The Elimination of the “Gatekeeper”

"In a previous era...footage was clipped and shaped. Decisions were made about what was important and what wasn't, what was left in and what was left out, and the end package was presented to us as definitive" (The Drum). The shift form traditional forms of legacy media, such as newspapers,  to distributed news media has…

“GOPROING”

  It is evident there has been "a shift from dedicated individuals and teams as producers to a broader - based, distributed generation of content by a wide community of participants" (Produsage: Towards a Broader Framework for User-Led Content Creation). Consumer's are actively seeking network participation, evident through the rise of dialogic media, such as the…

The Art of Digitalised Craft

"While digital technologies may not appeal to all makers, the emerging exploration of their use enables us to re-address the contemporary value of craft" (Craft and Digital Technology, 2004). Digitalised craft strategically sells the idea of "individuality", whether it be through personalised projects, open sourced humanoid persona's (i.e. Hatsune Miku) or the development of 2D/3D…

The Power of Self – Serve Machines

Shifting from analog to digital media created major dynamic changes within society, generating "new mediums", which in turn established new attitudes from the public and transformed the way in which content behaves.  According to, "Worship at the Altar of Convergence"- A new paradigm for understanding media change",  this shift of convergence was uniquely non - linear, resulting…

What to do? – Digital Artefact

With it now time to start thinking about ideas for my digital artefact project, I thought I would write a blog post about my current thoughts. My second lecture in BCM112 consisted of past students detailing their experiences with their own projects and drawing on the common notion of FEFO (Fail Early, Fail Often). It was…