The power of social media continues to be under rated, even when it impacts events has serious as presidential elections. It’s something so rapidly growing that its hard to ever feel like we have it “all figured out” and after all, it was designed to connect us and bring us closer together, how dangerous could… Read More Networked insurgencies: social media revolutions and meme warfare

We like to think we exist in a relatively free world where we have progressed from the ages of medieval structures and constraints. We don’t work in fields for free or have to ask permission to leave certain areas. However, as much as we have moved away from these particular societal structures, we now have… Read More Feudalism 2.0: living in the information stack

For my Digital Artefact I have been making YouTube videos for my lifestyle channel where I give tips on how to live a more balanced and healthy lifestyle. Throughout the first couple weeks of this project I have been trying to get a clearer picture of what content I want to focus on creating, who… Read More YouTube Channel – BETA –

This week I used the example of TikTok to talk about attention economy. I think it’s the most relevant example in my life and will truely be something that impacts our lives forever. I don’t think we can deny that the younger generation definitely have a shorter attention span due to the effects of technology.… Read More The attention economy and the long tail effect

For my research project I’m analysing the impact that lifestyle influencers have on their audience. I’m comparing three of my favourite influencers and focusing on their Instagram platforms in particular. I’ll be using myself as a case study as I already frequently engage with this slice of the internet. This research will be interesting to… Read More Research Project Pitch

Background academic research: Before beginning my own ethnographic research into Instagram influencers, I want to research some existing scholarly articles that relate to my media niche. I will mainly be looking at qualitative and ethnographic research and I will not only look at sources that are related to my niche, but also wider sources that… Read More Research and Ethics

Problematising my approach: For my digital artefact I am going to be doing research on lifestyle influencers on Instagram by comparing three of my favourites; Sarah’s Day, Elsas Wholesome Life and Cartia Mallan. The key issue I want to focus on is how these influencers impact my life, in both a positive and negative way.… Read More Planning my approach

I often think about the impact technology has on my health. My physical, mental and spiritual health, as well as how it influences my relationships and my overall lifestyle. Although technology, undeniably has an impact on all aspects of life, the area that seems to be most focused on is how it affects work life.… Read More The chronic task of sorting: information flows and liquid labour

As we continue to look at how computers and the internet evolved in our history, we can look deeper into the ideas and thoughts that people had at this time. For example, packet switching was a method of grouping data and it was seen as unorganised and chaotic. Society still saw this evolving technology as… Read More Civilization of the mind: understanding the network society paradigm

Communication has evolved tremendously over time, going from messages being physically delivered on foot or via horse or boat, to the telegraph and underwater cables, to now days the world being a global information network. The way that people viewed the world was entirely reconstructed at the thought of people from different countries being able… Read More A global nervous system: from the telegraph to cyberspace