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Make a podcast on "How to get out of the information bubble"



> ASSIGNMENT

Discuss how you think society can get out of the information bubble. Task is to discuss and debate as a team about the information bubble or algorithm bubble.


Conditions:

- Directions for conversation:

- What do these concepts mean

- How information bubbles appear

- What or who needs information bubbles for

- How do you think you can get out of a bubble?

- Podcast duration: at least 15-20 minutes.

Idea:

Explore the issue, speculate, and find possible solutions to the problem of society's isolation in information bubbles.

Important:

Remember(!)There are no wrong answers, but try to argue your position based on facts or your experience.

Submission of the assignment:

To validate this assignment, there are several options (choose however you like)

-Upload a podcast as a material/file to any platform convenient for you (e.g. failiem.lv), create a document in Google Drive in a folder named Podcast and attach the link.

-Upload the audio file (podcast) to Google Drive in the folder named Podcast.

Check in with Slack (Assignments chatroom) that the task has been completed.

 

> SUPPORT MATERIALS


Resources for inspiration:








Technical tools


For smartphones:

-Anchor - free app (PlayMarket), the easiest way to make a podcast, ever. It's the only app that lets you record a high-quality podcast, and distribute it everywhere (including Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts) - all in one place. No fancy equipment or podcasting experience necessary, and it's 100% free!


-InShot- free app (PlayMarket), intended for video edition, but available for sound cutting (wepose to participants download this tool and check their capabilities and possibilities, it's the simplest app for audio/video editing) - we will demonstrate them in more detail, since these apps are the easiest ways to make video and audio content for students.


-AndroSound Audio Editor


-Audio Lab

For laptops:

-Reaper (DAW Station)- free app- digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files. DAWs come in a wide variety of configurations from a single software program on a laptop, to an integrated stand-alone unit, all the way to a highly complex configuration of numerous components controlled by a central computer.


-iZotope Nectar 2 (not for free)- the most sophisticated set of tools designed for vocal production. Address every part of your vocal chain and get professional-sounding vocals in seconds with new machine learning features, stunning visualizations, and more.


-VocalSynth- recorded sound edition, is an immersive vocal experience that adapts and evolves with your unique style and opens up a world of vocal possibilities.


-iZotope Ozone 8- instrumental modulation


-refx Nexus- sounds library


-Adobe Audition (30 days for free)- is a digital audio workstation from Adobe Systems featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive-approach waveform editing view.


-Audio Status Maker



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