User:Daniellegee

My name is Danielle Gravesande and I am a student at the University of Ottawa. Over the years, Wikipedia has become a rising success through the reliance on technology as the dominant medium of communication. As such, Wikipedia has emerged as a topic of interest when discussing the numerous theories that exist within the spectrum of media theory. These include medium theory, theories of media effects, and other concepts pertaining to theorists including Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman, Harold Innis and many more.

To examine this connection between dominant mediums and society, and determine its overall effects societal development is one of the goals of CMN 2160 - a media theories course taught at the University of Ottawa.

Through the use of Wikipedia (i.e. publishing, editing, etc.) I hope to examine these interconnections myself, and establish my own conclusions regarding how society is shaped by Wikipedia, and other online sources alike.