As it does, time has gotten away from me and it is now less than a fortnight before semester 1, 2016 (the Autumn session) gets underway at UOW. Here I am, tying up some loose ends from last session’s subjects. I’m always quietly amazed by the creativity and tenacity of our students. We give them […]
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This week, develop a step-by-step guide (day by day if you must) to complete your project. Are you partying on Saturday, and thus will lose Sunday? Then set aside Friday to finish. Before you do, and for your reflection, I’m asking this question: What is at stake in your writing? For context, it comes from this […]
I’m aware some students still feel lost in the final assessment task. That’s okay, there is plenty of time and part of the whole point of the project is for you to show that you’re finding your own way. If you get to things a little later than you might hope, so be it – […]
In the remaining weeks of session, we are working on the third assessment task – the digital research project. Here’s an outline: design, implement and evaluate a small [digital storytelling] project communicating something about how media practice is spatial in nature that demonstrates familiarity with some research in the area and demonstrates that you can […]
This week in BCM240 we’re thinking about how media audiences are regulated, or regulate themselves. The term ‘media dinosaurs’ comes up in at least one of the readings, because one of the ways in which regulations on media usage have been imposed is by older forms of media seeking to impose controls – through courts and […]
It’s unlikely measuring audiences was ever really easy, but nowadays it’s harder to imagine that it is even possible. What Google points out in their report The New Multi-Screen World is that audiences are scattered, shattered, and probably not paying attention. The report notes that “context drives device choice”, where ‘context’ includes: time goal location […]
Introduction We’re taking a swift turn out of the home media environments of early weeks and moving past the strange spaces of cinemas from week 5 to look at how TVs operate in public spaces. At the same time, we want students to think about the ‘rules’ around public use of private media like mobile […]
