Leah SalingThe Shift in the InternetFor our final project, Anna Balgoyen and I decided to interview our roommates to ask the simple question: How has the internet changed…1 min read·Dec 6, 2020----
Leah Salingthoughts on the dark web and the in-betweenThe reality of the dark web is extremely new to me, especially the term “the deep web.” I was under the impression, and have always been…2 min read·Nov 25, 2020----
Leah SalingMy Game!I originally dreaded the fact that there was coding and “research” involved in creating this videogame assignment, but Scratch made it…1 min read·Nov 13, 2020--1--1
Leah SalingWhere the Crawdads SingI chose to do a word cloud analysis of a recent book that I've read; Where the Crawdads Sing. I have some background with word clouds and…2 min read·Oct 22, 2020----
Leah SalinginDigital Studies 101Rebuilding the InternetI chose to build a small world cloud to model some common words/phrases that we associate with the internet as a whole. Many of these…1 min read·Oct 9, 2020--2--2
Leah Salingterms of service who?Almost every application and device that we use requires the acceptance of a terms of service. But do we actually take the time to read it…2 min read·Oct 4, 2020--1--1
Leah SalingA persuasive dystopia…In her Ted talk, “we're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads,” Tufekci explains how limitations of capturing our attention…2 min read·Sep 28, 2020--1--1
Leah SalingA Response to “The Social Network”I had no idea this would be such an intriguing film! I was dreading this assignment a little bit once I saw how long the film was and what…2 min read·Sep 18, 2020----
Leah SalingWhat is the internet?Such a broad question. The internet has hundreds of meanings to hundreds of different people. Overall, it should be a resource to gather…1 min read·Sep 13, 2020--2--2
Leah Saling“The Veldt” by Ray BradburyWhat a fascinating and shocking story! Bradbury does an amazing job of building suspense and bringing the reader into the story. It was so…1 min read·Aug 28, 2020----