Digital Humanity Midterm

Creator(s): 
Ben Tushar
Class: 
Digital Humanity
Instructor: 
Annette Vee and Alison Langmead
Semester: 
Spring
Year: 
2017

For the midterm in Digital Humanity, we had to write our own question based on some themes in the course. My question was: "How can the security of political and social power be compromised through the workplace and personal software which dictates our lives?" I developed this video in response to this question based on the cluster of core concepts being security and power as well as how it affects workplace, and personal lives. I conceptualized this video as a narrative in order to take advantage of the video format in both an analytical and entertaining way. I started the video at the end, knowing that I wanted it to essentially be the apocalypse, then went back to the beginning where I wanted it to be as relatable to real life as possible meaning starting in my actual situation at the time; being home for spring break. From there it was just a matter of getting from point A to point B in a way which both addressed the topics I selected and was relatable to the everyday life of the viewer with even the most basic understanding of what it’s like to live in a digital society.