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iConvergence
“‘Chinese netizen visions an iWorld taken over by Apple’ – According to the video maker, Mingjai, the video is an idea for an Apple commercial that he came up with and executed.” As I type this on my...
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‘Embracing the remix’
Creative Commons is making it easier for prosumers to share and creatively consume peers’ work. ‘Embracing the remix’ is the title of a talk given by Kirby Ferguson as part of the Ted talks series;...
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Who’s got the power?
Major debate regarding generative (‘open’) platforms and locked (‘closed’) devices in convergent technology today surrounds the Apple vs Android debate. For myself (at the moment, at least) locked...
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My personal assistant’s name is ‘Siri’
Apple’s digital personal assistant ‘Siri’ is just one example of the way in which convergence is affecting iPhone users – but to what end? Apple’s developments in terms of the iPhone, I would suggest,...
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Reinventing journalism
Q: Whatever happened to the three little pigs? A: They helped to reinvent journalism. On February 29, 2012 British newspaper The Guardian announced to viewers on UK’s Channel 4 their support of open...
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The Blair Witch [transmedia] Project
This is the ‘logo’ for the film; similar stick figures are recurrent throughout the film, a symbol of the apparent ‘witch’ presence. Our worlds are transmedia worlds. In terms of transmedia...
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(Not the Monster) Mash
The ‘MashUp’ has become a feature of contemporary pop music culture. Remix culture has become integrated into today’s mainstream media through the ‘mash-up’, which – in terms of music – brings familiar...
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Anonymous: hacktivism online, activism offline
Anonymous is a global network of hacktivists, whose reach is wide and infamous. If iPhones are the gateway to involving youth in modern protesting, parent companies are the roadblock – and Anonymous...
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From the Burn Book to Twitter trolling
Queen Bee of Tina Fey’s ‘Mean Girls’, Regina George contained her nasty comments about her peers to a ‘Burn Book’. I can only imagine the havoc Regina George could have wreaked had she had Facebook,...
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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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