We understand the world through some constant glasses called frames. How we perceive and interpret a piece of content is dependant on it's assembly and intended frame, as well as our own association chains. These chains are made up of things like personal experiences and things we have learnt since being alive human meat sacks.... Continue Reading →

As outlined by Jürgen Habermas, the public sphere generally conceived as the social space in which different opinions are expressed, problems of general concern are discussed, and collective solutions are developed communicatively. Thus, the public sphere is the central arena for societal communication (Habermas 1989). Being an 18 year old girl who lives out of... Continue Reading →

Legacy media were once the gatekeepers of the worlds secrets, but the move of many-to-many networking has kind of fucked that up. We've made the transition from monologic media > dialogic media, and the news is no longer is our sole information source. Collective intelligence allows users to communicate with each other, which can be... Continue Reading →

The media ownership in Australia is currently dominated by the big dogs. Rupert Murdoch, as a one man band and former CEO of NewsCorp, owns over over 10 different newspapers alone. Although Murdoch owns the media channels to a certain degree, does he have any jurisdiction over what is broadcasted? Facebook IconSource Everything we use... Continue Reading →

Meme warfare as a topic honestly sounds like a piss take, however, boy is that wrong. The US Government are getting ready to load their overly populated guns with pepe the frog and mass posts of the awkward Hillary Clinton parody video. CIA Proposal - Source https://youtu.be/Elvrsn0c1YQ Distributed media changes the dynamics of content creation... Continue Reading →

The internet homes so many niche online communities that it's actually terrifying. There is something out there for everyone, always. The reason it is so accommodating is because rather than waiting for representation or regulated content from legacy media, we now make our own. Credit: u/zenbox101 Making content, like memes, can be be low budget... Continue Reading →

A sign, which could be an image specifically or any type of medium, like a word or act, has the ability to convey a message that is open to interpretation on the receiving end. The notion that an audience can derive their own meaning from a text was the foundation of Stuart Hall’s encoding and... Continue Reading →

This weeks lecture left my brain boggled, I didn’t really grasp the concept, and in all honesty it still might not be fully grasped. Marshall McLuhan's idea of the medium being the message is explained as: “…the personal and social consequences of any medium – that is, of any extension of ourselves – result from... Continue Reading →

UOW FITS aims to showcase the unique fashion @ UOW and explore what students are wearing daily, and WHY. The content will be mainly curated on Instagram (@uowfits) and include a photograph/s of a willingly participating UOW student’s outfit and a descriptive caption. The caption will include things like the students name, degree and what... Continue Reading →

If you think this is going to be a post about a white girl who went to a bush doof in the middle of nowhere and came back enlightened, then you are spot on. In all seriousness, one of my most memorable and formative experiences with live music was during the music festival Lost Paradise.... Continue Reading →