As the digital world is increasingly developing, interactivity is playing a much larger role in how people communicate and use technological platforms. This paper focused on interactivity and the emotions, behaviors, and expectations that can[…]

In Vyv Evans’ The Future of Communication, he discusses the digital age that we are living in and the ways in which technology has transformed how we communicate with each other. Fictional dreams are becoming[…]

In Frances Haugen’s Facebook testimonial before the Senate Commerce Committee, she claimed that Facebook harms children and weakens democracy. She stated that originally she joined Facebook because she believed that Facebook had the “potential to[…]

In Cadwaadr’s ‘I Made Steve Bannon’s Psychological Warfare Tool’: Meet the Data War Whistleblower, Christopher Wylie is introduced and his story is explained from childhood to present day.  Christopher Wylie, now 27 years old, was[…]

In Bhaskar Chakravorti’s How to Close the Digital Divide in the U.S., Chakravorti defines what constitutes the digital divide and offers multiple ways in which the divide could be reduced.  Local and national institutions, affordability[…]

In this podcast with Bari Williams and Jossie Hains, the two women discussed diversity and inclusion in the tech workforce. The podcast began with the discussion of how to make DEI changes permanent rather than[…]

In Norum et al.’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Oncology. Patients’ and Relatives’ Experiences and Suggestions, the usage of the internet for health communication is surveyed amongst cancer patients and relatives in the Norway[…]

The TEDTalk by Robin Grebing was very intriguing and a little scary, as it called out humans’ reality. This talk focused on how humans are addicted to their phones and most of the time they[…]

In the movie clip on Snowden, you see Snowden question the ethics of where the NSA is getting data from. Though this clip is rather short, you see Snowden question privacy rights and say “how[…]

In Maynard’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns, details on Elon Musk’s humanoid robot are discussed. As Elon Musk has shifted the AI technological world, he is now planning to create and roll out[…]

For my midterm project, I decided to explore the usability and functionality of LinkedIn. As a college student applying to jobs and trying to navigate the workforce, it is an incredibly useful platform and I[…]

In Nicole Kramer and Stephan Winter’s Impression Management 2.0, they assess three personality traits that have been shown to influence how people present themself online. This research study begins by discussing how people can appear[…]

In The Social Network directed by David Finch, the story of Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, is followed to show how Zuckerberg created a new concept that eventually turned into Facebook.  The Social Network[…]

In Susan Herring’s Robot-Mediated Communication, she discusses a new concept of telepresence robot-mediated communication (RMC) in which human-human communication is fostered through robots/AI. RMC, more specifically, is defined as “human-human communication in which at least[…]

In Sarah DeWeerdt’s Can Science-Based Video Games Help Kids with Autism, lab directors Jeanne Townsend and Leanne Chukoskie are introduced, and their research on video games for autism is shown in detail. The Research on[…]

In Sarah Stang’s “This Action Will have Consequence” – Interactivity and Player Agency, the interactivity of video games is discussed and two case studies are used to show how agency and interactivity can change based[…]

In Hancock et al. AI-Mediated Communication: Definition, Research Agenda, and Ethical Considerations, artificial intelligence-mediated communication (AI-MC) is defined and the future implications of AI-MC are discussed.  Artificial intelligence-mediated communication is defined as “interpersonal communication in[…]

In Romero-Ivanova’s Digital Practices & Applications in a Covid-19 Culture, the paper attempts to portray the challenges, stress, and difficulties that the pandemic presented students and faculty with. This paper took an interesting approach of[…]

In Hsu and Chen’s How Does Gamification Improve User Experience, the concept of gamification is introduced and an empirical investigation is carried out regarding the role of user experience when looking at perceived ease, mobility,[…]

In Harbeck’s Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text, he discusses live internet vernacular English and how texting may become closer to speech than the formal English language. Harbeck took a really interesting approach to[…]

In Gurcan et al.’s Mapping Human-Computer Interaction Research Themes and Trends from Its Existence to Today: A Topic Modeling-Based Review of Past 60 Years, human-computer interactions (HCI) are defined, explored, and researched.   Human-computer interaction[…]

In Sundar’s Theorizing Interactivity’s Effects, he discusses how interactivity can be theorized in three different ways: behavioral, attitudinal, and cognitive. The essay is broken down into these three sections and he goes into depth on[…]

In BBC’s Medium is the Message, Marshall McLuhan offers a very interesting perspective on how what we say is affected by the medium in which it is told. Marshall McLuhan, a philosopher of communication theory, coined[…]