1. I really found myself appreciating many of the topics our peers shared this past week. One thing I found myself noticing was being able to make connections across different posts or subjects. The media element Samantha shared on religious diversity, for instance, brought up the notion of integration when combatting religious stereotype threats. This pairs along with some of the arguments Bogost raised when sharing the various perspective he and his colleagues had on distinguishing integration with diversity. Similarily it also touched on the idea of embracing valuable differences which were overlapping themes between Aaron, Dominique, and\u00a0 Mikayla’s post. The general message each author argued for was in taking the time to learn from others and embrace the differences we all share. Whether that be in one’s disability, educational or experiential intelligence, or the perceptional age and influence from minority populations, all three articles respectively umbrella under the same goal. Like many of the other canon articles and media links shared, I gained valuable insight in expanding my line of thinking opening up targeted groups and larger, untapped audiences.<\/p>\n
3. Bogost starts his argumentation with a particular and relatable but problematic situation at the airport involving the university professor Webb to create an interesting and intelligible beginning to the topic of discriminatory environments in technological fields. Here, he uses quotes to zoom out the specific situation and to identify the problems in a bigger picture that have been created by the non-representative Tech industry. After that, he puts the focus on some approaches in that area to ameliorate the issues in diversity. For the link between the individual paragraphs, the author applies transitional connectors into the syntactical structures like “even though” or “but” for a better reading flow and to maintain coherence between the different passages. Besides that, he includes various opinions of other experts, giving them a voice to substantiate his reasoning. Webb also plays a role throughout the argumentation to generate a connection between the anecdote of the beginning and the passages. Giving her point of view, the article ends by pointing out the general problems of Computing in the Tech industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1. I really found myself appreciating many of the topics our peers shared this past week. One thing I found myself noticing was being able to make connections across different posts or subjects. The media element Samantha shared on religious diversity, for instance, brought up the notion of integration when combatting religious stereotype threats. This … <\/p>\n