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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Next next generation a long way off?
http://rssmedia.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-next-generation-long-way-off.html
A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Monday, February 26, 2007. Next next generation a long way off? Many criticise new media for the rapid rate of development, arguing that consumers are being forced to an endless upgrade cycle which is both expensive and environmentally disastrous. For videogames hardware at least, it looks like there could be some stability, forced on the industry by the difficulty in turning development into profit.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: 'Wii are not to blame'
http://rssmedia.blogspot.com/2007/02/wii-are-not-to-blame.html
A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Monday, February 19, 2007. Wii are not to blame'. According to a blog, research has suggested that investigations into the links between violence in videogames and violence in real life have been flawed. Of course there isn't! Posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 7:33 pm. Comments: Post a Comment.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Web2.0 (You've Been Framed)
http://rssmedia.blogspot.com/2007/03/web20-youve-been-framed.html
A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Monday, March 26, 2007. Web20 (You've Been Framed). All this talk of Web2.0 extending the opportunities of audiences, democratising the media and engendering greater creativity does get away from the fact that all kinds of rubbish gets posted on YouTube:. Posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 8:00 pm. Comments: Post a Comment.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Loads on videogames
http://rssmedia.blogspot.com/2007/03/loads-on-videogames.html
A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Tuesday, March 06, 2007. Where to start (there's so much recently)! The BBC have a useful article which goes through the evolution of videogame. It might seem a bit frivolous. But remember that the controller is the means of interaction with the videogame. System. Traditional controllers, especially the bigger and more fiddly ones of recent years, are said to favour male gamers; the Wii's.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Yet more on the end of TV
http://rssmedia.blogspot.com/2007/02/yet-more-on-end-of-tv.html
A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Monday, February 26, 2007. Yet more on the end of TV. That's the box in the living room - TV programmes are more pervasive than ever thanks to another download service, this time from BitTorrent. Posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 9:06 pm. Comments: Post a Comment.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Get a life
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A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Thursday, March 08, 2007. Virtual worlds are very popular, largely owing to the freedoms they allow; in Second Life for example, you can be whoever you want to be (and do just about anything! The problem is that nothing can escape big-business. So, to stick with Second Life, the place is filling up with adverts and even a casual internet. Posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 9:13 pm. Comments: Post a Comment.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Timed essay
http://rssmedia.blogspot.com/2007/04/timed-essay.html
A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Monday, April 23, 2007. On Friday 27th April you'll be doing a timed essay, L6 media class:. To what extent are new media technologies changing the way that audiences consume the media? Posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 9:39 pm. Comments: Post a Comment.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Case Study Example: Videogames
http://rssmedia.blogspot.com/2007/04/case-study-example-videogames.html
A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Case Study Example: Videogames. There's an example of the sorts of things you should gather for your case study if you're doing videogames on the RSS Media Studies site. Even if you're not doing videogames it might be useful to have a look. Posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 11:53 am. Comments: Post a Comment.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Go!
http://rssmedia.blogspot.com/2008/04/go.html
A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Materials for NMT are on the above site. Posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 9:17 pm. Comments: Post a Comment.
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RSSMedia's NMT Blog: Film special effects
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A guide for students preparing for OCR's Audience and Institutions unit (2732): New Media Technologies. Monday, April 23, 2007. The BBC has a good article on CGI,. Focusing particularly on ILM. You would be sensible to gather some quotations about the increase in quality year-on-year, as well as on the possibilities offered by CGI. Posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 9:43 pm. Comments: Post a Comment.
