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Hannah Willis Digital Detox-12/2/24

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4. Use “Do Not Disturb” Mode & Declutter Your Digital Space (Deleting Instagram)

During my Thanksgiving Break I decided to implement the “Do Not Disturb” setting on my iPhone to minimize distractions during peak family time like movie night and dinner. Additionally, I decluttered my digital space by deleting Instagram thus removing the app and it’s notifications all at once. I made these selections, because I wanted to be focus on being mindful and present in the moments I was spending with my family. I believe placing my phone on “Do not Disturb” mode and removing Instagram forced me to find social alternatives like: helping my mom cook for Thanksgiving dinner, playing games, making conversation, and having a movie night. I did find myself picking up my phone to no avail Instagram was not on there, so I would plop my phone in my room or on the couch. Positively, I would say I was less distracted and less absent-minded in spaces with my relatives so futuristically I would continue these detox options. However in my next digital detox, I would designate tech-free times instead of completely deleting a social media platform. For the sole reason that some of my friends and family contact me through this way. To have a balance in the future, I would continue to use “Do Not Disturb” Mode and then implement tech-free times.

Hannah Willis- Visio Storyboard- Social Media & POC Inclusion

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The tool I used during my planning process is the Microsoft application Visio, which is a storyboarding application that gives users the ability to create flow-chart diagrams for outlining. In the platform I utilized different figures like rhombuses, squares, rectangles, lines, and arrows to draw a map of my podcast episode. My final project will have themes and ideas pertaining to: filter beautification, name identification, and the “#BlackGirlMagic”. Specifically, I will focus on how social media determines beauty and the visibility of ethnic beauty in online spaces. The audience for these themes will be Black women and people of color (POC). From there, I created three different sections that have sample podcast text of what I plan to say. Each section is labeled as a topic and the source that will be referenced. For example, for the “#BlackGirlMagic” section, I will be referencing the journal “#BlackGirlMagic: Impact of the social media movement on Black women’s self-esteem by Jadesola T Olayinka et.al. Utilizing Visio to descriptively create an outline of my podcast has worked sufficiently, because I have narrowed my talking points and found sources to support my discussion.

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Works Cited  

Costanza-Chock, Sasha. “Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need.” The MIT Press, 2020, https://designjustice.mitpress.mit.edu/. Accessed 28 October 2024. 

Olayinka, Jadesola, et al. “#BlackGirlMagic: Impact of the social media movement on Black women’s self-esteem.” International Journal of Women’s Dermatology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 171-173. doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2021.01.006. Accessed 28 Oct 2024. 

Riccio, Piera, et al. “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Whitest of All? Racial Biases in Social Media Beauty Filters.” Sage Journals, vol. 10, no. 2, 2024. Journals, https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241239295  

Park, Jennifer, et al. “Black representation in social media well-being research: A scoping review of social media experience and psychological well-being among Black users in the United States.” Sage Journals, vol. 26, no.3, 2024, pp. 1670-1702. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231191542. Accessed 28 Oct 2024. 

Noble, Safiya Umoja. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. NYU Press, 2018. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1pwt9w5. Accessed 28 Oct 2024. 

Delfanti, A., & Arvidsson, A. Introduction to Digital Media. Wiley. 2018.  

Hayward, Jennifer. Introduction to Digital Studies Course. 2024. 

Hannah Willis- Accessibility for Disabilities at the College of Wooster

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https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ec1674dfc90f4e6dadfed46cb36fb7ff

Description: An examination of College of Wooster’s campus specifically accommodations for those with disabilities, with suggestions to enhance campus. College of Wooster is not a perfect campus; no place is but we can strive to improve it by participating in the design process. So, with this story map I analyze different locations on campus while suggesting ways they can be improved.

Color in Tech- Hannah Willis

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Description: My podcast uses inspiration from Safiya Noble’s “Algorithms of Oppression” to talk about the exclusion of black men and women from the Google search, “hairstyles”. Essentially, implying why this happens and the resolve to issues of representation in online spaces.

Works Cited:

Delfanti, A., & Arvidsson, A. Introduction to Digital Media. Wiley. 2018.
https://app.perusall.com/courses/intro-to-digital-studies-fa24-gmds-14000-01/d-and-a-chapter-3?assignmentId=h36rQZ2BmkZmZTfC4&part=1

OpenAI Custom Feedback GPT – Specifically, the feedback from the AI was used to add more detail in my lab report to the editing issues I faced in Audacity like transitions and volume precision. The AI told me to explain more about my issues with the learning curve of creating a podcast, and also detail how I found solutions to these problems.

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Hayward, Jennifer. Introduction to Digital Studies Course. 2024.

Hannah Willis: Selfie Project

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For the pictures I had creative control over, I decided to choose growth as my overall theme. So, with the plant still being behind me and my painting of this colorful Murakami flower, represents my personality and how I perceive life. We decide to get up each day to experience life, regardless of the hues it brings, we have to grow from every experience we face.
Since my overall theme was growth, I included images of me as a kid to the right with some lighting to display my face. Then, I had two plants one being my a pothos plant and the other is unknown. The physical pictures to the right of me, and the plants to the left of me can represent a double entendre. As you can see my actual growth with your eyes with the photos of me as kid while looking at the plants to the left as a metaphor of internal growth.
This is me in August of 2021 as a 10th grader.