Cognitive Surplus & Self-Image
From my understanding, cognitive surplus is the excess time people have today and how they spend it creating rather than consuming. As discussed in the chapter we read for class, wikipedia is perfectly related to cognitive surplus. The self-image page on wikipedia discussed…
Cognitive Surplus and Marijuana
I thought the chapter on cognitive surplus was very interesting and informative. The main point I feel that the author is trying to make is that we are constantly looking for a way to stimulate our minds during the free…
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…
Cognitive Surplus: Its Impact on Animal Welfare
This week, Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus looked at the sharing of media throughout history. One point that I like from this chapter is when he compares media to a triathlon, with “…three different events: people like to consume, but they also…
Cognitive Surplus: The Impact on Fundraising and Advocacy for IBD
As the chapter on Cognitive Surplus indicated, “Since WWII, increases in GDP, educational attainment, and life span have forced the industrialized world to grapple with something we’d never had to deal with on the national scale: free time.” Our unstructured free…
Infographic: IBD
The readings about info graphics were very interesting. An infographic related to my topic, IBD, that I find incredibly appealing and informational is one by The Crohn’s Journey Foundation. In terms of information design, I believe this one truly succeeds….
Student Debt inforgraphic
http://www.decisionsonevidence.com/2012/12/student-debt-crisis-in-one-graphic/student-debt-infographic/ In this infographic, I like the use of color because the red and yellow works well in grabbing attention. The font is also easy to read and all in black. I like how it’s not too busy and easy…
Infographics: Food Price Facts
An infographic I found interesting was one about the facts behind food prices. What I liked about this infographic was that it is very simple. There is a title, an image of a piece of corn, and the facts…
Infographics: Fish & People
The infographic I found that most intrigued me is from informationisbeautiful.net and is a depiction of which fish are okay to eat. I was attracted to this infographic because of its relevance to my own life, as I LOVE to…
Infographics- Chicks rule?
I liked this infographic because it displayed information in a simple, yet meaningful way. It also wasn’t boring to look at. It is displaying the ratio of boys to girls on social media apps. It shows apps that are used…
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