The lecture today made me think about how media affects our brains after Dan asked the question; Does technology dictate society and culture? Or are we as humans in charge of how technology progresses? This video is pretty interesting:

Humanity is in charge of its own future, we can dictate how fast we want technology and media to go because we create it. If we want to have a world which is obsessed with media and not authentic, we… Continue Reading →

Todays lecture by Dan discussed technology, technique and culture. Here are some of the most interesting notes i wrote down from todays lecture =  Culture: Identifying subgroups within population The world as culture, humankind Art, theatre, cinema: creative expression Culture is… Continue Reading →

Extracts from A. Murphy and J. Potts (2002), Culture and Technology (Palgrave MacMillan) What is technology? The current range of meanings of the word ‘technology’ arose in the modern era. ‘Technology’was used sparingly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centurires, referring to a… Continue Reading →

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 →