This semester I with be conducting an ethnographic research project based on binge watching televisions shows and what effect it can have on your mental health. Throughout my research I have uncovered how binge watching television shows can be considered a waste of time, however it has come to my attention that this is something…
BCM215 COMMENTS
Pitch one: THE NEW KID ON THE CONSOL – Charlea Schembri Charlea’s Digital Artefact idea of analysing different games and their tutorials grabbed my attention straight away! I am someone who does not normally play games or even continues to watch the tutorial before playing the actual game, I am the type of person to…
I AM NOT A GAMER GIRL
Within my contextual blog post, I am wanting to continue on from my youtube video and to go into more detail about the different consoles I will be intending to use such as Xbox and PS4. I do not own my own consoles however, I will be borrowing my friends and Brothers, this also allows…
ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND ETHICAL ISSUES
This semester has allowed my academic research to take a slightly different turn as I have been able to understand the paradigmatic and theoretical framework of my media niche by research my own everyday habits and those around me, I will also be using social media, streaming platforms and different websites to analyse my data…
Liquid life???
So this week we learnt about liquid life…. Before this week I never knew what Liquid life was so if you are like me and you have no clue what it is, here are some definitions; Liquid life: ”Liquid life‘ is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern society…
DIGITAL ARTEFACT
This semester I will be creating an Instagram account, Tiktok account and a Youtube channel for my Digital Artefact. I will be interviewing individuals and asking them the same three questions; Who are you, What’s your philosophy in life? And if a genie granted you 3 wishes right now, what would you wish for?. I intend…
My attempt at planning
Problematise When researching my media niche I uncovered several different advantages and disadvantages it can have on an individual and how my particular media niche can impact someones mental health and well being. As my media niche is something that can be considered an act of laziness or a waste of time to others who…
Civilisation of the mind
Within weeks 3 lecture, Ted explains the the network society paradigm and also includes what cultural tropes have entered from our new communication paradigm (DR Mitew, 2020). At the beginning of the lecture ted provides us with a quiet from the scientific American, 1880 which expresses the global nervous system ‘the time is close at…
My Field Site – narrowed down
Having figured out my media niche is basically being obsessed with binge watching television shows, I am able to narrow down my niche into different aspects of either the genre of the television show, the length of each series, the cast members and the story line. Narrowing down my media niche has been very simple…
EVOLUTION OF THE TELEGRAPH
The evolution of the telegraph is something that has kept changing over and over again for numerous years…. honestly, I do not think we are even finished yet! Within our lecture this week we were given a very in-depth insight on the evolution of the telegraph. Lets start at the beginning, in 1838, Samuel morse…
Perspective Photography 