An Archive of Works for Ways of Seeing

Here is my analysis of all the assignments covered in our CUE course this semester!

["simply leave a like & Hey we’d like to post your viral video to Barstool Sports can you check your DMs?"] Oftentimes, small content creators or even the average Joe will post a video that begins to go viral. For instance, my friend Finn went to a celebrity basketball game and got one of the…

The aim of this survey is to take a look at modern media consumption habits and technology preferences amongst select students at Muhlenberg College. In an age where technology is constantly evolving, the input in this survey serves as a vital beacon into guiding our exploration. `

Walter Ong begins his 1977 speech at the National Humanities Institute by talking about oral societies, which rely solely on memory and recall and don’t use writing. This means that searching for knowledge is nonexistent and information is gained only through word of mouth. Ong then highlights the shortcomings of oral civilizations by pointing out…

The minute I saw the ad for Avocados from Mexico I knew it would be the focal point of my video assignment. The concept of the video is one that can be deemed a bit controversial. It depicts the Garden of Eden and shows Eve bite the Forbidden Fruit and a gopher offering her an…

The passage I decided to focus on was Susan Sontag’s In Plato’s Cave. Specifically, the passage I selected was on page 9 and reads, “Through photographs, each family constructs a portrait-chronicle of itself…Those ghostly traces, photographs, supply the token presence of the dispersed relatives. A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family-and, often,…

An analysis on the notable work by John Durham Peters. In our COM 401-02: Ways of Seeing course we have spent time analyzing the work of John Durham Peters, more specifically we’ve spent time looking at excerpts from his book, “The Marvelous Clouds”. Through his work a key idea that Peters conveys is that media…