Covidilant
Covidilant is a mini public service announcement designed to remind us about what’s important: Wash, keep distance and wear a mask is the mantra of the animation. It is time to care for others and suppress the notion of individuality for the protection of everyone in society during the pandemic in order to control the …
Synoptic Gaze: Surveillance Counter Culture
Protests are becoming commonplace events during the time of Covid-19. The surveillance of protesters and activists has been part of policing the public sphere for centuries but the techniques are changing and becoming more invasive as technology and media infiltrate every sector of society. Facial recognition apps and spyware apps such as Pegasis are available …
What are Primary Sources?
What are Primary Sources and why are they important is a question that anyone who consumes news media should know and understand. As media takes a more prominent role in our everyday lives knowing the importance of Primary Source data is paramount in discovering whether a written article or media is factual. PRIMARY SOURCE DEFINITION …
Covid1984
The COVID1984 animation is made for distribution on social media platforms and appears in a 1:1 ratio for easy distribution and viewing on handheld devices. This short video warns the public sphere about the rhetoric in the media. Inspired by the style of graphics innovator Saul Bass and rebel artists of the Dadaists movement, Karin sets the storyline in literature and history. Karin uses the concepts of Orwellian …
Forster’s Remarkable Dystopia: What Happens When The Machine Stops?
The Machine Stops is a short story by E.M. Forester. This analysis of Forster’s 1909 work explores how he predicts the future of society, culture, technology and religion as he reveals how his dystopic world begins to disintegrate. Humanities’ response to COVID19 is a cautionary tale. The Machine Stops is a dystopian short story by …
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Why Meta Pleb?
I know you’re asking what is a Meta Pleb? Let me explain. In short, Meta Pleb is information about regular everyday people. Meta Pleb is a person who is hungry for knowledge and curious about opinions. They are passionate about the information that affects their lives. Foremost, Plebs are concerned about the future of society …