Within this weeks Lecture we talked about IoT which translates to ‘Internet of things’, which is basically is ‘The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a system of interrelated, internet-connected objects that are able to collect and transfer data over a wireless network without human intervention. The personal or business possibilities are endless.’ Within todays society this concept…

This weeks lecture took a dark turn… Pun intended, basically we discussed the darker side of the network paradigm and the phenomena of hacking and cybercrime, which honestly I never new existed until this week. So within my blog post this week, I am wanting to dive in deeper and discuss what cyberwar really is. …

Okay, I am going to start off this blog post by explaining what a hacker and whistle blowers are because before this lecture I never really knew, so here I am going to help you all out :)) Hacker: so a hacker is a person who uses their computer to gain unauthorised access to data,…

Within this weeks lecture we discussed how digital information is packaged as property and also the key road of intellectual propter which is IP, control over the means of production of content in the networked information economy…… yes I did just reword SOLS again but it just words my opinion so perfectly!  Below is a…

Let’s start off by defining ‘Feudalism’ because lets be real, I had no idea what it was until Ted explained it so perfectly!!!  Feudalism: “describes relationships between lord and vassal (peasant) organised around property and allegiance.” Still confused??? Yeah same, but lets break it down, Feudalism is basically when a dominate social system in the…

Within this week we basically have inspected the different transitions from users locked into patterns of different consumptions to an economy based on issued control of the means of production of content….. Yes this may sound very similar to the description on SOLS however, this week confused me a lot!!   We also talked about…

Comment One: Michaela Shales – Gender Sexualisation in Games COMMENT: Hey Michaela, this was such an amazing video and blog post! This is such an important topic to discuss and bring attention too and you have done it in the best way! Honestly, I agree with you when you say that you have no interest…

So this semester I was very unmotivated to continue with any work within this digital artefact, the main reason as to why is because I honestly hate gaming, I am not someone who wants to sit down and play video games for hours on end, nothing against those people who do that, but I just…