For the first time in world history, mechanical reproduction emancipates the work of art from its parasitical dependence on ritual. “Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and… Continue Reading
In todays lecture Brian spoke about institutions. What is an institution? An institution is an organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose, or an established law or practice. Some notes: Institutions Term from sociology Concern with organising… Continue Reading
Van Dijck and T. Poell, ‘Making Public Television Social? Public Service Broadcasting and the Challenges of Social Media’, Television & New Media, 2015, Vol.16(2), pp.148-164 This article investigates how the rise of social media affects European public service broadcasting (PSB), particularly in… Continue Reading
Todays tutorial we kept working on our project on mediums. It went well, i downloaded the found footage i will be using in the video i will create and i also began making the video. I made my first post… Continue Reading
In todays lecture we talked about audiences Who cares about audiences? Advertisers Commercial broadcasters, cable networks etc Production houses and individual program makers Government policy makers Social scientist/psychologists Cultural theorists/media scholars Changing conditions of audiences and consumers From broadcasting to… Continue Reading
Todays tutorial we worked on project brief 4. We decided a few days ago to focus on war and conflict in media and how it is presented rather than just the Syrian Civil War. This broadens the approach and makes… Continue Reading
Basically, this weeks readings focussed on the audience of several media outlets – and how the audience is taking control. Who is the audience? a group of consumers of a communicative event of some sort, those who are physically, and collectively,… Continue Reading
For project brief 4 – my group were given the media idea of ‘mediums’ We decided to give each of us a medium to work on – for example i’m working on audio. To have a common ground, we thought… Continue Reading
Todays lecture when Dan spoke to us was by far my favourite lecture. It completely interested me which was a refreshing change to all the previous lectures. He talked about narratives and the persuasiveness of a story, reminding us that everything is… Continue Reading
Below are some dot points of some messages Week 8’s readings were discussing: Eco, Umberto. (1985). “Casablanca”: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage. SubStance, 14(2), pp. 3-12. In order to transform a work into a cult object one must be able to unhinge… Continue Reading