media ecology

TikTok-ing Education

When I read this assignment outline, I immediately thought of @etymologynerd. Adam Aleksic’s posts are uniquely meta. He explains the history of our spoken and printed words and shows how that history is shaped by the media we use. In doing so, he invites viewers to understand how we’re shaped by language, how language shapesContinue reading “TikTok-ing Education”

Media ecology is the study of how media and technology function as environments that shape human perception, communication, and understanding. It looks not just at content, but at the structures and systems we build and are surrounded by, from language to smartphones, and how they shape what we can think, say, and do. Like anContinue reading “Media Ecology”