weekly reflection recording 📝
This week introduced key ideas about how technology and society shape each other🧐. I learned that instead of seeing technology as something that simply changes us, we should view it as part of a social system influenced by people, culture, and context. It made me reflect on my own use of digital tools and how design and intention affect our digital experiences.
I learned the basics of HTML and CSS while starting to build my own website. Coming from a journalism background with experience in interviewing, writing, and filming, I find website creation to be a completely new and exciting challenge. It was interesting to see how structure and design work together to create usability and visual appeal.
Learning about web scraping helped me understand how data can be extracted and analyzed from online sources. I used "Web Scraper" to collect structured data from the website of BBC and realized how websites are built with layers of HTML elements.
This week focused on how data reflects power and bias. I learned that data is never neutral — it’s shaped by who collects it and why. During the survey design activity in class, we were asked to work in groups and design a questionnaire from different perspectives. This made me realize this point even more clearly. Reflecting on my own social media use, I realized how much personal data I share unconsciously. This made me more aware of privacy, consent, and how data-driven systems influence what we see online.