Media | Michael Firus

What is it all for? – End of the day type stuff

Media can be many things. It can be provocative, detrimental, constructive and even totally impotent. However, as a general rule, I tend to think media should be used to do a little good. For the last four months, I have been editing small promotional clips for the charity organisation International Children’s Care. This charity works…

On Cars and Screens

Driving shotgun in my brother’s car, I couldn’t help but notice the display hub on the dashboard. The 8-inch touch LCD screen was the most prominent element. The screen was essentially the UI for an onboard computer; the functions of which were access to Spotify, maps and tethering to a mobile phone for a slew…

Legitimation

If didn’t know any better, I would assume Hunger Games Author Suzanne Collins got her inspiration from this article. In an almost disconcerting revolutionary tone, this piece documents a so-called turning point for the entity of the audience. Much like every other ‘progressive’ opinion piece, it is all about legitimation. The article outlines a transition…

Print Media vs Audio/Visuals

Physical Print is a medium which I am aiming to become more acquainted with, though modesty forbids I have some competency now. Ever since my stint as editor of my high-school magazine SCOBE, I have grown to like the idea of two-dimensional creation. Front and back cover (laid flat) of SCOBE. (Cover design by me)…

Media Audit: Bus stop No.1

Usually, about twice a week I take the bus to the train station. Now and then, the stunning efficiency of Melbourne’s bus network gives me time to contemplate the many sources of mediated information that a scattered all around: Timetable: humorous in its attempt at advice Braille: Tactile mediation Phone number Infographic …

Textual Analysis: History, Wider Context and Importance

Textual analysis is something that is done to some extent constantly and everywhere. Alongside humanity’s development of written language, the need for mutual understanding between the communicator and the communicant grew. At least this was how it most likely was early on. As the idea of culture developed and people began to formulate more and…

Media Audit: My Desk

My desk is a place of concentration, procrastination, entertainment, panic, serenity, research, curiosity, technology and clutter. Generally though, distraction is not what I’m going for. However, it is interesting that even in my innermost sanctum there is a crowd of persistent voices. This is a media audit of my desk. Myki and wallet logo…

A shift in Media – Unpacking David Gauntlett

The media environment in which we find ourselves is constantly changing. It is changing at a rate that surpasses that of any other field of the humanities, arts and mathematics. I can make such an audacious statement is because as an entity, media is created and consumed on a scale which surpasses that of any…

Class Brainstorm – Media – Immediate Response

Media is an extremely complex thing to define. Put simply it is the varios ways in which information is mediated. Put less simply: as beings with five senses, media is everything. But to bring this down to earth, what do I think of when I hear the word ‘media’? Mediation – transfer of ideas Influential…