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Deliverables
Deliverables
Cambridge Dictionary. (n.d.) Surveillance. Retrieved February 19, 2023 from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/surveillance
Dictionary definition for surveillance.
Cambridge Dictionary. (n.d.) Surveillance Capitalism. Retrieved February 19, 2023 from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/surveillance-capitalism
Dictionary definition for surveillance capitalism.
Corpuz, A. B. (2017, September 3). The Power of Media and Information, and the Responsibility of the Users. Erudite Scholars’ Blog. https://eruditescholarsblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/the-power-of-media-and-information-and-the-responsibility-of-the-users/
Blog post about the power of modern media, such as advertisements and social media.
D’Agostino, F., Gaus, G. & Thrasher, J. (2021). Contemporary Approaches to the Social Contract. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/contractarianism-contemporary/#pagetopright
Philosophical essay explaining the Social Contract theory.
My annotated bibliography.
Reflections
Reflections
Mid-Project Reflection
Mid-Project Reflection
Proficiency: How did you develop your technical skills and knowledge? Give examples of the skills and knowledge, techniques, and self-directed research that inform your project (min. 50 words).
For this assignment, I learned about media power and surveillance. I chose these topics because I understand them the best out of the four options we were given. During the course of my research, I found definitions for both regular and capitalist surveillance from the Cambridge Dictionary (n.d.). This project also required me to creae an annotated bibliography for first time, which is not something I've had to do before.
Process: How did you improve your workflows and processes, including changes and setbacks? Give specific examples of your research and how it influenced your creative process (min. 50 words).
I am still not quite sure why we are required to have an annotated bibliography instead of a standard reference list, as none of my other classes have ever done so. In regards to the actual story part, futuristic dystopia is not a creative writing area that I'm familiar with at all. I'm really struggling to come up with something that would still fit the brief. Reflecting on my brainstorming slides, I remembered hearing about the Social Contract a while ago and decided to do some more reading on it. I found that it is the theory of why we allow ourselves to be governed, as well as why we adhere to certain societal rules (D'Agostino et al., 2021).
Person: What communication and collaboration skills did this project require, and how did you develop these skills? How did you manage collaboration, receiving and giving feedback to others? (min. 50 words)
As this is an individual project, there is not a whole lot of communication that can be done. I received some feedback in Week 3 from our lecturer on my brainstorming document. He was pleased with my idea, and encouraged me to dig even deeper into the implications of power and media bias in my concept. Beyond that, I am doing research on my own to find out more about the given topics.
Cambridge Dictionary. (n.d.) Surveillance. Retrieved February 19, 2023 from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/surveillance
Cambridge Dictionary. (n.d.) Surveillance Capitalism. Retrieved February 19, 2023 from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/surveillance-capitalism
D’Agostino, F., Gaus, G. & Thrasher, J. (2021). Contemporary Approaches to the Social Contract. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/contractarianism-contemporary/#pagetopright
Post-Mortem Reflection
Post-Mortem Reflection
Appraisal: Overall, how successful was your project? What worked or didn't work, and why? How did it match with your expectations? Give specific examples, screenshots or links (min. 50 words).
I'm confident that this project was pretty successful overall. I've always enjoyed creative writing, although sci-fi and dystopia are not quite my area of expertise. Once I had a basic idea of how I wanted the story to feel, it wasn't too hard to expand on a plot from there. I finished fairly quickly once the brainstorming part was done, which gave me some much-needed time to focus on more demanding projects for my other class. I also surprised myself by managing to come up with a strong opening line. This is usually the part that I have the most difficulty with when writing creatively, so I'm pleased I didn't have to agonise over it.
Challenges: What obstacles did you overcome and how? What lessons did you learn? (min. 50 words)
The template we were required to fill out for the brainstorming section was difficult. It wasn't a comfortable way for me to iron out my ideas, as I prefer to write them down as they come to me and edit them later. Given the topics we had to incorporate, the only real genre choices we had available were sci-fi or dystopian. I don't often read either, so it was a challenge to decide on a plot that wasn't in danger of verging off-topic.
Future Goals: How will you improve your skills for future projects? What will you do differently in your next project? What will you repeat? (min. 50 words)
Going forward, I won't use PowerPoint slides to do my brainstorming. Most people seem to have already found ways that work for them, so having to do our planning in such a specific way was a bit odd. Having said that, it was a nice change to have a creative writing assignment for this course when they are generally a bit fuzzy. The feedback I got was very positive; Steve was satisfied that I managed to hit three of the four topics pretty solidly, even though we only had to do two.
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