Amy talks about the Murphie + Potts reading from week 7, creating a link between her Communication Histories and Technologies class and Networked Media. I have to agree with her, and note that some of my favourite parts of my Professional Communication course at RMIT has been running into these moments where things seem to beautifully collide and interact, helping inform me of a more holistic way to understand the world which I inhabit. An example of when this happened was after learning about Anderson’s theory of Imagined Communities in a first-year politics class, and then going on to use it for communication theory in several further classes such as Communication Debates & Approaches, and the course Understanding the Modern World at City University when I was on exchange. I hope that I continue this trend of interdisciplinary lifelong learning long after I graduate.

Ashleigh reflects on how much private information she surrenders in a simple Instagram post. This reminds me of an article I read last month which shows how easily Google Maps collects geodata on your locations and movement, and how quickly this information is pieced together to show meaningful information and patterns. #BIGDATA

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Amongst some on-point fashion analysis of Networked Media’s finest, Luke discusses Symposium 06 and gives a run down on the debate of art vs technology, and some observations on Nelson and his musings. Can we also just talk about how good his post on potato peelers is?!