Trigger Warnings + PC Culture.
In last week’s workshop about audiences, the subject of Trigger Warning’s came up. Specifically about recent events at American Universities. One of the groups in class is doing this as the subject of their PB4 and interviewed me about…
Tailor Made Media: Pro’s/Con’s
In this past workshop- while discussing PB4- the concept of how audiences control the media they consume was brought up. I personally use the app Flipboard to curate my news. I am able to subscribe to different ‘magazines’ that publish news…
The Jungle Book Review
Tonight, I went and saw Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book. I felt all the feels. I laughed, I cried, and everything in between. It was certainly worth the $18 to see it in theatres. while watching I was even slightly…
Week 10 Workshop: Institutions + SNL
As ‘Institutions’ is my subject for PB4 I had already done the readings a couple of weeks ago and discussed them a bit in the post ‘Late Night Talk’ and ‘PBS & Sesame Street’. In the workshop today, when Louise…
Misinterpretation & Audiences
In the workshop about audiences, we talked about how content can be misinterpreted by audiences. The example given was a sketch from The Chaser that lampooned the Make-A-Wish foundation. I thought this sketch was hilarious. I wasn’t so much as…
The People Formerly Known as the Audience: A Response
In the workshop today, we discussed the article ‘The People Formerly Known as the Audience’ . Many of my peers felt the peice was agressive in tone. I assume it is because they consider themselves to be ‘media people’. I did…
The End of Water Cooler Television
“The new forms of electronic broadcasting, such as radio and television, introduced a further new dimension as their audiences now consumed the same messages at exactly the same time. Thus broadcast schedules played a significant part in creating a shared…
Lecture Week 9: Copyright
In the workshop today, we discussed copyright at length and were able to ask questions. I probably have 50 million more questions on topic due to my lack of previous knowledge and high amount interest in the topic (Who knew…
Bright World
Tonight I went with a friend to see Bright World written by and starring Elise Hearst and Andrea James at Theatre Works in St. Kilda. “1938 Europe Burns. Young Jewish couple Hans and Alice Herskovics mount a dangerous escape from Nazi-Occupied…
The Institution of Late Night Talk
While collecting references for my annotated bibliography I came across a thesis entitled The Evolution of Mediatized Stand-Up Comedy: Investigating Para-Performances on Television, Film, and YouTube by Mirali Almaula. The thesis explores Stand Up Comedy performances and the effects that new…
