The future of technology is difficult to predict, due to its ever-increasing complexity, however, there are certain themes that follow all technology: potential, purpose, privacy, and ethics. These themes were important in the past but[…]
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11/23 Zach Coriarty “The future of digital communication and privacy.”
In the TED talk “The future of digital communication and privacy.”, Will Cathcart, the head of Whatsapp, talks about the effects and consequences of transitioning to an almost entirely digital communication medium. One aspect Cathcart[…]
Zach Coriarty 11/18 Twitter Thread Critique
This twitter thread takes a perspective that is more kind to Facebook than many other headlines and makes an argument for their actions. It was written by Nir Eyal and retweeted(how i found it) by[…]
11/16 Zach Coriarty “I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool”: Meet the data war whistleblower
In “I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool”: Meet the data war whistleblower, Cadwalladr outlines the process by which different people and companies, including Cambridge Analytics and Christopher Wylie, were able to leverage Facebook data[…]
11/11 Zach Coriarty “The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected”
In “The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected”, Nellie Bowles argues that the technological divide has drifted from the upper class being the only ones with technology to the[…]
11/9 Zach Coriarty “ Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use: The New Digital Divide‘
In “Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use: The New Digital Divide”, Jackson et al. Argues that there has been a digital divide since its inception, but that the divide has grown in both race and[…]
11/4, Zach Coriarty, “COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the impact technology can have on communities, social connections and citizens.”
In “COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the impact technology can have on communities, social connections and citizens.”, Marston et al. argue that technology can have a significant impact on different groups of people during times of[…]
Zach Coriarty 10/27 “The Smartphone Hostage: The Truth behind Our Technology Addictions.”
In Grebing’s TED Talk, she argues that cell phones are meant to be addictive and that our addiction to cell phones is detrimental to our health and social lives. She points out that the reason[…]
Zach Coriarty 9/26 “Standardizing Ethical Design for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems”
In “Standardizing Ethical Design for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems” Bryson argues that AI has made incredible leaps in the past few years, specifically in data searching, but it has also introduced many new perils[…]
Zach Coriarty 10/19
In “How tech and social media are making us feel lonelier than ever”, Katz argues that virtual connections do not help our mentality on loneliness, but can actually amplify the feeling of loneliness. Similarly, Morris,[…]
Zach Coriarty, Midterm Paper Summary
The study I conducted was on virtual assistants, such as the ones found in Amazon’s Echo, Apple’s HomePod, and Google’s Google Home. The null hypothesis was that the assistants aren’t used often and don’t pose[…]
9/7 Zach Coriarty “Social Media Activism, Self-Representation and the Construction of Political Biographies.”
In “Social Media Activism, Self-Representation and the Construction of Political Biographies.”, Barassi argues that social media accounts are effectively “political biographies” and are especially important today due to the audience available to most activists. Barassi[…]
9/5 Zach Coriarty “The Social Network”
In “The Social Network”, the directors portray the origin of Facebook.com and play with the crucial theme of ‘privacy’ as Mark Zuckerburg creates what is now one of the largest companies on earth. Privacy comes[…]
Zach Coriarty 9/30 “Can Robots Manifest Personality”
In “Can Robots Manifest Personality”, Lee et al. argue that personality plays a key role in the development of enhanced human-robot interaction (HRI) and that if it were to be adopted there needs to be[…]
9/28 Zach Coriarty “Explained: eSports”
In Netflix’s “Explained: eSports”, the narrator paints a picture about how much the field of eSports has grown since 2012, with viewership increasing 600% by 2017. Further, she explains that major companies are investing big[…]
9/23 Zach Coriarty “An Urban Refugee Analysis”
In “Exploring the Relationship between Information and Communication Technology Collective Behaviors and Sense of Community: An Urban Refugee Analysis” Canevez et al. argues that technology have a a strong impact on belonging to your community.[…]
9/21 Zach Coriarty, “Are You Going to Delete Me? Latent Profiles of Post-Relationship Breakup Social Media Use and Emotional Distress”
McDaniel et al. in, “Are You Going to Delete Me? Latent Profiles of Post-Relationship Breakup Social Media Use and Emotional Distress” argue that break-ups can have a significant impact on how people use social media. The[…]
9/16, Zach Coriarty “An Immersive System with Multi-modal Human-computer Interaction”
In “An Immersive System with Multi-modal Human-computer Interaction” Zhao et al. argues that a multi-model human-computer system that incorporates facial behavior, body gesture, and spacial location can help decipher the intent behind users. Zhao and[…]
Zach Coriarty, 9/14 “How Steve Jobs’ Love of Simplicity Fueled A Design Revolution”
In Issacson’s How Steve Jobs’ Love of Simplicity Fueled A Design Revolution, the case for Steve Jobs being the innovator that bred modern technology is presented. The article starts with Jobs‘ inspiration for Apple, and ends with[…]
9/9 “Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text” – Zach Coriarty
In “Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text”, Harbeck argues that the way we text has become a language on its own front and that this new language is beginning to take over modern speech.[…]
9/7 “A Topic Modeling-Based Review of past 60 Years” – Zach Coriarty
Gurcan argues that a model using semantic content analysis can uncover how the topics of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) have changed since the 1960s. This method is different from previous studies because it uses natural language[…]
9/2 “Effects of Web Interactivity: A Meta Analysis” – Zach Coriarty
In Effects of Web Interactivity: A Meta-Analysis, Yang argues that cognition, enjoyment, attitude, recall, and behavioral intention are all correlated to the level of interactivity with the web. It is noted that there have been studies related[…]
“How the Medium Shapes the Message” – Zach Coriarty
In “How the Medium Shapes the Message”, Jonah Berger and Raghuram Iyenger argue that the medium through which consumers communicate influences how they communicate. Furthermore, it is discussed how these mediums are changing communication and what[…]