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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Introduction by Merlyna Lim Welcome to "The Digital in 2073: A Glimpse into the Future," a captivating collection of essays that transports you to a future where the digital landscape has dramatically transformed. Curated from the outstanding work of students in the COMS4317 "Digital Media and Global Network Society" seminar, this special issue... More
by Erika Ehrenberg This essay is a personal account written by a digital technology historian in 2073 that highlights key events in the global journey towards digital freedom, and defining elements of our current digital technology landscape. Introduction 2073… Fifty years since I spoke at a conference at Carleton University about the predicted... More
by Sofia Ali Dear Diary, The year is 2073. I came across a discussion post I wrote in a class I took in the fourth year of my undergraduate degree. The post was about what I believed the digital world would look like fifty years in the future. I thought we would have flying... More
by Jake Andrews Introduction – My Dystopian World I chose to write about a dystopian future where technology has doomed society. I will write in the first person as if I was living in this future myself. Starting from a surface level, I will detail from a broad perspective what this world has become... More
by Olivia L. Meikle Dear Diary, In the year 2073, I will be turning 72 years old, and when I envision the future, it is informed by the current world and history thus far. Looking back 50 years from 2023, we can see the early origins of the internet in the 1970’s. Our view... More
by Janelle Hamstra The year is 2073. You’re walking down Bank Street in what used to be Canada’s glowing capital city. On your left, TD Stadium in Lansdowne half stands, and half shrivels to the ground, and there are no more fans left to enjoy sporting events in the community with others. On your... More
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
INTRODUCTION by Kathy Dobson In this special issue, we present a collection of deeply personal essays that share the common theme of self-discovery and empowerment amidst challenging circumstances. In these four articles, we learn about the transformative journeys of four students who grappled with some of life’s biggest challenges, including... More
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
By Sadie Lourie Weise I resent being a pleasure to have in class. In elementary school, parent-teacher interviews were plagued with this saying. But I always believed it was a sickly sweet, flowery way to say completely unremarkable. For the first ten years of my education, I resided in the blind spots of my... More
By Emma Cole The whole thing feels sort of like a dream now. What were once freshly laid floor stickers measured exactly six feet apart are now nothing but scraps of sticky residue, the words “STAY APART” no longer legible. Every once in a while, I’ll see a blue surgical mask abandoned on the... More
By Jack Drummond Depending on what student you ask you may hear that COVID-19 was a benefit to them and their studies while others may claim it was a negative through and through. I sit somewhere in the middle of this spectrum and assume most other students do as well. COVID impacted everyone in... More
by Mauhiba Mollah Every morning, I stand in front of my closet. I open my dresser drawer. My eyes are met with garments of all manner of colours and fabrics – rectangle clothes of forest green jersey, black satin, teal-blue cotton, and cream chiffon. Each day, I carefully choose one to wrap around my... More
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
INTRODUCTION by Merlyna Lim Is social media activism merely slacktivism? Are the millennials largely slacktivist? What do millennials think about social media activism? Undoubtedly, social media has revolutionized communication between individuals, brand-consumer interactions, and the way people receive news and information. However, the impact of... More
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