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I am going to use this platform for my class project, where I can exchange ideas and contribute.Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 14:39, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Wiki exercise No:1 - Screen time Survey
The Screen time survey activity was a really good start to interpret our screen time with the devices that has taken over our lives. I chose the most generic and spontaneous category though, which is physical. But now while writing, I reflected upon my relationship with screens and that is possibly the reason behind it. I do not mean to disrespect anyone here but I believe because of our over reliance on technology, we are moving away from real and true conversations. I am one of those who make more friends offline and believe in real talk conversations over virtual. I still take them as solid and concrete devices while being well aware of their functions, which are fluid and ubiquitous.

On the other hand, other categories revolve around time schedule, routine and activities, which are other interesting ways to look at it. According to my understanding they were categorized as activities because they seemed to be part of our personalities or factors to define our actions on daily basis. As (Sherry Turkle, TED 2012) said that these small devices in the pocket don’t only change how we think but also change who we are.

To what I observed, each device has a purpose or feeling attached to it, which depends on the need, size, accessibility and portability of it. All of this contributes to the total usage and screen time of that particular device. For example: most of us take big screens like laptops for work, study purposes while phone is more private, personalize and multipurpose device.

The concept of Always-on is another factor that has impacted on how we perceive and process our screens as individuals. It is the ratio of connectivity and connectedness. As (Danah Boyd, 2012:71-2) explains how Always-on is not about always being available or going crazy on the network. But it is about connectivity, which is a medium or a network you stay connected to. While connectedness is when you start using that network. It is a state of being connected. That network is more powerful than we imagine. It gives us freedom to decide and control if we want to switch those devices off, or simple take a break from online space, which itself is a physical act but have major impacts on psychological and emotional levels.

The meat of my argument here is, we need to remind ourselves that these devices are tools while we live in a connected world. If we do not decide how to use the technology then platforms will. (Manoush Zomorodi, TED 2017) Manoush also very strongly speaks about boredom in one of her projects ‘Bored and Brilliant’. She suggests that the increase in our screen time has obsoleted the feeling of boredom, which is not good. According to her by doing nothing we are actually being productive and creative. When we do nothing, our brain is actually occupied and busy. This is the time when we plan our vacations, short and long-term goals think about our passions, problems and even solve them. She speaks to multiple psychologists and they tell how human brain works. We think we are multi tasking, reading emails on one screen and talking to friends on another one, but we are not doing that. It is scary to know that is not how our brain works. Multitasking is a myth and it makes us less efficient. We constantly shift our attention from one task to another while allowing it willingly to damage our brains.

All of this is shaping our lives in a way that we have become less of a human. Our actions, vulnerability, empathy, deep thought and fulfillment about others are fading. We are shifting our attention and distracting ourselves from problems and even things, which are not that problematic. Boredom, solitude and mental space are required to build and clear perspective, which are very basic elements of being human. This concludes my argument more than anything. Before we used to call someone because we were feeling something. Now in order to feel we make that call. (Sherry Turkle, TED 2012). Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 09:13, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Instructor Feedback on Wiki Exercise 1

 * Posts of this standard roughly correspond to the following grade descriptor. Depending on where your actual mark is in relation to the making criteria as outlined in the relevant documentation, it should give you an idea of strengths and weaknesses within the achieved grade band overall:

Merit. Among other things, merit entries will make a clear point in a clear way. They will relate concepts to original examples in a straightforward fashion. They will make effective use of the possibilities of the form (including links, as well as perhaps copyright-free videos and images, linked to from Wiki Commons). They may also demonstrate a broader understanding of the module's themes and concerns, and are likely to show evidence of reading and thinking about the subject material. The wiki markup formatting will be very clear.


 * This work is good, but is at the lower end of this grade band, so there’s clearly room for improvement here. I think in order to engage with the wiki exercises a bit more, it might be useful for you to take a closer look at the assessment brief to get more of an idea of how to hit those targets. For the most part, this response to the brief is reflective, and draws from some interesting reading materials. The fact that you have used Manoush here is interesting - a similar argument can be found in Turkle's most recent work, where she writes that the art of conversation is suffering due to the way that we tend to depreciate the value of solitude. There is also a book by Susan Cain (called, I think, Quiet!, which is very useful in this regard (especially in your argument around the ratio of connectivity and connectedness - a really good turn of phrase!)


 * Making more use of the wiki functionality and markup would have gone a long way to improving fluidity and functionality of posts. I suspect that, if you become more familiar and proficient with the platform, that this will make a considerable difference.

General:
 * 'Reading and research': evidence of critical engagement with set materials; evidence of independent reading of appropriate academic and peer-reviewed material. Merit.


 * 'Argument and analysis': well-articulated and well-supported argument; evidence of critical thinking (through taking a position in relation to key ideas from the module, and supporting this position); evidence of relational thinking (through making connections between key ideas from the module and wider literature, and supporting these connections); evidence of independent critical ability. Excellent/Merit.


 * 'Presentation': good use of wiki markup and organisational skills. Pass.

Wiki Exercise #2: Annotated Bibliography (part 2)


'Howard Rheingold, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, 2007, ‘Introduction – How to recognize the future when it lands on you’'' Pg. 1-12'''

This chapter defines theories and laws on science of reputation. The author tends to research and write in favor of both personal and collective quests in digital traces of our existence in accordance to work, time and space. All of this makes notion of existing community powerfully beneficial and dangerous at the same time. This chapter outlines causes of shift in human behavior by comparing 1990s handheld device usage, to 2010, which gives clarity in terms of understanding. In addition, the author is aware of the limitations of an introductory chapter and does not fail to mention major themes of the book. The impact of discussed issues; useful ways to resolve and relation between them are kept unclear, rather open-ended. This work has not untied any new ideas yet has developed curiosity to follow-up on the book and has also provided necessary primary sources for my research. Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 02:07, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Exercise #3 : Social Movement Case Study
In the time square we are, one of the fastest, cheapest and convenient catalysts of society are technology and communications. Technology has created flexible, fluid and dynamic class (Wright, 1997; Bourdieu 1986) with cultural abstraction of time and space. It’s a new type of space in which information flows and has extended real-time interaction, social practices without territorial contiguity (Castells, 2000).

The task I have set for myself in this essay revolves around trans community. They have always been ignored and taken as bad people and sometimes not even treated as people in a religious extremist and patriarchal society like Pakistan. They are often portrayed as beggars and sex workers. And this always resonates me that why do we do that? And why do we continue to do that! But people like Kami Sid are setting new examples and using media to fight trans phobia. Kami Sid is Pakistan’s first transgender model and her debut fashion shoot in 2016 went viral on social media. Moreover, #ChangeTheClap is one of the few campaigns that directly challenged the way people perceive transgender in our region. The transgender clap is a historical and powerful symbol taken out of context and mimicked by the public, to ridicule them (Ethical Marketing News, 2018). The idea behind is the same clap can be used to applause or show love.

Mobilization is important for both participants and the message in order to validate it as relevant that will also lead to a scope enlargement, which are three major purposes of the media in social movements (Gamson and Wolfsfeld, 1993). Even though she was always actively working for her community since 2012 but this massive activity and campaigns after slew the attention of many activist groups, brands and even common people. Social movement is when Kami Sid and many others from the community started to act and get awards from both national and international platforms or when this community contributes to get a bill passed with majority votes in the Parliament - ‘Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2017 was passed, (DawnNewsTV, 2018). And most recently, a lot of schools and universities are providing free education to trans.

But according to (Gladwell & Shirky 2011) social movements have happened all over the world and in different times throughout human history, with or without social media. According to him, it is hard to prove that in the absence of social media, recent uprisings would not have been possible. While on the other hand, Kami believes that activism is done at ground level, person-to-person, peer-to-peer. But acting and film are seen worldwide. Our media reached local and international audiences and people learn a lot from it. Social media is also widespread. So my main purpose is to educate mainstream society (Zinc, 2018).

This concludes and is unarguable that technology especially digital media such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and online journalism have given a voice and advantage in a timeless space to individuals as well as to groups. This also justifies the observation of Goodwin and Jasper that social movements have the power dynamics especially with technology like social media to draw attention to new perspectives that can strengthen institutions of civil society. Like she continues to envision a more humane and democratic future for her community.

= References =
 * ''Castells, Manuel, 2000 'Grassrooting the Space of Flows, hg. von. James O. Wheeler, Yuko Aoyama und Barney Warf, London: Routledge, pp.19


 * ''Fuchs, Christian. 2010 Labor in Information and Capitalism and on the Internet. The Information Society 26 (3): pp. 179


 * ''Manuel Castells, 2000 'The Rise of the Network Society, Volume 1, Second edition With a new preface'


 * ''Ethical Marketing News, February 2, 2018
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 * ''BBDO Pakistan and Asia Pacific Transgender Network Launch #changetheclap Campaign, 2018
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 * ''DAWN News, May 08, 2018
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 * ''ZINC, February, 2017
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= Wiki Exercise# 4 What are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_PageWikis? Wikis? ] =



Wiki is basically a community-based project supported by Wikimedia Foundation, which is an non-profit organization founded by Ward Cunningham initially by the name WikiWikiWeb back in 1995(Wikipedia, 2018). It ranks on the top five websites globally (Alexa, 2018). It provides multilingual, free-content that is collaborative and openly editable by anonymous volunteers and contributors. Like any other organization Wiki also has its guiding principles, which they call - five pillars of Wiki. Although they don't have any concrete rules and allows one to be creative and bold enough, but it does demand mutual respect with the other two complementary postures; the stances of ‘Neutral Point of View’ (NPOV) and good faith (M. J. Reagle, 2010).



A simple Hawaiian word has created its own genre, oversimplified the user experience of technology and has become an integral part of everyday life. A platform for both consumers and contributors with a wide range of resources whether from pictorial sources - WikiCommons, to the textual content - WikiBooks and the famous encyclopedia - Wikipedia. The Wikis are a great example of how interplay and interaction coexists. Henry Jenkins’s notion of ‘participatory culture’, in which there are low barriers of engagement, support for creation and sharing, some form of mentorship and socialization so members believe that their contributions matter (M. J. Reagle, 2010). On the other hand, Clay Shirky speaks about vulnerability of Wikipedia in its dependence on this community. 'Wikipedia exists because enough people love it and, more importantly, love one another in its context' (Clay Shirky 2008).

The founder admits that wiki is not a carefully crafted site created by experts and professional writers. Instead, designed for casual visitors and it seeks to involve the typical user in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the website landscape (Ward Cunningham, 2001). Moreover, it doesn't require or collect any personal information and your identity remain anonymous, which personally stood out to me. All of this questions the authenticity and chances of errors but no one can deny the fact that community members are very keen and dedicated towards their work. The administration have a control over a lot of things, which gives us a hope but no matter how doubtful we are, we still go to Wikipedia to get any kind of information. This is because of the immense information and remarkable work all under one platform is available to the people, for the people and by the people. We have technology available to inform us how much information is available to us and it is crucial to the functioning of any society - and widespread access to information is important for a democratic society ''(Andrejevic Mark, 2013). '' Lastly, the Wiki architecture works on the notion of openness and transparency in terms of edit, providing readers with the most latest and updated information worldwide regarding any field or study. However, disagreements turns into endless edit wars rather than resolving it by discussions, waves of vandalism, trolling and flaming.(Esther Weltevrede, Erik Borra, 2016).

Instructor Feedback on Wiki Exercise Portfolio
Posts of this standard roughly correspond to the following grade descriptor. Depending on where your actual mark is in relation to the making criteria as outlined in the relevant documentation, it should give you an idea of strengths and weaknesses within the achieved grade band overall:


 * Merit. Among other things, merit entries will make a clear point in a clear way. They will relate concepts to original examples in a straightforward fashion. They will make effective use of the possibilities of the form (including links, as well as perhaps copyright-free videos and images, linked to from Wiki Commons). They may also demonstrate a broader understanding of the module's themes and concerns, and are likely to show evidence of reading and thinking about the subject material. The wiki markup formatting will be very clear.

This work is at the lower end of this particular grade band, so there’s clearly room for improvement here. I think in order to engage with the wiki exercises a bit more, it might be useful for you to take a closer look at the assessment brief to get more of an idea of how to hit those targets.

Detail:
 * Ex#2: this annotated bibliography is well written, useful, and reflective. It utilises the wiki form in a really interesting way to make what is essentially quite a dry academic exercise into something that is engaging and creatively witty. There are one or two grammatical slips, but other than that, very good!
 * Ex#3: you have chosen a very good case study as a vehicle to illustrate social movements in relation to connected media campaigns, as well as demonstrate your understanding of social movements as civic activities. It is a little conversational in tone at times, but articulates your ideas in a fairly straightforward and very accessible manner. Again, so grammatical slips here and there, and I would have liked a little more explicit connection made between one or two of the elements in your argument – especially the kinds of society out of which something like the ChangeTheClap campaign was born. Very good use of secondary sources here to support your argument. An image or two would have been useful.
 * Ex#4: Although it takes a while for this piece to get moving (there’s a lot of factual description at the beginning, which whilst empirically accurate, doesn’t really add anything to your response), once it does you draw some very clear connections between different approaches, using a range of set reading. The images used here are useful and give nice context to the points you make.

General:
 * 'Reading and research': evidence of critical engagement with set materials; evidence of independent reading of appropriate academic and peer-reviewed material. Merit/.


 * 'Argument and analysis': well-articulated and well-supported argument; evidence of critical thinking (through taking a position in relation to key ideas from the module, and supporting this position); evidence of relational thinking (through making connections between key ideas from the module and wider literature, and supporting these connections); evidence of independent critical ability. Pass.


 * 'Presentation': good use of wiki markup and organisational skills. Merit.

GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 12:01, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Instructor Feedback on your contribs to Essay Discussion Page
Contributions to discussion of this standard roughly correspond to the following grade descriptor. Depending on where your actual mark is in relation to the making criteria as outlined in the relevant documentation, it should give you an idea of strengths and weaknesses within the achieved grade band overall:


 * Excellent. Among other things, contributions will probably demonstrate a complex, critical understanding of the themes of the module. They will communicate very effectively, making excellent and creative use of the possibilities of the form (including formatting, links, as well as perhaps copyright-free videos and images, linked to from Wiki Commons), and may be written with some skill and flair. They will address the assignment tasks in a thoughtful and transparent way on the Discussion Pages. They will make insightful connections between original examples and relevant concepts, justifying decision-making with transparency. They will be informed by serious reading and reflection, are likely to demonstrate originality of thought, and will probably be rewarding and informative for the reader as well as for fellow researchers collaborating. The wiki markup formatting will be impeccable.

In addition, you were asked in the brief to address the following guidelines in terms of contribution, engagement and conduct, Here is an evaluation of those elements of your activity on the Essay Discussion Pages:

•	Students should be engaging at least once a day, for the duration of the project. The following points illustrate how this engagement is evaluated.

•	Evidence from contribs to both editing and discussion of content (i.e. volume and breadth of editorial activity as evidenced through ‘contribs’). These are primarily considered for quality rather than quantity, but as a broad guideline: o	Each item on a contribs list that are 3000+ characters are deemed “considerable” o	Each item on a contribs list that are 2000+ characters are deemed “significant” o	Each item on a contribs list that are 1000+ characters are deemed “substantial” o	Items on a contribs list that are <1000 characters are important, and are considered in the round when evaluating contribs as a whole because of their aggregate value o	It is expected that you will make at least one contrib per day, for the duration of the project


 * Excellent. Very consistent engagement throughout the duration of the project. A large number of smaller, but very important edits made on both your own pages and on the pages of others. This is crucial: it allowed you to get to know the platform, consider whe KIND of platform the wiki is, and to make the most of its affordances. It also helped you to engage with the other students and contribute to their work, which is exactly what this kind of collaboration is all about! You treated this task as being more about community, rather than just an assessment. There are a smaller number of substantial and significant contributions to discussion, but also a couple of considerable contribs in there.

•	Engagement with and learning from the community on Discussion Pages o	Evidence of peer-assisted learning and collaboration 	Merit. o	Evidence of reading, sharing, and application of research to the essay 	Excellent. o	Evidence of peer-review of others’ work 	Excellent.

•	Reflexive, creative and well-managed use of Discussion Pages o	Clear delegation of tasks o	Clearly labelled sections and subsections o	Contributions are all signed 	Excellent.

•	Civility. Your conduct is a key component of any collaboration, especially in the context of an online knowledge-building community. For further information about this in a Wikimedia context, please go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars. Please respect others, as well as observe the rules for civility on wiki projects. All contribs are moderated. 	Outstanding GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 12:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)