ENG221.000 Spring 2017
In our episode “Through the Black Mirror,” we explore the social and ethical implications of New Media and how prospective technologies in the future will change or disrupt how we currently function in society. The two main questions we cover […]
This week on The Web We Weave, Daniel Park and Kevin Kilgour discuss Tony Zhou’s “Every Frame a Painting.” What niche does this video essay series fill that others do not? What are the advantages of spreading a series across […]
In this week’s episode of the Web We Weave, we apply a critical lens to the new media surrounding “Westworld,” a series on HBO created by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan. Although the show itself is a form of old […]
Is there really more to BuzzFeed than their entertaining quizzes and their banter filled page? Listen to our podcast where we discuss BuzzFeed’s effectiveness as a new media platform, as they seek to infiltrate the “hard news” arena. Has their […]
mp3: In this episode of the Web We Weave, we will analyze the multimedia platform that is the Humans of New York. Created by Brandon Stanton initially as a photography project, HONY has become an iconic blog. Its pictures of […]
mp3: In this episode, Kevin Kilgour and Shemlah Naphish analyze the new media elements of Rainn Wilson’s brain child, soulpancake.com. Built on the foundations of social networking, what effect does SoulPancake’s widespread social media presence have on its accessibility? As […]
mp3: In this week’s episode of The Web We Weave we discuss fivethirtyeight.com. In our analysis we discuss the structure of Nate Silver’s brainchild and its effectiveness as new media. Sources: “FiveThirtyEight.” GitHub repository. “FiveThirtyEight.” Wikipedia. Morris, Benjamin. “Brady vs. […]
