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Blogging my way through media convergence
Media Convergence, past, present and future. Over the course of the semester so far, compulsory blog posts have been a useful vehicle for understanding and engaging with the content covered in this...
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Americanizing the world
How American is the world really becoming? In a global community struggling to balance access and content on an international cyber platform, cultural commodification is a driving force in today’s...
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Do you speak Ostrayan?
Paul Hogan’s portrayal of ‘Crocodile Dundee’ brought to the world a host of (often inexplicable) Australian colloquialisms. Made famous by Paul Hogan’s Crocodile Dundee, Australian colloquialisms –...
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In Focus: What entices young journalists to write for our rural newspapers
I was honoured to be included in Charles Sturt University (Bathurst) fourth year student Kelsey Smith’s major project. See this article on CSU’s students news network, SeeSeeEye. Visit The Condobolin...
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First Lady of HipHop
America’s First Lady, Mihelle Obama, is entering the world of HipHop for the cause of childhood obesity. HipHop has as new First Lady – Michelle Obama. Originally used as a vehicle of expression for...
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Lounge chair world tours
Globalising media forces and the emergence of new media capitals is seeing content cross cultural and physical boundaries. With the emergence of new world media capitals, the humble television set has...
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A good, long chat
Richard glover (right) interviews Peter Fitzsimons in a World-Record 24 hour continuous interview. A short study of interview techniques in the wake of ABC’s Richard Glover’s record-breaking 24 hour...
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What do you really want?
As Western audiences stray away from Hollywood, efforts are made to help them understand ‘foreign’ films in their own terms. As Hollywood is pushed aside to make room for emerging film industries...
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Thank God you’re funny!
Australian Thank God You’re Here speaks to the Australian sense of humour. Almost contradictory to the Western view of cultural globalisation, comedy is highly culturally specific – the sensibilities...
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Power to the people
With the digital revolution, we are seeing a global shift in the collection, processing and dissemination of news. Dubbed ‘digital natives’, new generations of news consumers are increasingly connected...
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What Climate Change?
As far as paradoxes go, the triangular relationship between scientists, the media and civilians in terms of climate change is fairly contentious. Paul Vallely, visiting professor in public ethics and...
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There’s more to media
This semester’s content in BCM111 – International Media and Communication has really opened my eyes to the complex nature of the media industry. Predominantly influenced by Western mainstream media, I...
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How many ‘spaces’?
There are seven items of technology currently sitting on my desk; all boasting designs that are intended to assist me with communicating with the outside world. I have to make sure I turn everything...
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What is this online world?
Halfway through my Communications and Media Studies degree, I have, thus far, been tip-toeing in and around cyberspace. This semester, I am diving right in. Three of my four subjects focus on the...
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A Cyberspace Security Conundrum
Australia’s Federal government is this week facing a cyberspace conundrum which has led to the coalition being branded “draconian” (Bourke 2014). They are grappling with the power afforded citizens by...
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Cricket at lunch-time – a truly Australian memory
When the children arrived home from school, there it was, sitting in pride of place in the living room. They were so excited! – Their little eyes were glued to the telly. Television had been a special...
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Television at War
In a war as old as television itself, the battle for ratings continues to be waged through television sets worldwide.
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Am I safe here?
“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators...” – William Gibson, Neuromancer.
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Connecting Classrooms
With the development of the liquid workforce, workers are increasingly to expected to juggle their private and professional lives within a world which includes cyberspace (Mitew 2014).
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NBN no better for nation’s farmers
With the roll-out of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), there is a hope among rural dwellers that they will soon have the opportunity to experience internet speeds as fast as their...
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