Finding Time in Digital Age – Week 5 Reading

This week’s reading is called Finding Time in Digital Age by Judy Wajcman. Judy starts off by contradicting the points Economist Keynes made about how technology would help reduce human work hours of productivity and one could focus on the creative. She says ‘the unparalleled velocity of computerisation, telecommunication and transport which was expected to […]

Research Journey

Changing Forms of Documentary Abstract The following research puts light on changing forms of documentary films affected by the technical innovations over the years. The research shows new forms, outlets and platforms for documentaries to air that have risen in the recent past. The research also shows new ways for the audience to participate, interact […]

The Informal Economy

This week’s reading is ‘Work’ – The Informal Media Economy by Ramon Lobato and Julian Thomas. It talks about the debate between the emerging new trends in the content creation market in form of creative labour debate. It gives examples of amateur writers trying to break in the industry in this ‘New Economy’ work place. […]

The Craftsman Mindset

The reading by Cal Newport called ‘Clarity of the Craftsman was a liberating one. It talks about two approaches people take when starting out – The Craftsman’s mindset and The Passion Mindset. He tends to argue that Craftsman’s mindset is the one people should opt rather than the Passion Mindset as passion would follow. He […]

A World of Differences

The following article A World of Differences by Chris Lederer and Megan Brownlow talks about the economic and financial spending of Entertainment and Media Industry in different countries in their stride to enter the digital medium. The article predicts the future trend of these industries in five different landscapes namely – Demography – Here the […]