UC Santa Barbara Video Project: Technology Distracts Us from the Joys of Living

For a multimedia project that I completed at UCSB, I engaged in qualitative research among college students by conducting a series of virtual interviews to explore the impact of digital technology and social media during the pandemic. The individuals I interviewed were students who had participated in a program that included travel through the Southwest of the United States. It was a month-long rugged camping trip without cell phones or social media access. I gathered footage from the trip that I participated in and edited the material together with the interviews I conducted with participants from multiple years. The ultimate goal of my video project was to inspire youth to break free from the binds of technology.