Starlogs VIII and IX. Stardate 3.12.2020 Here we are on the last two starlogs of this Star Trek class! (I grouped these ones together too- I just wanted to keep watching video lectures without pausing to write, okay!) It's been super fun, and I've really enjoyed learning so much about the impact Star Trek has had on culture and technology! Without further ado, here are my last two starlogs! STARLOG VIII Why is it important to see yourself on television? Why is television an important subject for scholarly study and how does what we watch shape the world we live it? Television and media has a major hand in shaping people's view of the world, especially for people who don't have the opportunity to travel, and especially for children. We see everyday how important something like body image is affected when the people on the screen are a supposedly flawless and young girls feel like they're somehow wrong or damaged because they don't look like that. In the s