After watching my studio’s work I was really taken back by how the video Targeted Advertising: Harms vs Benefits and Amelia Wilkinson’s Targeted and Dark Ad’s video were able to explore the moral and ethical side of AI and targeted ads. To me I see dark ads and targeted ads as something which can provideContinue reading A5 pt2 Studio Review

The Truth about TikTok – Lachlan Bahr S3903004 from Media Factory on Vimeo. The question which I was focusing on for my assignment was “The truth about the TikTok algorithm” or in other words how the TikTok algorithm truly works in order to run such a wildly successful app. I approached this task by researchingContinue reading Exegetical statement + Video Link

I found that in this studio collobration was integral to the devlopment of our final projects as we received feedback on our work and offered to others. I believe getting feedback from someone working on the same project as you can be very helpful for figuring out ways to tackle problems which someone else mayContinue reading Blog Post 11

During the creative process of making my film I faced many challenges especially given my Mac Book Air can often struggle to run large movie making files at one given time. It was my first time using animating software which I struggled with for the first week before I switched to a different animation softwareContinue reading BLOG 10

BLOG 8: During the week 10 reading we looked at oppression which exists in algorithms. What I found most interesting about the this reading is how a not only a “Artificial intelligence” which holds none of the flaws of human prejudice can still be oppressive towards certain groups of people. The other aspect is thatContinue reading Blog Post 8 and 9

During the week eight presentations I presented the rough idea, layout, and topic I wished to focus on. After presenting to the group experts from the ADM+S provided me with solid feedback about what areas of the TikTok algorithm I should focus on. They mentioned that I would find it difficult to find concrete evidenceContinue reading Blog Post 7

The topic I will be covering is how does the TikTok algorithm really work and how personal information do they know? I was aiming to create an introduction similar to that of many of the Vox videos in which they state the topic of their video and question they are answering within the first fewContinue reading Assignment 2 – Proof of Concept + exegetical statement 

In Gerrard Goggin’s article; Automated decision-making, digital inclusion and intersectional disabilities he focuses on and comes to the conclusion that more research is still yet to be done so that we can better understand the distribution of ADM across demographics. I found this to be similar to my own research. Since ADM is such a newContinue reading Week 6 Blog

Explainers videos just happen to be one of my favourite genres of video on the internet. To me they are like mini documentaries, another film genre which I love. The type of aesthetics in video explainers that stand out to me are bright, infographic style videos or well made mini documentary style with archival footageContinue reading Week 5 Blog

The focus area I am looking at is News & Media. I will specifically for my research project be looking at the TikTok medium and how automation and specific algorithms are used in order to make the app work. The two main questions I am seeking to answer in my video are 1. How doesContinue reading Week 4 Blog