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.

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:
 * 5) Detail the method of analysis: What data was collected? How was it analyzed?
 * 6) Highlight the most intriguing conclusion of the analysis.
 * 7) Provide a citation to the source.
 * 8) Wikiversity Journal Sub-page Creation:
 * 9) Navigate to your Wikiversity journal.
 * 10) 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).
 * 11) Click 'Create' to start the new page.
 * 12) Write your summary on this sub-page.
 * 13) Categorization: At the bottom of your sub-page, add categories for both the theoretical framework and the technology you have researched:
 * 14)  (use theory exactly as presented in table)
 * 15) Submission: Submit the link to your sub-page in the appropriate Brightspace quiz.
 * 1) Submission: Submit the link to your sub-page in the appropriate Brightspace quiz.