Reflecting upon my week of online media usage for Networked Media I have discovered many things about myself and my media habits. I’m happy with my exploration of social media and the way I included photographic evidence of my Instagram content. I’m also glad that I published a piece to ‘genzine’ during the week so I’m able to explore that…
Month: March 2017
ANALYSIS BLOG POST 2 // EVALUATION
Many questions, likes and dislikes have arisen in my online media documentation. These include wondering: Are we too dependent on social media? Are you publishing content for approval or creativity? Was this harder than you thought (Answer: Yes) Did you need to keep reminding yourself you were meant to be recording your daily media usage? (Answer: Yes) For half of…
ANALYSIS BLOG ENTRY 1 // EVIDENCE
This week I got a chance to look at my online media usage for Networked Media. As a media student at RMIT and a digital native, I engage with online media every single day. In week 5 we had to document on our academic blogs every time we interacted with media; everything we watched, read, created and published online. It was…
“EMBRACE” WEEK FIVE INITIATIVE
On Wednesday the 29th of March my friend and I went to the movies to see a private screening of the body positive documentary, “Embrace – One woman’s journey to inspire everyBODY” . It was the first time I’d seen a documentary on the big screen and I was captivated by the start. The editing and production was amazing. Tanya…
Square Space – DAY 7
ONLINE MEDIA USE THURSDAY THE 30th of MARCH Spotify – Facebook – Instagram – P.T.V – Square Space – In October of 2016, I independently launched an online magazine: ‘genzine‘ The aim of the magazine is to showcase young talent and issues that are relevant to them as well as producing fashion, culture and current affairs content. Although I haven’t…
WEEK FIVE – LECTORIAL & READING
The art of the interview was the subject for week five in Media one and something I’m really passionate about. Although I have mostly had experience interviewing in print and online article styles, to get the inside knowledge on filmic interviews from Louise Turley was incredibly eye-opening. Louise went through the foundations of a good interview from the five W’s:…
Gmail – Day 6
ONLINE MEDIA USE WEDNESDAY 29th MARCH Spotify – Facebook – Instagram – P.T.V – Gmail Gmail is more of a professional aspect of my online media usage. I own three Gmail accounts: one for personal use, one for my magazine and one for RMIT. The features make it easy to switch and check all three. On Wednesday I received two…
IS YOUR LIFE INSTAGRAM AESTHETIC THO? – Day 5
ONLINE MEDIA USE TUESDAY the 28th of MARCH Spotify – Instagram – Facebook – Online Banking – Snapchat – Shazam INSTAGRAM Instagram is my absolute favourite online social media platform. I would say I post most days either on my personal account, my blog’s account or my film photography account I use Instagram as a mood board, to gain inspiration,…
IT’S FACEBOOKING TIME – Day 4
ONLINE MEDIA USAGE MONDAY 27th – Spotify – Facebook – Instagram – P.T.V – Online Banking – Google We all knew this was coming… Classic Facebook… the social media site that has remained around since I first made my account at thirteen (sorry MySpace) This means I’ve had my Facebook account for about eight years! Eight years worth of embarrassing…
A SPORADIC FLIX’ – Day 3
Sunday the 26th of March On Sunday I worked from 6:30 until 3:30 pm and then headed back to my Grandparents house down the road to chill out before heading home. They were out so I used the couple of hours I had to catch up on Netflix! As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’ve just moved into a new…