I took this photo for another subject, but I thought it was a good example of the saturation of media you experience in the city. You can see advertising in this photo even though, the camera is not pointed at the adverts directly.
In this article Dijck and Poell (2015) investigate the rise of social media and it’s affects on Europe’s public service broadcasting (PSB). The article discusses how the mission of PSB has always been to speak to and engage with their citizens. PSB envisioned their role as one…
This blog by Kevin B. Lee introduces video essays on film. Poll: The Best Video Essays of 2015
In this week (week 10) we discussed what a video essay actually is. What I found interesting about Nick Moore’s video is the amount of creative freedom given to those making a video essay. Coming from many years of structured essays and lab reports I…
Here is another example of the the active audience of today. My group for PB4 told me about a Youtuber (PewDiePie) who became famous for posting Youtubes of himself playing/reviewing video games. You probably have heard of him, I’m quite out of the loop with…
Notes on class discussion. The printing press was invented in 1440. This caused massive change in the production and access to media. The printing press was the father of mass literacy, also it meant that knowledge could travel through space and time. At this point…
There are so many current examples of how the audience can participate and even change the shape of the media industry. Take the video above for example, these celebrities have been affected enough by these meaningless comments their audience has tweeted about them, that there…
This wonderfully short piece written by David Morley discusses how audiences have been viewed historically and the different views people hold of Audiences today. He makes some interesting points, including how the Audience of a novel differs from other audiences in the way it is…
Jay Rosen’s short piece The People Formally Known as the Audience discusses how the dynamic between media productions and audiences has changed. He mentions how media and the audience were previously seen as having a broadcasting relationship. For example, the audience of a radio or television program…
Before we leave week 8 in all it’s former glory behind, and move into the unknown of week 9 I would just like to talk about this amazing Ted Talk I watched the other day. As there was no reading or lecture for this week,…