I found Tony’s presentation very useful and definitely very helpful. I will be able to apply the techniques discussed in multiple of my other classes too. It was also really interesting to look at the coins and the newspapers he had bought for us. One of the tips that Tony explained that really resonated with me was text searching. This especially helped me when I started to look for sources for my research paper for my Criminology class. Being able to use keywords to search through the countless amount articles make it easier to find the right sources. Keywords also help make sure the article you are reading is exactly what you are looking for. Each result that pops up will include the date, page number, author and that specific highlighted section where that word was found. I think digital projects can create a big social change. I think they are a powerful way to bring words and information to everyone. These projects make it easy for the reader to engage with information in a more creative way than just reading it in a text book or watching the news. Digital Media has many benefits. One is improving social interaction, the media connects thousands of people everyday from all different walks of life. The media has given so many people a voice. Another benefit is enhancing education. By improving literacy rates among the youth, also by encouraging lifelong learning. A negative of the Digital Media is that lack of Historical information (Digital Dark Age). This is a result of technology constantly changing, and software or hardware going out of date. Even though a lot of historical information has been converted into digital media, some has unfortunately been lost throughout the process. Another negative is that a lot of the information that is on the internet is often false or incorrect. In Ian Milligans article, Illusionary Order, he stated that it was due to miss written citations, or no citations at all. He also said that the difference from how historical newspapers were used then and now are also a negative.
Sites
Milligan, Ian. “Illusionary Order: Online Databases, Optical Character Recognition, and Canadian History, 1997–2010.” The Canadian Historical Review, University of Toronto Press, 27 Nov. 2013, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/527016.
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