During the semester I’ve found using this blog helpful for exploring my own ideas surrounding media. For instance, this post I wrote on Remixing Art  which allowed me to examine glitch art and the editing of art on Tumblr. As glitch art was described as remixing to create something new and acceptable I wanted to contrast this with remixing art to generate buzz or attention for someone’s personal blog.

I have also used this blog to discuss media that interests me. The posts Audience Participation In Storytelling and Ethics use readings and lectures as a prompt to discuss concepts that relate to games, a media form I’m particularly interested in. I was able to draw on previous experience in my Ethics post to grapple with ideas in a way that I understood, while games allowed me to talk about audience participation in a way to could structure future potential narratives.

This blog has also been helpful for brainstorming ideas. Using the prompt during week 10’s  lectorial activity on Institutions I was able to write a piece on Facebook collaborating with my peers a post.

By articulating ideas on my blog I’ve also improved my ability to reflect in other subjects My Illustrated Auschwitz post was able to combine concepts of editing I was learning in my Media workshops, with a movie I’d seen in my cinema studies course. I was able to use my new understanding of the reading “Blood in the Gutters” to better analyse the film.