April 2011
2 posts
More Health = Better Health?
In her post for week 5, Katrina argues that, “new technologies are blurring the boundaries between the producer and the consumer, where the content is produced by the ‘players’ themselves.” And that opinion is reflected in Casey and Camille’s blog as well.
While it is true that technology can provide means of access to producing and assimilating vast amounts of information,...
Identifying the Media Life
Let me start with an intriguing quote that Heidi Cutlack mentioned in her blog:
“When it all come’s down to it, the power lies in the hands of the common Social networker; which do you prefer? The cyber world or the real world?”
The nature of that statement reflects the opinion of many people who’re panicking because of the belief that, “Their life is lived in, rather...
March 2011
3 posts
The Internet Helps Me Be You
We are living in an age where nobody wants to be themselves anymore.
Camille wrote on her blog on reflection of iPod culture: “ Therefore, it is easy to identify that technological evolution with humans need to form an identity is sadly preventing people from portraying there true self to the world.”
While this is in reference to the iPod culture, it is reflected very clearly in...
Stretching the Internet: World of Warcraft
I’ve been a WoW player for some time now, and I’ll try my best to touch surficially how it uses internet in it’s fullest extent to maintain such a loyal fanbase.
1) Internet Banking: Inconvenience can turn away many a loyal gamer. By having secure internet banking system, with a click of the button, anywhere in the world, you can continue playing your game! In addition, with...
Your Space, Myspace Whose Space?
… the signalling value of detailed social network information will decline. But that decline will only occur because the signal loses value through repeated deceptive use.
J Donath and d boyd, O 2004, ‘Public Displays of Connection’, BT Technology Journal, Vol 22 No.4, pp 77
According to an ongoing survey by J Campana and Associates LLC, an identity security company, an...