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Technology self-portrait

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Nathan Donnelly  

English 10 

17 September 2021 

Mr. Barazzoul 

Technology Self Portrait 

In Nathan Donnelly’s self-portrait, it shows the different types of media Donnelly uses. For example, Donnelly spends a lot of time on a laptop, using it for entertainment like YouTube or Netflix, however Donnelly also uses a laptop to complete English assignments from a great schoolteacher. Donnelly also has an Xbox, which he uses to play videogames to relax after a long day at school. Donnelly also uses a phone to listen to music and with a phone, “[ Donnelly can] call a friend from … across the world” (Kipling 13). However, he would need friends first. Donnelly consumes a verity of media including traditional media, like the radio, which Donnelly listens to on his way to school. Donnelly reads books for school projects and assignments, for creditable information. Donnelly uses snapchat to communicate and share pictures with his friends and family. Donnelly also uses google search to access any website imaginable, but Donnelly only goes on entertainment websites like Netflix and YouTube, and websites that give all the information needed for school projects. That is a bit about the media Donnelly consumes, and the devices and apps Donnelly uses. 

 

 

 

Works cited 

Kipling Rudyard “The Secret of the Machines”  

Poetry foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46786/the-secret-of-the-machines Accessed 18 September 2021. 

Media Research-Duolingo

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Media Research-Duolingo 

Duolingo was made in 2012, by Luis Van Ahn, who is now the co-founder, and CEO, of Duolingo. Severin Hacker is the other co-founder of Duolingo. Duolingo was made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and its original purpose “was to create a language learning app that was free for people to use” (Smale 2020). Now a days Duolingo is a fun free way to learn nineteen different languages, even languages that are not real. Duolingo in the future has plans to become an educational game, “Duolingo uses a gamification system to encourage users to continue learning” (Viktor 2021). Duolingo teaches students, teaches, immigrants, or anyone who wants to learn a new language. One may ask how Duolingo makes money if it is free, well, “Duolingo makes money via a premium subscription, display ads, as well as its language proficiency tests. The company operates under a freemium business model” (Viktor 2021). Duolingo is a website for anyone who knows how to read, write, speak and a willing to learn a new language. One jargon word for Duolingo is Duolingo. Some facts about Duolingo, are that there is 1 employee for every two million people that use Duolingo, another fact is that there are over 120 million people that use Duolingo, or have it installed. Another fact is that Duolingo teaches two fake languages this includes High Valyrian, and Klingon. Overall Duolingo is a decent way to learn a language, however Duolingo lacks the ability to make one fluent in the language that one is trying to learn. 

 

 

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  1. https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/33809133/The-History-of-Duolingo#:~:text=Luis%20Von%20Ahn%20wanted%20to,feature%20has%20since%20been%20removed. 
  1. https://productmint.com/duolingo-business-model-how-does-duolingo-make-money/#:~:text=Duolingo%20makes%20money%20via%20a,under%20a%20freemium%20business%20model.&text=Founded%20in%202011%20and%20based,most%20popular%20language%2Dlearning%20platform 
  1. https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/articles/204829090-What-is-Duolingo- 
  1. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51208154#:~:text=Bringing%20on%20board%20linguistics%20and,including%20English%2C%20French%20and%20Spanish 

 

 

Pictures 

 

  1. https://www.duolingo.com/learn 
  1. https://www.lifewire.com/duolingo-review-1357041 
  1. https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/duolingo 

 

 

 

 

New Media Intro

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One may ask what makes new media, new media? Well new media is any sort of media that is on demand and interactive. Traditional media is media that is just demand or interactive or on demand, or it may be none of the two options. Another asked question is how is media consumption, fragmented? Well first we must figure out what is fragmented media. Fragmented media is media displayed or consumed through Traditional and new media, whether that be watching the news, or reading a book, fragmented media can also mean other people, not just one individual that uses these devices for their own type of media. Next how can we consume media in a healthier way, here are a few examples, “Read a book. Go for a leisurely stroll around a museum. Take part in a bit of quiet, thoughtful one-on-one conversation” [Donovan]. Furthermore, there is a project in development call the media pyramid, and no it is not a scam here is “the pyramid spells out what media is good and bad for you by placing them on six different levels. The aforementioned good stuff sits at the bottom, on the “Actualization” level; things like art and music and theater and reading. The bad media — like, say, Infowars (link intentionally not being provided) — is in that tiny little point at the top, labelled “Info-Toxic-ation, where lies and falsehoods live” [Faris, Donovan]. Finally, we are going to look at what techniques we can use when selecting resources to gather information, and one good method I can recommend is the CRAAP test which is Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.