It is being comfortable with change and flow as the day to day conditions of knowledge production and dissemination, and recognising that all of this may change, and appear differently in six months. Media is a constantly changing industry, growing… Continue Reading
Settle down kids, it’s story time, and then we’ll get into some questions. I was seeing this guy for a little while, and he seemed completely normal (we met online, but let’s not get into that can of worms just… Continue Reading
This is a bit of a continuation of my post from the symposium. I read this weeks reading tonight, and it sparked a few more ideas on the subject. Pareto’s 80/20 rule is essentially something that can apply to every… Continue Reading
In todays viral age, it seems like each day launches a new obscure singer to fame or gives a writer more readers than they could ever expect. But do these people really know when their posts are going to ‘go viral’? They can’t, it’s… Continue Reading
The idea of a neutral technology really stuck out to me this week. Specifically, how you define a technology as neutral. When Jason was saying that some technologies are more neutral than others, I agreed. But then, Adrian questioned him… Continue Reading
For the media essay, I’m going to focus primarily on film distribution and how that’s changed and evolved over time and how it will/could start changing and evolving in the future (essentially, see prior blog post for more detail). The… Continue Reading
This essay is really vague. I have an idea of what aspect of media I want to tie it into, (filmmaking/production), so now it’s just down to me to figure out how to connect that to the prompt. Brilliant. It… Continue Reading
In symposium this week, the idea of protection vs. surveillance was brought up in regard to what we post online. I’ve actually been hearing a lot about that from my family and friends lately, and it got me thinking about… Continue Reading
“Why was language created?” “To communicate” “No! To woo women!” –Dead Poets Society Over the break I went interstate to see my Pop after a surgery. Since my dad, (AKA my chauffeur) decided to stay until Monday, I found myself… Continue Reading
This is not the first blog I have owned or contributed to. However, it is the first one I have used for academic purposes. One thing I have always struggled with with blogs is consistently updating them. Writing is cathartic… Continue Reading