DTC 375 - Fall 2023

  What Subculture am I'm a part of?     The subculture I am a part of is a TCG community, namely the one revolving around the Japanese card game "Cardfight Vanguard". In this community people talk about, discuss and play this card game published and developed by Bushiroad. If you play the card game, you'll be part of this wider community that all engage in this subculture.      Some of the shared practices and knowledge within the community are in regards to playing the game and helping others understand the game better - some people write guides on how to play the game, create videos on certain necessary tutorials, and share game knowledge with each other regarding certain cards of aspects of the game.      I first started playing the game back in 2012, roughly 11 years ago when the game was decently new (It was published in 2011). Although I wouldn't say I really "engaged" with much of the subculture besides playing with some of my close friends. Later

       Social Media, one of the most influential creations of humanity. It’s supposed to be this marvelous creation that helps connect the world together, allowing people from all corners to communicate with one another. However, in recent times, the various issues of having an online platform where one can talk to virtually anyone while remaining anonymous has arisen, and besides the usage of social media, one would also hear a lot about the negative effects of using it. In this assignment I will focus on one of the negative aspects of it based on personal experience as well as based on some research, being how social media is bad for the competitive and envious nature of human beings. ` To go over social media; Social medias are platforms where people can post about almost anything and everything they want, restricted only by the guidelines of the platform. Stuff from educational content to posting about their own lives, people can choose how and where to push what is often called

  Are our storytelling media now a luxury item? In the modern day storytelling media has become very widespread and mainstream, from new movies being released seemingly every week, to streaming platforms announcing big titles or adaptations which are exclusive to their own subscriptions all the time. However, one thing all modern storytelling media and mediums have in common, is a price. Movie tickets cost money, Netflix subscription costs money and even books have a price tag on them. But when someone thinks of a “Luxury Item”, they don’t usually think about movies or books, so to answer the question let’s look at the definition of what a luxury item is. From a quick google search, the first website that appears is https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/luxury-item.asp , where they define a luxury item as “A luxury item is not necessary to live, but deemed highly desirable within a culture and society”. It also goes on to say that the consumption or purchase of luxury items will scale