https://www.instagram.com/creativehypestudios_/ The aim of CreativeHypeStudios is to create cute art pieces for stationary equipment. I was inspired to make my art pieces for a young and diverse crowd, for instance students. The theme of my art pieces can differ depending on the style my users would prefer to see. How I gathered this information wasContinue reading “CreativeHypeStudios”
Category Archives: BCM First Year Blogs
Algorithmic control III: Privacy, Surveillance, and the Price of Content
Social media gathers collective data to observe the personal information of users. How a person interacts and generates data on a media platform can inform them of an individual’s race, gender and age. Surveillance capitalism is big data observation where social media companies can collect user interaction and process them into ‘machine intelligence’ to predictContinue reading “Algorithmic control III: Privacy, Surveillance, and the Price of Content”
Algorithmic control II: Hardware Platforms, Access Permissions and Ideologies of Control
The ideology of free cultures is that they permit people to build upon and contribute to digital media. The open source software allows user access permissions; this means that source codes can be shared publicly so that programmers are able to modify and create their own softwares. Independent android markets consisting of SlideMe and 1MobileContinue reading “Algorithmic control II: Hardware Platforms, Access Permissions and Ideologies of Control”
Algorithmic control I: Intellectual Property and the Content Control Industry
One of the roles of government is to protect an individual’s human rights, such as privacy. However, large tech firms aim to promote and advertise products. Tech companies collect and analyse personal data conducted through online surveys. The implications of a tech firm running a country would have a negative effect on the economy, as theyContinue reading “Algorithmic control I: Intellectual Property and the Content Control Industry”
Internet paradigm IV: Hyperreality, Simulation, Spectacle
How can a society of modulated control be resisted? Schema is a pattern of images people consume from an early childhood, images they perceive alter their personality and patterns of behaviour. A society modulated by control such as capitalism, communism and authoritarianism societies consumes media and information that could inevitably spread propaganda messages. The waysContinue reading “Internet paradigm IV: Hyperreality, Simulation, Spectacle”
BCM112 BETA
How I make my Digital Artefact easier and accessible for users Instagram is a popular social media platform to upload and promote small businesses. It offers features that can appeal to users and that can provide feedback. The advantages of utilising Instagram is that you’re able to write a caption as the creator to questionContinue reading “BCM112 BETA”
Internet paradigm III: Framing and the Construction of Perception
By utilising this selection of frames portraying UOW students, each frame represents an individual’s character, style and appearance. The interpretation of these images presents the idea that fashion is important to students at UOW, appearing presentable to peers is important to students and how the influence of social media such as TikTok and Instagram hasContinue reading “Internet paradigm III: Framing and the Construction of Perception”
The ‘Real’ Rebel Defends Her Reputation
Defamation cases of the rich and famous find their way onto news outlets on a regular basis and their multi-million-dollar payouts generate much interest in this particular area of the law. A well-known defamation case in Australia was the Rebel Wilson vs Bauer Media 2017 case, where Australian Hollywood celebrity figure, Rebel Wilson, was targetedContinue reading “The ‘Real’ Rebel Defends Her Reputation”
Internet paradigm II: Distributed media and Meme Warfare
Meme Warfare is a series of images and texts for purposes of psychological warfare utilising propaganda in their messages to gain advantage of the ‘enemy’. Meme warfare targets a younger audience, ‘digital natives’, who are proficient in using technology and comfortable with using many different digital platforms. Social media users can collect images of politicalContinue reading “Internet paradigm II: Distributed media and Meme Warfare”
Controversial Advertisements
Political advertising laws came into question during the 2018 Australian election Provide two examples of contested advertising material, and explain why they were controversial, and why they may or may not have been within the boundaries of the law HANESBRANDS BRAS 2018 In 2018 Hanesbrands Bras released an ad that didn’t go the way theyContinue reading “Controversial Advertisements”
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