What is an infrastructure? How is the internet a form of infrastructure?

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Hi, this is a readings response about internet infrastructures in internet studies. Please read the attached (4) readings and instructions and answer the following questions in reference to the readings:

(1) What stood out for you from the readings or other items this week?

(2) What is an infrastructure? How is the internet a form of infrastructure?

(3) Why do infrastructures play such a big part in our lives?

(4) What is a zone and an interzone?

(5) What do we mean when we think of something ‘as infrastructure’? Return back to some of the questions in the intro.

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Reflect on your use of the Big6 Research Model (CO2).
What step was the most challenging? How did you overcome the challenge?
Using the steps in the Big 6 Research Model, consider your process of locating sources, categorizing, organizing, critiquing, and presenting information for the project. What worked well for you?
Part II: Connecting to Career

How will you use information and digital literacy in your place of work and future career (CO1)
How will you sustain your new knowledge in order to support your career goals?
Why is civility important at your place of work and in politics (CO7)?

Critically discuss how and why digital and social networks of communication have repositioned the value and meaning of celebrity and celebrity culture?

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Critically discuss how and why digital and social networks of communication have repositioned the value and meaning of celebrity and celebrity culture?

Critically consider the relationship between television output and television viewing.

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Critically consider the relationship between television output and television viewing with reference to at least one of the following: consumerism; security; domestic life; identity; self-expression.

Write an op-ed (opinion editorial) on a contemporary social or political issue focusing on identity.

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Write an op-ed (opinion editorial) on a contemporary social or political issue focusing on identity. You can choose to write about one of the following topics: #metoo, Black Lives Matter, US election, Brexit, COVID-19, among others.

Write a 5-7-page (excluding references/images) research paper on a topic of your choosing related to speculative media.

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You will write a 5-7-page (excluding references/images) research paper on a topic of your choosing related to speculative media. Students are welcome to address a given theme or issue across multiple examples; however, given the length of the paper, students will likely find more success by focusing on a specific instantiation of speculative media, such as an issue of a comic, an episode of a television show, or a music video. Students are welcome to choose from an example covered in class.

In addition to being an informative piece of writing, your paper should clearly establish and support an argument through research and critical analysis.

Your paper should work to bring together information about the specific media example you have chosen with academic scholarship related to speculative media studies. You should include at least one substantive engagement with an applicable course reading. In addition to this reading, you will research your topic. You should prioritize scholarly sources.

The grade breakdown will be as follows: 10% research, 20% Argument and Critical Reflection, 5% Writing and Creativity. Points will be deducted for poor grammar, consistent spelling mistakes, mechanical errors, citational issues, and/or failure to complete the assignment according to the syllabus description.

 

 Prepare or revise a proactive media coverage plan to attract attendees through free media coverage to a one-time theoretical or actual upcoming event (e.g., conference, workshop, dinner, fund raiser) for your organization.

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Prepare or revise a proactive media coverage plan to attract attendees through free media coverage to a one-time theoretical or actual upcoming event (e.g., conference, workshop, dinner, fund raiser) for your organization. If you do not currently work for an organization, prepare a media coverage plan for the last organization for which you worked, or invent an event.