant on the online environment and believe that what they see is true. For example, many teenagers are very involved in social media and with the lives of influencers and they believe that how the influencers have portrayed themselves online is how everyone’s lives should be or how ev...

  Hi, In this blog, I am going to discuss my thoughts on the ideas that were mentioned in each of the videos I have watched. Firstly, I am going to talk about my thoughts on the very first video ‘Digital Media Are Networked’.          I fully agree with the ideas that were mentioned yes Media today has greatly improved and has many benefits such as being able to connect with others with similar interests from everywhere, being able to receive news quicker rather than waiting to read the newspaper the next day, etc. and it also helps people with work/education to access information for study/work, etc.  Although there are many advantages to it there are also some disadvantages, for example, people may use it for school/work but one of the main implications people face while doing this is that not all sources are reliable sources and could cause you to believe/rely on incorrect information. I will now express my thoughts on video number two ‘Digital Lite...

 Hi, In this blog, I will discuss my experience when reading the first two readings and I will also discuss the valuable information that I have found throughout the readings.  While reading the very first text ‘Critical reading techniques’ I found that it was very informative and very helpful to many school-going and/or college-going students. It was very understandable and gave many tips, this will allow people to use the trial and error system to find which technique would suit them and be more beneficial to them in the future. Each of the eight techniques that were discussed was well explained and very easy to understand this alone would benefit many people. Some of these techniques many people may have already known such as: •Using an efficient approach e.g. reading and note-taking strategies, Highlighting, etc. •Reading thoroughly e.g. Taking notes and adding margin comments, Trying to grab a better understanding of the text you’re trying to read. •Re-reading for assignm...

Hi, In today’s blog, I will discuss how the ideas mentioned in the videos compare to my previous experiences of reading and studying, my previous experiences with the concept of media literacy and I will also touch on some applications that I think of for media literacy that weren’t mentioned or discussed in the video. To start I will talk about my own previous experiences with reading and studying, coming straight from secondary school I have had a lot of practice of both. Throughout the years of secondary school a lot of reading and studying is a vital part of learning due to both state exams, the Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate this is a different type of reading and studying as you’re only required to remember answers and information for a particular subject. Whereas in college you’re reading and studying to grasp a better knowledge and understanding of a particular module. For many students including myself that have been or are still attending second-level educatio...