Author: sarahwingfield
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Borrow like an Artist
Digital Media Issues Post #9 Legal + Policies Steal Like an Artist, by Austin Kleon outlines the many ways in which artists “steal” ideas to repurpose them–the ever-useful “reduce, reuse, recycle” concept all creatives are taught at some point along their artistic development journey. Inevitably, a teacher or mentor will…
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Commrade Data
Digital Media Post #7 – Online & Data Journalism As we look again into the crystal ball–this time regarding the future of journalism in this era of deep pluralistic information and data platform accessibility–we can see increasing tools, modalities, formats, and interaction types for both journalists and audience members alike.…
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“See a Need, Fill a Need”
Digital Media Issues Blog #6 – Digital Product Management “Digital Product Manager” (DPM) is a brand new title to me. Yet, after diving into this week’s materials, I realized…digital product management is exactly what I do every day as the Digital Media Specialist for my organization. On a daily basis,…
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I Can Has News
Digital Media Issues post #5 – Social Media My name is Sarah, and I’m a social media addict. All jokes aside, it’ a legitimate issue I keep hoping to resolve, until the news cycle takes a break long enough for some silly videos to recalibrate my algorithm for an hour…
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Anthropoverse
Digital Media Issues post #4 – Digital Culture A play on metaverse, or the popular, imaginary multiverse of the Marvel cannon, “anthropoverse” is meant to encapsulate the idea of a digital/human crossover space where we both exist, morph, and exchange cultural impact in the digital realm and IRL. If we…
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1994 a QR Disrupter
Digital Media Issues post #3 – Tracking Innovation and Diffusion Picture this: It’s 1994, the public internet has just hit the scene, www and https:// are all the rage, and bam – the QR code pops out of nowhere. And stays in nowhere-land until its popularization in mainstream spaces in…
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Media by Any Other Name
Post #2 for Digital Media Issues (Defining Digital Media) “What’s digital media?” my friends ask any time I remind them of my role or degree plan. To that I say…”pretty much any of the things that you consume digitally.” This can apply to apps, streaming platforms, social media, websites, programs,…
Sarah Wingfield 