"Digital Detox" stories

"Digital Detox" stories - fall 2016

November 02, 2016

Digital Detox Stories

MS 195 fall 2016
"Mashup: Media & Pop Culture in San Francisco"
University of San Francisco Department of Media Studies

Check out these excellent student projects for the

#USFCA First Year Seminar,
"Mashup: Media & Pop Culture in San Francisco," Fall 2016!

First year university students went for 24 hours without electronic media (phones, internet, computers, video, etc. etc. etc.), keeping an extensive journal about their experiences.

Their background research drew from articles, as well as these videos
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNi-KOcVrruiTPia2x0V6B0Et3ZPknV9d

Here are some of the projects students created, describing their experiences and observations. They also integrated a theory from their research articles and videos -- and also, if they chose, from media effects theories.

Here are students' stories and observations about their experiences.

Alida: https://medium.com/@alidajeannette/no-technology-no-problem-cac1201803d3#.1lt90po8a

Jordan: https://medium.com/@jaugsburger/tigital-teatox-3242df95a635#.sswfcev13

Olivia: https://medium.com/@omschneider/unplugged-and-unsettled-5a880003e468#.gxowzx2wb

Mazzi: https://mazziltomaiko.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/digital-detox-a-realization-uncovered/

Lauren: https://medium.com/@laurenvillar/looking-up-8e16316c067e#.2j2v2rel7

Alyssa: https://medium.com/@ajatencio/my-digital-cleanse-77437d9b258e#.njayrgm1e;

Sydney: https://medium.com/@sydney.yocum1/life-without-technology-isnt-so-puzzling-cf0f9c433604#.679zjhnwc

Stefan: https://stefankarakash.exposure.co/digital-detox-experience

Brian: https://brianquan.exposure.co/a-day-in-black-and-white

Ellie: https://elliemwatt.exposure.co/twenty-four-hours-no-media-what-is-a-girl-to-do

Mercedes: https://mercedesavila.exposure.co/the-power-of-disconnecting