Formulate and defend a position on the benefits and liabilities associated with an object, concept or process that has become digital, relative to its pre-digital existence. Your position must include an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Cell phones have evolved tremendously with the rise of the digital world. Personally, I believe cell phones have more benefits than liabilities. Information can be shared instantly across very long distances. From an interdisciplinary perspective, cell phones improve...

Critique the ideas of others with regard to an object, process or concept of a digital nature. Your critique should incorporate an interdisciplinary perspective gained from other core courses as well as from your major area of interest

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Morse code was created in the mid 1830s by Samuel Morse. Morse, Joseph Henry, and Alfred Vail needed a new way of getting messages across when they invented the electrical telegraph system. This was the first system that allowed communication over great distances, but...

Contrast the digital representation of an object or concept with the “natural” object. What is gained. What is lost.

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Digital representation is something that is converted into data that a computer can process. While the “natural” object is something that exists in nature or is physically made. For example, discussed in class, we talked about the Night Watch by Rembrandt. In this...

Demonstrate the process of digitization as it applies to text and sound, including the tradeoffs that must be considered in the process.

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Digitization refers to converting analog information into binary data. Everything that is going to be sent over the internet has to be through zeros and ones, which is the same for the cellular network. One example that sends text messages by coding electrical signals...

Explain the advantages and limitations of a digital representation in a historical as well as modern context

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Some advantages of a digital representation in a modern context are that it is easier to store, communication is faster, and information can be transferred quickly. Digital devices can also process information rapidly, as computers work using binary logic. Some...

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