Posts Tagged ‘netcom2011’
In relation to one of the first posts of this blog ‘A Critical Response To Sharing on the Internet’ I have come across an article by Time Magazine which I think you will all be interested in reading. The author states that from a new study shows that 45% of employers ‘screen’ interviewees on their […]
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Tags: Internet Privacy, netcom2011, Social Networking
After lecture seven, the idea of ‘citizen journalism’ (CJ) has been playing on my mind. In ‘Citizen Journalism: New Media, An Introduction by Terry Flew he looks at different definitions of CJ: – ‘Every citizen is a reporter’ (pp 143) and ‘Participatory Journalism: the act of a citizen or group of citizens playng an active […]
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Tags: Citizen Journalism, netcom2011, Prod-Usage
Question Posed: Burgess and Green argue that: ordinary people who become celebrities through their own creative efforts “remain within the system of celebrity native to, and controlled by, the mass media” (Reader, page 269). Discuss the argument by giving an example of a YouTube video. Celebrity defined: 1– A famous person: a show business personality […]
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Tags: Justin Bieber, Mass Media Communication, netcom2011, New Media, YouTube
Just ‘Google It’- a parody.
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Tags: Google Parody, netcom2011, New Media
The iGeneration is described as ‘tech-savvy kids who want to be constantly connected’, ‘its in their DNA’ (Jayson, 2010). New Media allows us, the iGeneration and other Internet literate generations- X, Y and Z to decide for themselves what is worthwhile. With hundreds of blogs, web pages and information avenues consumers can now find information […]
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Tags: iGeneration, netcom2011, New Audiences, New Media, Prod-Usage
Licensing Decisions
Question Posed: Following week 10 tutorial’s exercise, explain why you chose the Creative Commons license that you added to your blog and discuss the relevance (or not) of adding the license. After looking at the varying licenses, three licenses jumped out at me: 1) Attribution Non-Commercial 2) Attribution No Derivatives 3) Share-alike I chose to […]
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Tags: Creative Commons, netcom2011
Question Posed: Lovink (Reader, page 219) argues that bloggers are creative nihilists “who celebrate the death of centralized meaning structures and ignore the accusation that they would only produce noise”. Nihilism is defined as: 1. total rejection of established laws and institutions. 2. anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity. 3. total and absolute destructiveness, especially […]
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Tags: Blogging, Narcissism, netcom2011, Nihilism, Prod-Usage
Julian Assange makes the top 100 in Times Magazines infamous list!
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Tags: Julian Assange, netcom2011, Time Magazine
Question Posed: WordPress “masks the database and creates a continuous blogging experience within the browser” (Helmond in Reader, p. 180), yet the database is rigidly defined and categorised. Discuss how this shapes the way we interact with the World Wide Web through blogging and how it affects user agency. There are some consumers who are […]
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Tags: Agency, Blogging, netcom2011, Wordpress
Question posed: Russell (et al.) compares elite media and institutions with bloggers and ponders the following question: “Do bloggers, with their editorial independence, collaborative structure and merit-based popularity more effectively inform the public?” (Reader, page 136). Do you agree? Use examples to illustrate your point of view. Blogs are sharp, short and to the point. […]
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Tags: Blogging, Interactivity, netcom2011, Robert Peston
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