Welcome to Dawn’s Diary, a girl’s blog for and about media literacy!

4. WHEN THE LINES BETWEEN POLITICS AND FACTS BLUR

It’s no secret to anyone that practically every news story nowadays has some sort of bias attached to it; our world has become so politicized that every aspect of it, from our media to the interactions we have with one another, has some political connotation behind it. In a way, our news and media have become weaponized as headlines not…

3. LESSONS I’VE LEARNED FROM GOING OFF THE GRID FOR FOUR HOURS

This past Sunday, I participated in a challenge for my Media Literacy class in which I went four hours without any devices– no phone, no iPad, no digital watch, not even my AirPods. The one exception I made was my MacBook for academic work, but knowing I couldn’t trust myself, I used Lockdown Browser to…

2. TIME IS MONEY: A DELVE INTO TODAY’S ATTENTION ECONOMY

When many people think of the word “economy,” images of money, coin, and trading may come to mind. However, in the modern digital age, instead of vying for our money or material objects, companies instead fight for something much more valuable: our time.  Like many people, I had never heard of the “attention economy” before…

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