Wikipedia: Autism Spectrum
The first Wikipedia page I looked at was the article titled Autism. I found it interesting because this article is actually “semi-protected”, meaning that only registered users who have been on the website for a certain amount of time and…
Cognitive Surplus and Autism
The general idea of cognitive surplus is that as technology increases, people are gaining more time and they are able to do increasingly creative projects that can reach more people than ever before. One example that the chapter discussed was…
Infographics: Showing Data Visually
I looked at two different infographics that I believe did a good job of conveying information and data visually. The first one was called The World as 100 People and the second was called Armed to the Teeth. There were some…
A Future Where Cars Drive Themselves
I read two different blog posts about the company Google and their self-driving car project, If a Self-Driving Car Gets in an Accident, Who-or What-Is Liable? by Alexis C. Madrigal and a post from Google’s official blog called Just press go: designing…
Overcoming Cancer Together
The audio story that I listened to was about Jerris Marr and his daughter, Faith. Faith, who is now ten years old, had a rare form of cancer on her spine when she was four years old. Her doctors were…
Speaking about autism on Twitter
When I was reading through a lot of the tweets about autism, I noticed that many of them used similar techniques to increase their rhetorical velocity. The main methods I noticed were the use of quotes, links to articles with…
Scotland Votes on its Independence
This image was a public appeal to the Scottish people, asking them to vote “Yes” in the Scottish independence referendum on September 18, 2014. It is interesting to look back at this ad because we already know the final results of…
Update on Autism Research
Overall, my research on the topic of autism has gone very well. A lot of what I have learned matches what I already knew from my personal experiences with my brother. However, I also feel like I have learned a…
Jon Stewart takes on the Ebola Virus
In this Youtube clip of his comedy news show, The Daily Show, Jon Stewart discusses the media’s take on the Ebola Virus. His point is that the media in America is overdramatizing the whole situation in order to frighten people and get…
“Sleep Drunkenness”
Have you ever woken up and experienced a period of total confusion for a few minutes? You might not know where you are or how you got there. This is a phenomena known as confusional arousal and according to…
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