A particular point I would like to highlight for my final blog is the abundance of change within the media over the last 5-10 years. Actions that used to takes hours to perform can be done in minutes and things that would usually take minutes now takes seconds. What am I talking about? Well a […]
A reading I found particularly interesting this week was that of Simon Rogers’ article in the Guardian providing a 10 point guide to data journalism and how it’s changing. This article had some four points that were particularly interesting to me that I thought to relate to: Rogers’ goes on to inform the reader that […]
An interesting point I found to be educating whilst i read through the prescribed readings for this week (based around the idea of ‘Media Ecology’) is the hard evidence towards the idea that individuals who hold power throughout the media on an international scale can also reflect the authority they hold over the general population […]
Hello again. Today I’m talking about something I found really quite interesting this week in our classes discussion; augmented reality. For those of you who don’t know, Augmented Reality basically merges information or images with video streamed from a webcam. This can be considered a step beyond data mash-up. The result is similar to virtual […]
Hello again, Today I will be discussing ideas related to media, cultural and social change and how they all influence each other. The enlarged image illustrating the evolution of man throughout time clearly demonstrates the cultural change evident throughout society today. We as a society have evolved to use mediums or some form of media […]
My Name is Olivia and I’m a third year student studying Media at The University of New South Wales and this blog includes my notes and thoughts in relation to one of the courses I’m currently studying ‘Advanced Media Issues’. In our first week we questioned ‘what is a media event?’ resulting in some interesting […]
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