For the last project of this collection, the assignment was to create a "professional" new text for public or academic consumption. With the help of two colleagues of mine, we had pieced together this 30-second infomercial . . .
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“In Closure” Soundscape/Hauntology
Like other of my projects, this project has a focus towards audio composition genres to showcase a work of Sonic Composition. Of the options given, between audio essays, podcasts, oral histories and soundscapes, I had chosen "soundscape" and created several degrading pieces of ambient hauntology, featuring 1920s ballroom jazz samples…
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Presentation Slides: “The Sound of New Media”
This assignment consisted of leading a class discussion of assigned readings under a certain theme. The week that I was given had focused on Sonic Rhetoric and Sonic Pedagogy, featuring Selfe's "The Movement of Air, the Breath of Meaning," . . .
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“The Mikeifesto”: A Critique on COVID-19-Era Cinema and Why It Needs To Change
This project consists of a "new media manifesto," which is "new" in content and form, addressing an issue of composition and the place of new media in it. In short, this manifesto was written as a medium to express my grievances against box office films . . .
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Writing Culture Parody- Twitter Account @writingcompmeme
I chose to do my parody project utilizing the social media website twitter. Using memes from my time on "kpop" and "stan" twitter, I attempt to decontextualize the experiences and stresses of being a student writer through humor and relatability. . .