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Coming of media age
Finally, I made it. We all started with Bebo – who remembers Bebo? – I don’t think I ever deleted my account, it’s probably still out there, somewhere in the interwebs, just biding its time,...
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un croissant s’il vous plaît
Although iconic French patisserie Laduree now has an Australian store, it is the experience of the patisseries in the laneways of Paris I yearn for.. Bonjour fellow BCM110 bloggers! My name is Jessica...
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A nationwide conversation
Debates in Australian parliament are currently focussing on media reforms. Australian media organisations and commentators are currently anxiously observing the federal government’s proposed media...
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‘So where the bloody hell are you?’
It was the ad which made Lara Bingle famous, the ad whose typical Aussie language sent its target audience packing – and not destined for our shores: Tourism Australia’s 2006 advertising campaign which...
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iConvergence
“‘Chinese netizen visions an iWorld taken over by Apple’ – According to the video maker, Mingjai, the video is an idea for an Apple commercial that he came up with and executed.” As I type this on my...
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‘Embracing the remix’
Creative Commons is making it easier for prosumers to share and creatively consume peers’ work. ‘Embracing the remix’ is the title of a talk given by Kirby Ferguson as part of the Ted talks series;...
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Who’s got the power?
Major debate regarding generative (‘open’) platforms and locked (‘closed’) devices in convergent technology today surrounds the Apple vs Android debate. For myself (at the moment, at least) locked...
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My personal assistant’s name is ‘Siri’
Apple’s digital personal assistant ‘Siri’ is just one example of the way in which convergence is affecting iPhone users – but to what end? Apple’s developments in terms of the iPhone, I would suggest,...
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Who’s really talking?
Image 1 – Media ownership matters – monopolies over media can lead to covert (or in this case not so covert) saturation or dissemination of a single opinion of the media controller. Audiences today...
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OMFG
‘Mindblowingly inappropriate’ was just one of the comments made in the public sphere about the controversial show. American teen drama television show Gossip Girl has by far been one of the most...
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin
Just found Bloglovin’ – and lovin’ it! (For a websurfer such as I, it is just my cup of tea!)
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Reinventing journalism
Q: Whatever happened to the three little pigs? A: They helped to reinvent journalism. On February 29, 2012 British newspaper The Guardian announced to viewers on UK’s Channel 4 their support of open...
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‘So where the bloody hell are you?’
It was the ad which made Lara Bingle famous, the ad whose typical Aussie language sent its target audience packing – and not destined for our shores: Tourism Australia’s 2006 advertising campaign which...
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OMFG
American teen drama television show Gossip Girl has by far been one of the most popular, and perhaps polarizing, shows of its genre in recent time. By the time credits were rolling in the pilot...
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Look beyond the headline
BCM110 is teaching me to challenge what I am presented with by the media. Through my weekly assigned blog posts I have been able to further explore the topics and issues raised in class, discovering...
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Rainy day no reason not to play
It may be raining in my neck of the woods but that doesn’t keep me down – I actually love the rain! So, in honor of dreary but cheery days everywhere, here are some wet-weather favorites I’m loving...
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The Blair Witch [transmedia] Project
This is the ‘logo’ for the film; similar stick figures are recurrent throughout the film, a symbol of the apparent ‘witch’ presence. Our worlds are transmedia worlds. In terms of transmedia...
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(Not the Monster) Mash
The ‘MashUp’ has become a feature of contemporary pop music culture. Remix culture has become integrated into today’s mainstream media through the ‘mash-up’, which – in terms of music – brings familiar...
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Anonymous: hacktivism online, activism offline
Anonymous is a global network of hacktivists, whose reach is wide and infamous. If iPhones are the gateway to involving youth in modern protesting, parent companies are the roadblock – and Anonymous...
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From the Burn Book to Twitter trolling
Queen Bee of Tina Fey’s ‘Mean Girls’, Regina George contained her nasty comments about her peers to a ‘Burn Book’. I can only imagine the havoc Regina George could have wreaked had she had Facebook,...
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