Digital Daze

Digital Daze is a zine for reflecting on the histories we have with the technologies we reached for to make it through the semester during the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, you'll find narrative prose, poetry, and visual art about experiences of navigating the online world and the impacts that this virtual space can have on our psyche and our bodies. These experiences and their impacts might have been harmful or healing - or both. The genesis for this zine emerged from a 2021 study conducted at Douglas College by the iMPACTS research team that sought to understand the social impacts of COVID-19 on students. Students shared a lot about their experiences with online learning, including: harassment, fear of being recorded/surveilled, finding confidence and control, boredom, and more. The rapid shift was
rapid - not a lot of time to consider what or how we feel, and yet, we felt it nonetheless. Even if students today are part of a generation that grew up with THE INTERNET, we are still in unfamiliar terrain. The study is over, but we wanted to explore more, so, we thought, why not a zine?