The readings for week 10 has taught me some very interesting things.
The most important thing – at least for me, is the fact that social media isn’t taking over. For the longest time, I always thought that public broadcasters were gradually becoming irrelevant. Here’s a short list as to why that isn’t the case: Continue reading
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In this day in age, it’s safe to assume that most households have some form of access to the internet. Whether it’s through cable, ADSL, fibre-optics, satellite, or even through the use of wireless 3G/4G networks that is used predominantly by mobile phones. Access to the internet is such a huge phenomenon, that it is deeply integrated into our society and culture. Consequently, this leads many to look for the best internet provider to improve their internet experience. But what impacts on a consumers internet experience? As consumers, we look for a number of things in our internet service providers (ISP’s) – reliability, customer service, cost, contract length and the terms of service. However, one thing that I personally look for when deciding on a ISP is the internet speed. Internet speed is more often than not, the deciding factor when choosing which ISP to go with (personally). But how important is fast internet speed? Continue reading
Game of thrones – George R.R. Martin
Who says a protagonist can’t die?
I didn’t get much from this week’s lectorial, unfortunately. I just wasn’t in the right mood to focus after Rachel’s typo of ‘public’ to ‘pubic’. That was way to funny. Anyway, one thing that stands out was one of Brian’s points on what makes a protagonist. He stated that a protagonist cannot die. While this may be the case for the majority of narratives, there are a number of times where writers/directors will do the exact opposite. Continue reading
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Week five has finally begun after a week long break!
As usual, we expanded on the knowledge presented by the readings in the lectorial. One of the central themes of the readings was semiotics; which is the study of signs and symbols and their use within interpretations. Long story short – interpretations can widely differ from person to person as a result of a number of variables Continue reading
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As a result of the Labour day, this week lectorial was cancelled (Yay!). As a result, I’ll only be speaking about this weeks readings. This weeks set of readings by David Gauntlett, all followed a pretty central theme. Gauntlett proposes a possible shift in the way we think of media from an industry perspective, and how a change can benefit the industry in the future. At least, I think that’s what he was saying – let me explain.
Before I begin, let me preface this by saying that this post is a post relating to the reading of week two, while also being an initiative post; where I relate an idea to media that I have encountered.
To summarise, the reading for week two was a comic about comics. And it was by far one of my favourite readings I’ve encountered so far. Let me explain. The reading explained the importance between the spaces of the frames within a comic. It discussed how we – as an audience, have an active role to play while reading a comic, as we commit closure to make a link between the frames within a comic. Closure is described as “observing the parts but perceiving the whole”.
Credit – Scott McCloud “Blood in the Gutter”