Authenticity in Social Media
Media 1: Week 2: Lecture 2 During the lecture this week the idea of authenticity with in media came up. In particular, authenticity within Social Media .One specific question on this topic was asked “Are the friends you have on…
Women’s History Month: Michelle Obama on International Women’s day
Michelle Obama for the past 7 years has proven herself to be a true role model for me and for others alike. In The United States it has become standard practice for First Lady’s to campaign for social issues during…
Recommendation: Presidential by The Washington Post
Over the past couple of months I have been waiting patiently each week for the next episode of Presidential. This podcast encompasses all of my passions; politics, culture, and media. Presidential by The Washington Post is a weekly podcast. Each…
Put on Your Thinking Cap!
While presenting our Self Portrait pieces in the Media 1 workshop today we were instructed to put on a specific hat to critique each other. The 4 hats we wore were: Yellow – Positive/optimistic, discuss what works well Red –…
WOAH! What’s That Widget? : Blog Update!
To the left you will now see a feed of my Instagram. I have decided to add an Instagram widget as Instagram is my preferred Social Media platform (over twitter) to share the latest moments in my life. Though my…
Project 1: Self Portrait
The following pieces of Media are artifacts I have collected for Project 1 in Media 1. I chose each of these artifacts to specifically show how I identify and label my self. There is a brief explanation below each piece….
All around us – Media 1 Lecture 2
Melbourne Central from Hannah Tepoorten on Vimeo. At the end of the lecture today we, the class, were tasked with going to different areas of Melbourne and recording what kinds and how much of media we encountered there. The group…
Young Scrappy Hungry
I will be using this blog during the time of my Networked Media class as well as throughout my media course this semester. As I previously stated in my introduction post I will be using this blog to reflect on…
Student Charter
The Student Charter is a part of the RMIT Student administration. The Student charter along with RMIT staff and students are committed to providing a safe, open, and honest community within the University. As this blog is a element of…
Project 1 – #StruggleBus
First class, first assignment, first sign of struggle. The first project brief for Media 1 is to create media components that will contribute to a self portrait. Anytime I hear/see the words “self-portrait” I only think one thing, “Crap!”. It’s…
