April 2011
3 posts
Working in New Media
Week 6: Ask Doctor Web
These days, if you’ve got a medical concern, health problem, or a question on diet, exercise or better nutrition, the internet is right there ready to give you answers, information and advice for free. Only last week, when discovering a friend of a friend had developed shingles, I was immediately searching Google, seeking information of it’s symptoms, severity, and if it was contagious...
March 2011
4 posts
New Media, Beliefs, Politics and Ethics
As Leggereit mentioned the world is now connected. Where once the fight for rights, beliefs and our lives, may have been isolated to our corner of the world, the development of communication devices and into that of New Media, has given those connected, a window and a voice into all corners of the world.
Information production and distribution has changed since the invention of the Gutenberg...
Week 3 - The New Media Amusement Arcade: Music,...
Today’s New Media machine gives us the chance to access and create content from places and in ways like never before. You might have bought the digital copy of the new Radiohead album recently, months before it’s physical release (Radiohead 2011) - digital music sales in Australia alone increased by 30% in 2010 (Bennet 2011), or may be watching otherwise inaccessible Bollywood movies online...
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Week 2: Performing Me: Maintaining Visibility on...
This week’s lecture and readings focused on the performance of self through online social networking sites, and the presentation and connectivity of one’s online identity.
The ability to present ourselves via online Social Networks has brought with it a new multifaceted complexity to the already complex social order of displaying our connections. Donath and Boyd (2004. p78) state that...