Author Archives: Marissa<3

From my first project to second project, I added more content to the video, and I added more detail and explanation to the following paragraphs. At first i wasn’t sure about how to start. After i got my idea, i … Continue reading →

In my English, technical writing class, I have learned and read a lot about electracy. Electracy is what the world is coming towards, everything being revolved around the Internet. The world is moving from a world of literacy to a … Continue reading →

In my English, technical writing class, I have been learning and reading a lot about electracy. Electracy is what the world is coming towards, everything being revolved around the Internet. The Internet is a host for a lot of things, … Continue reading →

-People express themselves through pictures and videos that are shared globally instead of having pictures shared through the old fashion way of printed photos. -businesses requires you to have a smart phone to get sales or be involved within their … Continue reading →

“All of that said, however I am certain that the study of video culture within the framework of electric has a bright future. It is least then to end the way Participatory Composition began: embed. like. share. comment. check in. … Continue reading →

Bobby Shmurda, real name Ackquille Jean Pollard is an American rapper from Brooklyn. He is best known for his song “Hot Nigga”, which was released in July 2014 a song that debuted the “Shmoney dance,” which went viral after the release … Continue reading →

Before reading Arroyo, I would define electracy as a fancy word for the internet. The internet being electrified, full of power.  The internet where we communicate globally through the use of machines. We are around electracy everyday and it is … Continue reading →

1.    2. My first image is an example of Studium because the background is blurred and the picture focuses on the man. As a spectator, my evaluation of the intentions of the operator, the photographer,  is that he wanted to take … Continue reading →

Oral culture has been destroyed by print technology. Everything starting from man has been homo to a usual conformity. If you’re not homogenized, you’re almost like the outcast. Men were alienated if they weren’t part of the norm. Women were … Continue reading →

This article, “Orality and Literacy” by Walter J. Ong was a very interesting reading. Technology has become apart of our everyday lives and we use it everyday making human daily tasks more simple and easier as ever. How I view … Continue reading →

After reading the first two chapters of Walter Ong, Orality and Literacy, I made a few connections to my personal life. Ong thought of writing as “A kind of complement to oral speech, not as a transformer of verbalization”, which I … Continue reading →

In the article, The Consequences of Literacy, Goody and Watt, explore the significant, development and movement of literacy from “man as animal” to “man as talking and writing animal” (p.1). It discusses the benefits of moving from orality to a written culture, … Continue reading →

Part 1 Hello everyone! My name is Marissa Ramnath and I am 21 years old. I am from Trinidad and I have been living in Brooklyn since I was 4 years old. I am honestly in this major to take … Continue reading →