November 2009
3 posts
DIGC101 ESSAY- 'Go Blog Yourself: the pinnacles...
By Michelle Diab
‘Blogalist’ is the grammatically incorrect term generated from a combination of the words ‘blogosphere’ and ‘journalist’. Also possible is the word ‘journosphere’, which sounds like an accurate representation of what is occurring in Web 2.0. Moreover, ‘citizen journalist’ is the correct term employed and the type of persona undertaken for my 13-week-long web...
“What is amazing about a digital culture… is that it fosters community...”
– Deuze, M 2006, ‘Participation, Remediation, Bricolage: Considering Principal Components of a Digital Culture The Information Society’, An International Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 63 – 75, accessed 29/10/2009, available http://www.andredeak.com.br/pdf/Digital+Culture+06.pdf
October 2009
8 posts
DIGC101 SL
When I created my Second Life account my main aim was to make this persona very different from my real life persona. I did this for privacy reasons, as well as creativity, because you can create a totally different person to yourself and that is interesting. I am going to be a female with plain coloured hair, although I think I might experiment with my looks. My clothing is going to be mismatched...
QUESTION ONE
tommarks:
COMPANY CHOSEN - DREAM WORLD
As a promotion for Dream World, we believe it would be a good idea to create an identical replication of the theme park in SL. The users would be able to do everything that would be able to do at the theme park, including going on rides and buying fairy floss. It could be a meeting place where people who are collectively interested can organise to meet up...
DIGC101 wk 11 Andrew Whelan lecture
Piracy- the cost of storing content/broadband is going down, but the cost of entertainment (e.g. dvd) is remaining constant.
So, these two effects facilitate piracy.
Technology is moving faster than the law can keep track of it.
Fandom & sub-culture can also facilitate this, as well as digitalisation of content.
AFACT- Anti-copyright agency.
In the 80s you would have to pay a tax for...
DIGC101 web proj essay ideas
I have begun to critically think about my web project in terms of the reflection essay. I posted my essay question in my last Tumblr blog post; however, I did not clarify the three main points I wish to make. Because my question is about the possibilities of the virtual world in terms of self-expression, the theme I will focus on is user-generated content (mainly wk 10s topic ‘Be the media’). The...
DIGC102 wk 10 class work- forum questions
movieforums.com —> Movie Reviews Michelle Diab, Emily Dodd, Kate Nealon and Arianne Puckeridge
1. To what extent are your movie choices influenced by other user reviews on Movie Forums?
2. What types of emotions are evoked when you find many agreeing with your responses? Could you compare these feelings to those experienced in person-to-person interaction?
3. How do you feel when...
DIGC101 reflection.
As we are approaching the end of semester, I feel as if I have reached a plateau with my web project. I am very happy with the changes I made, in terms of creating a fictional town for more opportunities, and altering the logo to reflect my theme. However, my web project feels lifeless without interaction from mobile forms of technology, such as video. Using my mobile phone and camera to take...
DIGC101 Wk 10 Reflection Essay Notes
For my online identity I chose to create a news website for a fictional town. My news blog is a mixture of news stories, feature articles and interviews. This is the research question I have come up with for my reflection essay:
The online domain allows a considerable amount of self expression, presentation of thoughts and ideas. To what extent has my online presence allowed manifestation that...
DIGC101 best online integrity video
After watching all of the academic integrity videos, I am quite impressed with all of the groups. It was hard to decide on a favourite video but I ended up choosing ‘Food for Thought’ for a few reasons. I think it was put together very well and I liked the use of stop motion filming as it gave the video an olden day feel. Not only was it entertaining, but it also clearly and cleverly demonstrated...
September 2009
13 posts
DIGC101 another reflection....
I just finished editing another interview editing for my web project. I think this video is much better than my first interview, as I took on board some advice from Chris! I shortened the interview to about six minutes, and I also added a song onto the end to make it flow like a radio segment. I enjoy doing interviews because it ties in with my newspie theme by taking a ‘piece’ of someone and...
DIGC102 Industry Analysis Report- Michelle Diab
Industry Analysis Report: Social gaming
How has social gaming added a ‘new layer’ to the gaming industry?
http://www.socialtimes.com/images/mytopia.gif
Introduction
This report will discuss the ways in which social gaming has altered the established gaming industry in terms of revenue, nature of social games, target market, platform mobility and the future of social gaming. Perry (2008)...
DIGC101 Folksonomy Wk 9
A system of taxonomy based on the collaborative production of ‘tags’ for the indexing and categorising of content.
Tagging of images and information by networks of users!
A tag is a piece of information, a type of description, to provide information on the location of the object. An act of ownership on a physical location at a specific time and place.
Meta data- data that describes data,...
DIGC101 Wk 9 Class work
The theme of my blog is news and current affairs, so I have searched for recent events and photos that I think will be newsworthy. First I searched for ‘dust storm Sydney’ in the text search, as this is the most relevant recent news. I received a massive 1,934 results (when I searched half an hour ago I found 1,647 results). In this search I found many, many similar photos and had to sift through...
thisislisa:
greenapplesandcoconuts:
thisislisa:
Does anyone know how many academic sources we need for the DICG102 assignment? Or how many sources we need altogether for that matter?
I’m not sure! I’m guessing around 10, that’s the general requirement. It’s only 1000 words so don’t use too many
Thanks for your help! I’ve got about 3 academic sources, plus the actual industry websites, so...
DIGC101 reflection on online presence
So far everything is going good with my online identity. It’s funny how you think you know what your identity is going to be, then you find yourself making changes in week 8! After much deliberation, I have changed my banner to reflect the meaning of my website (as suggested by chris). I thought it’d be difficult to put a pie in a rectangular banner, so instead I made a collage of...
DIGC102 Class work wk 8
An online community that I am interested in is MovieForums; a society of individuals informally reviewing movies. I think this forum is an excellent idea for people to discuss movies amongst themselves, expressing their own beliefs and learning off others. Many movies impact people and it is good to discuss your opinions with others. This site is also a useful tool for movie producers, as they can...
thisislisa:
Does anyone know how many academic sources we need for the DICG102 assignment? Or how many sources we need altogether for that matter?
I’m not sure! I’m guessing around 10, that’s the general requirement. It’s only 1000 words so don’t use too many
DIGC101 wk 7 reflection on google webpage
Today we had the chance to create a googlesite and I must say it is one of the simplest websites/profiles I have created. Comparing it to my experiences with Myspace, Facebook and Wordpress, it is easy to navigate and I figured out a lof of things by myself.
I have decided to make this web page a collection of my uni work, just so I have it all in the one place and others may read it too. I am...
DIGC101 Week 7 YouTube- Public and Private
The looking glass self
- Your actual knowing of yourself occurs through the interpretation of our understand of how others view us – it is a double action.
- We consider ourselves through the looking glass – the eyes of other people.
- E.g. what is so and so thinking about me now?
- What happens when you introduce a webcam to this theory? Your sense of self is made permanent through the...
DIGC102 Presentation outline
Research area: Social gaming – Online gaming industry ¡Think Facebook & MySpace games- Farmville, Mob Wars, Texas Holdem Poker etc.
Importance:
• Both gaming and social networking are increasingly being used in our technologically accelerating society.
• Facebook is commonly used as almost everyone I know holds an account. It is a utility that connects people from different communities...
DIGC101 reflection web project
So it’s week 6… And I have decided to slightly change the theme of my web project! Initially I was doing a news blog on real events in my area, however, I realised this limits my creative ability. Therefore, I will combine a mixture of real events/interviews and made up stories in a town with a novelty name. I hope to conduct more interviews and upload them on Youtube, as well as...
DIGC101 Wk 6 Youtube video reflection
Today Sam, Adam and I filmed a short Youtube video on plagiarism. I enjoyed this activity as we had a laugh, whilst also learning about the importance of academic integrity. Although most plagiarism occurs when a person uses the ideas of an academic without referencing, we acted out a skit of a student plagiarising from another student because it seemed the most feasible for the time we had.
I...
DIGC102 Wk 6 class work
The industry I am interested in is Journalism; both online, print and broadcast.
You can find the Journalism Code of Ethics here, and you can find the Online Journalism Code of Ethics here
August 2009
37 posts
Digc101 some web project reflecting
Learning about social networking and blogging about my social networking practices has made me think about its impact on the world. Most people I know use Facebook; its kind of like a phonebook equivelant for the internet. Perhaps I feel as if my web project is a bit lacking because no one knows about it!Thus, no one is networking with me and it doesn’t feel like a real website. I’d...
DIGC101 reflective essay
The internet is a valuable platform which has and will continue to alter the nature of communication. It facilitates interaction between many individuals and offers a realm of endless opportunities for online identities to be presented. The past four weeks of studying the subject New Media Communication and constructing an online identity has been a significant learning experience. The productive...
DIGC101 Task Wk 5 - SNS
Report on your SNS usage with reference to at least one of the background materials from the course outline.
I have been a user of social networking websites for some time, jumping from platform to platform for the past eight years. Initially I used MSN Messanger, an instant messaging platform from the same domain that provides Hotmail. At first I couldn’t remove myself from MSN; everyday after...
Does anyone know the submission process for the DIGC101 essay?
DIGC102 Information Search Assignment Report
The social issue that has been chosen for research is identity theft occurring through social networking websites. Various search engines were utilised and the same phrase was searched for across the eight search engines to create a level result.
A standard Google search returned three blogs in the top spots, suggesting the issue is of public concern and discussion. The highest ranking blog post...
Reflection on online persona DIGC101
I thought I’d reflect on what it’s like to conduct an audio interview as I recently did one for my blog. I found it fun but at the same time it was quite challenging. I didn’t realise how hard it was to make a clear cut segue between questions and answers, which hindered the interview. On my next interview I hope that my segues will be more defined, but as they say, practice makes perfect. It was...
DIGC 101 reflection web project
Wow I’ve come such a long way since my initial idea for the project! Kind of. I am very happy with the way things are going, however, I think I still need to add a bit of creativity and flair to my blog. I designed my logo and it took quite a while, but it’s unique and compliments the name of my blog.
One bump in the road that I encountered was when I attempted to upload a video onto...
I have a question re: DIGC102 info search report
Do you have to include websites in your bibliography that you did not use in your assignment, but only mentioned them?
Reflection on Online Identity DIGC101!
So far I am very pleased with my online identity. After a few chops and changes, I feel as if I am moving in the right direction with my blog.
Initially I was going to focus soley on hard news issues concerning the world. I realised that this limits me and I would basically be repeating other journalists, which is what I did not want to do. I want my blog to be practice, like a portfolio. I want...
DIGC101 partial class task wk3
Yair amichai-hamburger
Are they easy to find? Yes
1. What are they on about? He has a Ph.D from Oxford University and is the director of the Research Center for Internet Psychology. He has written a lot on the impact of the internet on the well being of individuals. Him and his colleagues wish to study how humans interact over the internet because they believe it will help them create a...
DIGC101 partial class task wk3
Barry Wellman
1. Are they easy to find? Yes
2. What are they on about? He studies the development and maintenance of social networks. He basically studies how people uses social networking sites to gather information and he analyses the impacts of these sites for large organizations. For instance, one of his studies focused on Twitter users with the most updates. He is a heavy user and...
DIGC102 Bibliography
Links 999 2009, Advertising methods, accessed 11/8/2009, http://www.links999.net/development/business/advertising/advertising_methods.html
Kotler P, 2008, Marketing management: analysis, planning, implementation, and control, Prentice-Hall, 1988
Previte, J, Forrest, E 1998, ‘Internet Advertising: An Assessment of Consumer Attitudes to Advertising On the Internet’, Dunedin, New Zealand, 29...
DIGC 101 say "no" to myspace
After acquiring many difficulties with myspace, I have decided to use a different online social networking site to create my web project. I’m sure many of you can agree with me here; I found it hard to tailor my myspace profile to my needs, as the original myspace layout was essentially unmovable. I have chosen to use the blogging platform ‘wordpress’ instead. My site is...
“We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on...”
– http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Swing-Life-Away-lyrics-Rise-Against/43F4AE5E6D809D1848256EF0000C1728
Web Project so far!!!
Currently spending the final two hours of my day off this week working on my web project for DIGC101. I’m pretty excited to get it up and running, I’ve just thought of a profile name, soon I will get the picture down-pat and then I can start working on the nitty-gritty of it all- My news stories! I’ll blog more on it as soon as I get a few more things done :-) Hope everyone is...
DIGC102 Task (partner w/ tommarks)
1. Select One of the following suggestions or identify your own sub-industry
in consultation with David or Chris in preparation for your first assignment:
Advertising
3.Keywords
Internet advertising
Print advertising
New media marketing
Shift in advertsing
new methods
Australia
4. Search Engine Math and Boolean Operations
Internet + advertising
Advertising + adapting + internet +...
Thoughts on the first assignment
So, after an educational day at uni, I thought it would be a good idea to unwind but unfortunately my mind can’t escape the awesomeness of DIGC102. I’m sitting here infront of my laptop with my gorgeous kitten Nala sleeping on my lap, so I thought I’d open up my subject handbook and check out the first assignment question.
Identify a current political, social or cultural issue
...
Myspace so far
I am trying to figure out how to edit a wonderful photo to use for my profile, but this computer has a weird editing program so I’m stumped. Haven’t got to the profile just yet
Take Two
After reading Jason’s blog I have realised that I should probably add more information describing my envisioned Myspace profile.
Ergo, I want my profile to be professional but light-hearted. I will be encompassing a mixture of news stories, news reviews and opinion articles. I will be using my real name, photograph and email address, however, I will not be providing any other information...
Breaking News
I am currently in my DIGC102 tutorial, brainstorming ideas for an online identity, a requirement for the subject. The downfall is that social networking website Myspace will be the platform for our blogging. I generally associate Myspace with teens, tweens and everything colourfully immature inbetween. However, it is a decent avenue for creativeness as it allows you to quite flexibly customise...
What exactly does the reflection essay have to be about, I found the subject outline unclear. Or is it just me?
Damn, they got me this time
What do you think of the new Mother Surge?