digital communication & culture

Follow the directions for each section below. Be sure to engage with the readings by paraphrasing or quoting to support your own reasoning. Use parenthetical citations and make sure to explain any quotes in your own language to demonstrate mastery of the readings. Answers will be evaluated based on your use of the arguments, concepts, theories, and approaches discussed so far, as well as how well you employ critical analysis and reasoning skills. PART I: Answer each of the questions below in 1-2 paragraphs. 1. Identify two origin points for hypertext and explain the ideologies that define each. What are the ideological ramifications of the departure point chosen for our narrative of early COMPUTING? 2. Explain this ESPN commercial , the first ad made on Vine, in light of class interpretation and immaterial labor. 3. Explain this incident in terms of forensic materiality, and unpack its implications for online discourse as a whole. PART II: Answer one of the prompts in this section in 300-500 words. 4. What do the readings suggest about making a distinction between machine and nature? Provide your take on this issue, making sure to thoroughly and logically support your opinion using the readings. 5. Describe the structures of power in which contemporary media artifacts like computers are embedded and explain how computing facilitated transgressive behavior to evade or thwart the State and/or corporate surveillance and control. PART III: Answer the prompt below in 750-900 words. Address all parts of the prompt. 6. After white Internet users released acoustic covers of Rihanna’s “Work” and Beyonce’s “Formation” that sapped each of black culture, POC users began #TrapCovers covering “white” songs as stereotypical “black” music. After watching the examples below, pick one and use it to identify the kind(s) of sociotechnical assemblage and recursive public that the #TrapCovers hashtag exemplifies. Using the readings to support your answers, explain why. Vanessa Carlton, “A Thousand Miles”: Britney Spears’ “Hit Me Baby, One More Time”: Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”