“Seeing Ourselves Through Technology”Chapter 2 Notes

Chapter 2 Filtered Reality: Key Terms and Main Ideas 

•  Filters–  an anslyrical term to understamd algorithmic culture. – we filter our photoes and our news all the time. – Technological culture or cognitive or they can be a combination of these photoes, instagram, snap and other social media. – Filters have become an important part of popular visiual culture. A process where something is removed. – can get cloged up and clogged up over time 

•  Technological and cultural filters– Visual filters we apply to our photographs, the technoligical filters we apply to out blogs and other social media and culture filters. – Technological filters allow us to express outselves in certain ways but not in others. – Cultural filters are as important as technological filters. – the rules and conventions that guide us. – Fillers out possible modes 

• Choosing what technology can do– Iphones can count out stepss with M7 or M8 sensors. 
• Aestheticising, anesthetsing, and defarmiliarising-  atestheticing the day is an goal methd to become mindful of daily expectations. 

Chapter 2 Filtered Reality: Commentary 

In the reading “Seeing Ourselves Through Technology” chapter 2, it talks about how Walker explained filters and how we used them in our daily lives. Filters has always been a-part of our world no matter the era.  They analytical term to understand algorithmic culture. Us as humans will always filter out the parts in their life that does matter without even noticing. My main two examples the spoke about was the coffee or the photos. Reading this article brought new aspect of thinking and on how filters affect us. My point of view on filters can be broken down into complex topics and reasons on how we filter our lives. Us as humans can filter out simple pictures to make us look better or we can filter out our news and get what we want to see. I feel filters have helped humans see and hear what they want. 

Chapter 2 Filtered Reality: Making Connections 

Filters in a broader social aspect shows exactly how much and how long we have been using filters. We filter our photos and our news all the time. I feel filters have helped create confidence because it blocks out all your imperfections. Technological culture and cognitive are combination of these photos, Instagram, snap and other social media. I use these apps every day and didn’t realize how much I use filters and how much they apply to my life. Another thing I likes and can connect with in the text is iPhone. I have an iPhone and I can set it to tell me how many steps I put in in in one day. Visual filters we apply to our photographs, and the technological filters we apply to out blogs and other social media and culture filters.  Technological filters allow us to express ourselves in certain ways but not in others. 

CITE: Jill Walker Rettberg (2014). Seeing Ourselves Through Technology. 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN