Maxim Postyn's Media Unit 6 Blog

On a personal levels, social media is used by individuals to document aspecrs of their day-to-day lives- so, sharing videos of their holidays etc. There is a degree to which there is a cross over between personal and professional- in which people use their social media accounts to further own their own business interests. This might be an existing celebrity, though increasingly, the lines become blurred- with celebrity vloggers, YouTubers etc. Kim Kardashian was paid $500,000 in 2015 to advertise Diclegis, a morning sickness pill.

In 2017 Molly Russell killed herself. Instagram CEO Adam Mossen was interviewed aout getting rid of all content including self harm. He said that it was easier said than done because by getting rid of all self harm related content, the suicide preventions are also getting rid of.

How have online technologies changed the way in which games are developed, created and consumed? Refer to the Long Tail Theory. Make it on a Slides document

To investigate the impact social media has had on human interaction Casey Pugh Made Star Wars Uncut- An example of a fan film. This is a film created by fans of a particular film, who are not officially commissioned to do so. This is an example of how online technologies have enabled a 'participatory culture' (Henry Jenkins, 2006), in which audiences can now participate (prosume) in the production and meaning of cultural products. Used Vimeo as a social media channel in order to reach fans: encourages fans to contribute to his film project. Creates his own website for Star Wars Uncut, in which fans can select the 15 second section of the original film they wished to create. This is an example of crowd sourcing, when media producers use online technologies to ask for staff or volunteers with specific skillsets to work on a project. The movie links to Anderson's Long Tail theory because despite the material being based on a film that came out 30 years prior, due to t...

Aim: To investigate the impact social media has had on the world Wikinomics This theory was developed by Tapscott and Williams in 2006 It is the sharing of information and ideas just using ideas. Could potentially lead to the cure for cancer or solution of global warming. The theory in practice of collaborative information in short.

What social medias do I use and what for? Web 1.0 The 'web' was initially developed in 1991 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. It was originally an information space, wherein consumers could access information It was fairly static, though hypertext (i.e. text that could be linked) was in development Web 2.0 A term coined by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty in 2004. Essentially, it is the theory that websites increasingly offered the potential for audience participation and collaboration In 2004, David Gauntlett suggested that traditional models of media 'gatekeeping' (mediated to the 'little people' by 'media gods') were gradually being eroded, and consumers were given a voice through enhanced web technologies, becoming prosumers . Web 3.0 The so-called 'Semantic Web'. Web 3.0 was a term first used by John Markoff in 2006. The Semantic Web is the process of allowing machines to understand the meaning of hyperlinked information to persona...

16th January 1 Hour 30 Minutes Last question is worth half the marks Brief based question with three sides of paper Spend 1.5 minutes per mark