For my final post for BCM112 I have recorded this Soundcloud podcast in which I talk about my perspective on Twitter and how it has been used. Twitter is a really interesting medium. It provides an unrestricted method in share content across different platforms. It is amazing to think that almost 10 years ago there … More The Wonderful World of Twitter.
This week’s lecture at times was a hard concept to grasp but what I did come away with was the idea of transformation in regards to giving life and personality to an inanimate object. I tried my hand at making a stop motion video, depicting a little Lego garbage man simply going about his job. When … More The Story of a Lego Garbage Man
We live in an age where the majority of the world’s population has access to some kind of telecommunication with the outside would. As a result, the world has become a smaller world where the happenings on the other side of the globe can be made known in an instant. Media platforms such as Twitter give … More Consumer is the New Producer
The Simpsons have been on air for over 25 years. However their reign as the longest running animated series doesn’t just cover the silver screen but also various other platforms, enabling fans of the show to get enthralled and discover more new things about the Simpsons universe. With each addition, the phenomenon expands – this … More Simpsons DOHmination
PREZI – MAKE IT RIP AND BURN – Remix Culture and the Problem of Ownership http://prezi.com/xlcmgmowj6ml/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy This week I thought I would try something different and create a Prezi for this week’s lecture on remix culture. It is an intriguing concept as it has made me realise that in most creative creations, there is an essence … More Is Anything Original Anymore?
This week’s lecture made it clear that social media has no doubt changed the way people see and interact with their world. It has changed the role of the passive consumer, as Jay Rosen said, “formerly known as the audience”, to an active producer of content that has the potential to be more newsworthy and … More Oh, How The Tables Have Turned – From Audience to Participants
In this week’s lecture we were introduced to the idea of platform permissions and device ideologies. The philosophy of locked applications and generative platform plays into the idea whether we as a user have as much control over the devices we own that we think we do. For example, Apple devices are closed devices as the user … More Going Beyond Changing Your Phone’s Case
In this week’s lecture we explored the world of copyright. Previously the works of others could be freely shared and anyone was free to copy, modify or sell the works of others. Fast forward to today’s law that bring restrictions and content control. The DMCA (2001) law, which Australia adopted from American Law, meant that breaking DRM (Digital … More Hide Yo Thoughts, Hide Yo Ideas
This week’s lecture was about Marshal McLuhan’s concept, “The Medium Is The Message.” But what does this phrase mean? To put it into simple terms, the medium provides a message, not only of the content it is delivering but of the society that is using it. With a changing medium comes an evolution of societal and cultural … More I Like My Message to be Medium Rare
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