Digital Media and Information in Society/Theoretical Frameworks Early Electronics Telegraphic Telephonic Photographic Phonographic

Assignment: Analyzing Technology through Theoretical Lenses

Objective: Examine specific information technologies through different theoretical frameworks, gaining insights into how these tools have been researched and understood academically.

	Telegraph	Telephone	Phonograph	Photograph
Semiotics	Michael, Vincent	Michael, Vincent	Connor, Johjn	Connor, John
ActorNetwork	Caden, Elijah	Caden, Elijah	Tyler, SamD	Tyler, SamD
Postcolonial	Hunter, Casey	Hunter, Casey	Jared, Corbin	Jared, Corbin
Narrative	AlexA, Everett	AlexA, Everett	Ayden, Draven	Ayden, Draven
Critical	James, John	James, John, Angel	Darren, Zedd	Darren, Zedd
Phenomenological	Nicole, Gianni	Nicole, Gianni	SamB, Bart	SamB, Bart
CulturalMaterialism	Tobias, AlexC, Charlotte	Tobias, AlexC	Declan, Tucker	Declan, Tucker
Feminist	Jalen, ElijahS	Jalen,Steve, ElijahS	Braden, Reese	Braden, Reese

Instructions:

1. Selection: Review the table above; each cell represents a combination of a technology and a theoretical framework. Students will be assigned cells in class (if you were not in class, select an empty cell or a cell with only one name if all are filled).
2. Review: Review the Wikipedia articles about the theoretical frameworks associated with your assigned cells.
3. Research: Use Google Scholar to identify a scholarly source for each of your assigned cells that studies the respective technology using the chosen theoretical framework.
4. Summary: For each source:
   1. Detail the method of analysis: What data was collected? How was it analyzed?
   2. Highlight the most intriguing conclusion of the analysis.
   3. Provide a citation to the source.
5. Wikiversity Journal Sub-page Creation:
   1. Navigate to your Wikiversity journal.
   2. To create a sub-page, add a slash (/') at the end of your journal's URL, followed by a suitable title for this assignment, for example: /Semiotics_Analysis_of_Telegraphy (use _ between words).
   3. Click 'Create' to start the new page.
   4. Write your summary on this sub-page.
6. Categorization: At the bottom of your sub-page, add categories for both the theoretical framework and the technology you have researched:
   1. [[Category:TheoryName]] (use theory exactly as presented in table)
   2. [[Category:TechnologyName]]
7. Submission: Submit the link to your sub-page in the appropriate Brightspace quiz.