I think this week’s assignment was a bit
easier to absorb than the previous ones. I think one of the reasons for that is
because this assignment left the philosophical area a bit and got more closer
to subjects that I, as an engineer student, am more used to. It was also fun to
pick one of the texts by myself because I could pick one that I found really interesting.
Nevertheless it was hard to pick one that actually fit the purpose but I think
I managed to choose a paper that was good enough to work with.
The paper I chose for this theme was about
popularity on Facebook and what kind of impressions their profiles imply. When we discussed this text in the seminar
we talked about popularity online and offline. We talked about how it may differ,
a person who seems popular online does not necessarily have to be popular
offline, or in the real world. We also talked about what popularity is and why
some people are seen as popular and some are not.
When we
discussed all the papers we have read we also talked about what theory is. I
think I got a better understanding of what theory is both after the reading the
text What theory is not and after the seminar. As I understand it,
theory is a way of explaining why something happens or a way to describe what
happens. And a theory can either be strong or weak.
Hi Åsa!
SvaraRaderaI also think this week's assignment was a little bit easier because it was not as philosophical as the earlier ones. But yet at the seminar I got a bit confused because theory in itself, was not as concrete as I imagined. It was easier to understand what theory is not, I think.
Anywho, great that you enjoyed choosing a paper on your own and the paper you choose, sounds really interesting. I know some people who also had the same paper in my seminar group and it seemed to be both interesting and a current subject to read about!
Good job!
/Hannah