Set Post 1: In Response to – The Power of Belief: Mindsets and Success
The Power of belief – mindset and success (2012) explores how having a growth mindset is beneficial in mindset developments compared to a fixed one. Before watching the talk, I did not know about fixed and growth mindsets and learned quite a bit from it. It was interesting as it made me reflect on things…
Set Post 2: Open Post – Research & Ethics
Research is important in order to have a solid foundation of understanding about the topic that you are doing. According to the seminar, an aspect of research is “systematic investigations and/or study of materials/sources/ subjects/data in order to discover and/or establish facts and reach new conclusions” (Chorazy, E 2020). With the information gathered through research,…
Set Post 3: Design Thinking
For the Mini-Bootcamp about Innovation & Design thinking we had in class, I partnered up with Jasmine to understand her needs as a Year 1 student in Professional Communications. What I learned from the seminar was that ‘Design Thinking is a process for creative problem solving’ (Chorazy, E 2020). It is used to understand the…
Set Post 4: Comparison of 2 examples from Josh Stearns “Best Online Storytelling” collection.
The first story I chose was “Japan’s New Satellite Captures an Image of Earth Every 10 Minutes” by The New York Times (Watkins, 2015). The story is about the Himawari-8, a weather satellite that captures 144 photographs of the Earth daily. The satellite is also used to see how weather systems develop, and allows forecasters…
Set Post 5: Photojournalism and Visual Design
Dressed in trendy streetwear clothing, Ryan, 23, is not only a student but also an avid dancer. He has been dancing for 13 years and is still actively dancing and teaching students in his free time. “Dancing is fun as I get to de-stress and express myself freely with others.” said the 23 year old.…
Set Post 6: Online Cultures and the Future
With the emergence of Internet, forms of communication have changed drastically. Internet users, like me, have started to consume and share information through this digital space. In this digital space, different forms of communications exist, such as 1) Written; online journalism, internet forums – Reddit etc. 2) Visual; Memes, YouTube videos, Documentaries on Netflix etc.3)…
Set Post 7: Reflection on Design Thinking and WIP presentation.
According to interaction-design.org, Design Thinking is a design methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems (interaction-design.org). It consists of 5 stages; Emphatise > Define > Ideate > Prototype > Test. These steps are crucial to ensure that the campaign or product that is planned would suit the needs of the target audience and…
Set Post 8: Interesting aspect of advertising.
Advertising exists in many shapes and forms, be it visual, auditory or sensory. But what I learnt in Class 8 is that advertising works best when it understands the needs of the consumers, audiences or society. From this understanding, good advertising can drive the consumers to make purchases and build bonds with the advertised brands.…
Set Post 9: Public Relations Campaign
Red Bull Stratos. 2012. Red Bull Stratos was a 7 years in the making campaign by Red Bull and Felix Baumgartner, a skydiver and base jumper. The campaign’s mission, according to Red Bull, was to “surpass human limits and advance scientific discoveries for the benefit of humankind.” (Red Bull, n.d.) This was accomplished by Felix…
Set Posts 12: Disciplinary Intersections
“Interdisciplinarity” means to be using or drawing from two or more different subjects or areas of knowledge (Queen’s University n.d.) That means that to be interdisciplinary, one must combine knowledge and practices of different areas of discipline that will help unify and strengthen/improve a project or answer. And to be “disciplinary agnostic” is to understand…
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