Monthly Archives: May 2013

WEEK ELEVEN: HAUNTOLOGY

It is hard to believe how far we have come technologically, particularly considering the existence of the World Wide Web has only been around since 1989. It is inevitable that technology and the media in the future will become all encompassing, with the ‘virtual’ and the ‘real’ becoming almost indistinguishable. One of the ways in […]

WEEK TEN: OPEN SCIENCE

Science has always been known as the systematic way in which knowledge is organised and tested, through continuous experimentation and evidence derived from thought and theoretics. In my past blog posts, we have examined the impact of new media technology on the spheres of politics, social collectivism as well as journalism. We turn now to […]

WEEK NINE: SOCIAL ORGANISATION

New media is paving the way for collaborative effort and discussion on issues occurring on a global scale. Issues such as climate change, world poverty, and in a meta-turn of events, peer to peer sharing are becoming more obvious among geographically displaced communities around the world, all in thanks to the speed and ease at […]