Ah, the daunting feeling that arises from the prospect of constructing a critical essay. Putting forth an opinion, a personal perspective, a deeply rooted belief stirs up something inside that can only be described as confusing excitement. Like dipping a toe into a great abyss, you throw your underdeveloped self into a world of big ideas and hope to stay afloat, make it to the other side with a better understanding and relief that it's over.
The final piece of assessment for New Media acts as an extension of this blog. It calls for a highly refined discussion and critical analysis of a suggested concept, supported by material that we as new media practitioners have uncovered and use to our ability to prove or disprove a polarizing topic. The topics, which include hypothesis that either Susan or students have submitted, range from the personal to the political while still remaining vague enough as to be navigated in any direction desired. After being initially drawn to topic 5 ‘The internet should remain neutral’ concepts and ideas were developed and noted. From here, the realization became apparent that this was just one sub-concept that would be better fleshed out under the topic 'New media creates a new space/style of democracy'. This topic allows more diverse ideas to be brought forward and discussed.
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