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Stan's Thoughts: New Media
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009. New media, according to Wikipedia (2009), is. A term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century'. Put it plainly, new media is a catch-all term for all electronic communications which includes video and audio streaming, interactive user interfaces, online communities and live Internet broadcasting. New media for newbies. A social networking website. A website which focu...
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Stan's Thoughts: The power of Facebook
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. The power of Facebook. The phase: “Hey, add me on Facebook! 8221; is commonly heard these days, whether in schools or at workplaces. “Facebooking” has become a world-wide widespread activity among people of all walks of life to stay connected with their friends online, with Ivy Bean, aged 102, as the oldest Facebooker in the online portal. Equivalent to 35 times the entire population of Singapore! Businesses hitch on the millions of population readily available on Facebook as a me...
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Stan's Thoughts: Blogging vs Twitter
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Blogging is so dated. Now the latest rage among the Netizens is Twitter. The online form of SMS, in which Netizens give instant updates on their lives. The usage of Twitter has exploded. One may wonder what has caused Twitter to overtake blogging in terms of popularity. One possible reason is that blogging might be a hassle. Netizens have to think about and write a lengthy post while on Twitter, they can simply post a one-liner to update their friends on their lives. Whether yo...
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Stan's Thoughts: Traditional Advertising vs New Media Advertising
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Saturday, March 28, 2009. Traditional Advertising vs New Media Advertising. In these times of improved mediums of media and communication, do we still require advertising flyers that flood the mailboxes, slips of paper that are left on the screens of our cars or even leaflets slipped under our doors. Isn't the Internet a new wave of media and communication? Back to the advertising flyers which I received in my mail box. I realised it can be frustrating having to throw these slips of papers, some havi...
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Stan's Thoughts: The rise of the blogging community
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Sunday, March 22, 2009. The rise of the blogging community. Blog - Derived from "web log" is an online journal for posting diary entries or sharing of personal experiences and thoughts. In the recent years, blogging has became increasingly popular in Singapore. It was reported in. 17 July 2007) that there were approximately 862,000 bloggers in Singapore. This means that on an average, almost one in five are bloggers. So what are the profiles of the bloggers in Singapore? Though blogging is an excellent p...
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Stan's Thoughts: YouTube - The Phenomenon of 2006
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Friday, March 27, 2009. YouTube - The Phenomenon of 2006. Is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. It was founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. In November 2006, YouTube was bought by Google Inc. and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google. Today, in less than 3 years, YouTube became one of the top 10 most visited websites in the world ( Source : Hitwise. Why do people visit YouTube? The rise of...
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Stan's Thoughts: iPhone - A wonderful creation
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Friday, March 20, 2009. IPhone - A wonderful creation. On 9 January 2007, Apple. Shook the world by launching the iPhone which completely redefines what users can do on their mobile phones. According to the Apple website (2009), the iPhone is a small and lightweight handheld device. Combining three products—a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and maps.'. Ministry of Informa...
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Stan's Thoughts: Internet, a shopper's haven?
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Thursday, March 12, 2009. Internet, a shopper's haven? The Internet is such a wonderful invention. It revolutionises the dissemination of information and changes the way we communicate, make friends and do business. It quenches the thirst for knowledge for the information junkies and the "curiosity cats" as well as setting the trend of doing shopping online. Online shopping and local shopping websites are becoming more and more popular among Singaporeans in the recent years. According to Nielsen. The ris...
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Stan's Thoughts: e-Porn, The age of the narcissist
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Sunday, March 15, 2009. E-Porn, The age of the narcissist. With the fast-moving advancement of technology and the ease of use of the Internet, it seems that a new craze is born, that is DIY porn or e-Porn (an affectionate name which I calls it). The Blair Witch Project. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Introduction to Stan's blog. Stan has always been interested in communications and media related stuff and has fascination over the evolution of the communications and media spectrums. Here, in Stan...
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Stan's Thoughts: The ever-evolving media
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009. It is no longer news that today’s media spectrum is rather complex and changing at a rapid pace. People have more choices and control now over what media they want to use, when and how. Thus, they can be less loyal and are sampling a great number of options available to them today. There are three fundamental shifts in the evolution of the media spectrum. First, there is a shift in power from BIG. Corporations, institutions, government agencies etc) to the SMALL. General masses)&...
