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New Media Interpretation: April 2011
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Monday, 11 April 2011. Would you trust the Internet to give you sound health advice? Drug News, 2010). The other day I was feeling rather under the weather and, as a busy Uni student, was rather annoyed. Like many others I don’t have the time or the money to go and see my doctor about every little thing. So, in an attempt to self diagnose, I ‘googled’ my symptoms online. Bennett, Gary and Russell E. Glasgow. 2009...Http:...
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New Media Interpretation: How are we perceived on the Internet and New Media?
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Saturday, 2 April 2011. How are we perceived on the Internet and New Media? We put ourselves out on internet, for the world to see, on a daily basis. We have Facebook pages, twitter accounts, blogs and various other social media platforms which we use to express ourselves. However, is how we want to be perceived, actually how we are being perceived? In this week’s readings, Deuze argues that. Our lives are lived. Leong, ...
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New Media Interpretation: May 2011
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Monday, 2 May 2011. Working in the media. It’s a tough industry to crack and an even harder one to succeed in. Working in the media is all about being in the right place at the right time, being passionate about your work and most of all… luck. I have very little luck, however, I am hoping that my passion will help me succeed in my career. I want to be a journalist, which would require me to be. Amsterdam: Institute of N...
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New Media Interpretation: Would you trust the Internet to give you sound health advice?
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Monday, 11 April 2011. Would you trust the Internet to give you sound health advice? Drug News, 2010). The other day I was feeling rather under the weather and, as a busy Uni student, was rather annoyed. Like many others I don’t have the time or the money to go and see my doctor about every little thing. So, in an attempt to self diagnose, I ‘googled’ my symptoms online. Bennett, Gary and Russell E. Glasgow. 2009...Http:...
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New Media Interpretation: Should Politicians be using social media sites?
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Monday, 28 March 2011. Should Politicians be using social media sites? 8220;The use of social media […] is just as likely to strengthen authoritarian regimes as it is to weaken them. 8221; (Shirky 2011). I am completely against politicians using these sites as a form of advertising which is why I found it refreshing when I found a quote from the Mayor of Saint Louis in America, Francis Slay. She gives an example of how A...
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New Media Interpretation: Working in the media.
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Monday, 2 May 2011. Working in the media. It’s a tough industry to crack and an even harder one to succeed in. Working in the media is all about being in the right place at the right time, being passionate about your work and most of all… luck. I have very little luck, however, I am hoping that my passion will help me succeed in my career. I want to be a journalist, which would require me to be. Amsterdam: Institute of N...
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New Media Interpretation: Who are you when you’re on the internet?
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Saturday, 12 March 2011. Who are you when you’re on the internet? 8220;Online, users can claim to be whoever they wish.” (Pearson, 2009). Within this week’s reading,. All the World Wide Web's a stage: the Performance of Identity in Online Social Networks. Erica Pearson describes web users as:. Pearson also uses two main metaphors (The Glass Bedroom and Front/Back Stage) when discussing internet users. Both of these readi...
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New Media Interpretation: March 2011
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Monday, 28 March 2011. Should Politicians be using social media sites? 8220;The use of social media […] is just as likely to strengthen authoritarian regimes as it is to weaken them. 8221; (Shirky 2011). I am completely against politicians using these sites as a form of advertising which is why I found it refreshing when I found a quote from the Mayor of Saint Louis in America, Francis Slay. She gives an example of how A...
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New Media Interpretation: Are you going to pay for that?
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Discussion of the readings provided in KCB206- New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond. Saturday, 19 March 2011. Are you going to pay for that? Thanks to the internet, music, movies and other forms of media from all around the world are easily accessed by the click of a button. In relation to the iPod, Steven Levy wrote in his book. Someone needs to do is scroll through your library on that click wheel, and, musically speaking, you’re naked.”. By doing this they have managed to decrease the amount of pirate...
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