Social Media

Are You Still Watching That?

One of our readings for this week is Making Public Television Social? Public Service Broadcasting and the Challenges of Social Media by J. Van Dijck and T. Poell. It’s main points are mainly about how television has become more ‘social’ due to the integration of social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, and how this […]

Feed Me

If there’s anything I’ve noticed on Instagram, it’s the rise of having a particular ‘feed’. I’m not going to lie, I, myself, are trying to achieve a certain feed for my profile. This means applying the same filters on your photos, or only posting certain photos to create your own feed. There is also a […]

Hashtag Brunch

Wednesday this week was yet another good day for me. It was a long day but it was a good day. Having had an early class that day (a catch-up lesson due to the public holiday), I was still set to have good day since I made the decision the night before to check out […]

Let’s Collab Dude

A reading we had for the week was ‘What is Collaboration Anyway?’ in The Social Media Reader (Hyde et al), which if it’s not clear enough in the title, is about collaboration. Because what better way to learn about being a team player than to read about how to be one. Sharing Is the First […]

Do You Remember?

Do I remember what? Honestly, week 5 has just been a complete blur to me. Partly because of the fact that week 4 was literally split in half due to mid-semester break, which technically wasn’t really mid-semester because there’s 14 weeks this semester and we had a break in week 4 instead of week 7, […]

Let’s Catch Up

Should we consider the friends we meet on social media like the friends we see on a day-to-day basis? Not really — to some extent. I say ‘not really’ instead of ‘no’ because I feel like that’s too strong and definitive as an answer. And I can already feel that I’m going to write an […]

It’s Authentic, Check The Label

Is being unmediated what makes you more authentic? How do we remain authentic in a world where most of our experiences are now mediated? My answer to the first question is no — to some extent. And to the second one, I’ll get to that. In this day and age, I think being ‘authentic’ isn’t […]