During this weeks symposium Adrian started by going through tips on how to write a critical media essay which I actually found quite interesting, although I don’t think I will particularly use this in my final piece.

Adrian then went on to discuss the question how does the long tail affect the music industry?

It was actually quite an interesting symposium. If you missed it here’s a link to what a long tail is, and here’s a link to what a long tail is in relation to the music industry.

And now for my weekly stalk:

Stephanie has some good points about the symposium and relates the idea of the long tail as the new market place to iTunes.

Rebecca talks about the new social media site Ello (which by the way I STILL have not been invited to, not impressed ELLO) Also if anyone is reading this and has Ello, kindly send me a freaking invite. Who do they think they are, being all ‘invite only’ some elite sweet 16 birthday party, I feel like I’m in high school again, not getting invited to the cool kids hall parties…

Monique thinks about how the 80/20 rule affects the equality of an online network.