Emergent Media
Developing a Digital Artefact
We are diving into the deep end this week. “Start your digital artefacts” we were told. Like I said in my introduction, having an online presence is something that I have wished to fade away over the years and now I have to have this online presence and get marked on it? If that isn’t…
What Message are you Receiving?
We are constantly communicating. We can be sitting in a lecture room listening to a lecturer or catching up with our friends about how drunk we got on the weekend. We are either sending a text to your best friend about how bored you are or replying to a group chat or uploading a status…
Leaving My Comfort Zone
Here’s the video I thought I would never upload. A YouTube video with me in it. I’m pushing away all my self doubt and talking about my DA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBrRVECcBYs As said in the video, I am thinking of doing an Instagram page where I give tips on how to improve adolescents mental health using essential…
I Have An Addiction
One of the fastest growing trends of the internet has to be GIFS and Memes. One minute I barely used FaceBook, then next thing I know I’m being tagged in over 40 Memes and GIFS a day because myself and all my friends have an addiction. Producing GIFS that make people genuinely laugh is really…
What Is True?
Reading through one of this weeks readings, “What is the problem with social media?” (Hall, Jordan), I found myself being interested in a topic that I didn’t know existed. Supernormal stimuli is how things have been constructed by society, lost their original meaning, which result in things no longer bettering us. Being able to ‘connect’…
Propaganda
Ever since starting my Uni course, I hear the word propaganda constantly. To me, the word ‘propaganda’ was just a big word that I was never going to understand. Propaganda, by its definition is ‘information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.’ Memes manage to…
Construction of Perception
As I scroll through my Instagram feed I notice all these incredible adventures that people are going on, but is this just a constructed perception? This photo is from my Instagram page of 16 year old Ruby, in New York. I captioned this post “ice skating” but I can’t skate to save my life. If…
I’m Officially Confused
Honestly, the terms discussed today are still confusing me so let’s try to break it down. Hyper-reality: “is an inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality” (online dictionary) Therefore, viewers do not exactly know if what is shown is real or fake. “It’s here and not here” as Ted would say.…
A Life Update
Here is an update about my DA. My video discusses the people that have affected my DA since beginning my instagram account. Link to Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/loveyourlight_/?hl=en Love Your Light is aimed at adolescents who are looking to improve their mental health through the use of positive quotes, crystals and essential oils. I really do…
Content Creators
People create content to gain something else. Take away the money gained, the followers who followed and the fame risen, would they still create? I was told the HSC was important. Was it true? No. It was a constructed reality that I was told. I will always regret finishing high school for many reasons but…
Do We Really Have Privacy?
We are always told by our parents; “be careful what you put online”. Yeah well, they’re right. Everything that we do online is being recorded. It’s like a life lesson. ‘Don’t say something you don’t mean’ … yeah well, don’t do anything online that you don’t want others seeing. During HSC my teacher played a…
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