In the video below, I explain how one of my favourite Youtubers is her own ‘network’. I mapped this network by using the guidelines and common questions from the source- ‘Podcast ethnography’ by ‘Lundström, M. and Lundström, which can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13645579.2020.1778221 I also drew a rough map of Sarah’s Day as a network:… Read More Mapping Sarah’s Day as a network

My media interests have always gravitated towards social media, in particularly influencer culture and how certain aesthetics are curated. My passions are interior design, fashion, self development and overall wellness, so I am mainly interested in these types of accounts. My favourite influencers are the ones who create a synergy between their visual aesthetic and… Read More What is my media niche?

Link to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rh-vGDTH0oTsxVuBi64Pg Concept: The Medium Is The Message Project summary My digital artefact is a YouTube channel about my life. I wanted to create this series about healthy and balanced living as I personally gain a lot of inspiration from this style of YouTube and after talking to friends and family,… Read More My YouTube channel DA

Have you ever been told that every time you do anything on your phone or laptop, your actions/habits are being SOLD?! Surveillance capitalism addresses the process of commodifying personal data with the core purpose of profit-making. Since personal data can be commodified it has become one of the most valuable resources on earth. The concept arose after advertising companies saw the possibilities of… Read More Privacy, surveillance and the price of content

After discussing the notion of code being the gatekeeper for information in my last blog post, I can now better understand the idea of open and closed access when looking at control on the internet. In todays society we have our phones on us all of the time. We are connected online throughout the whole… Read More Hardware platforms, access permissions and ideologies of control

When looking at intellectual property and content control in this digital age, we need to understand the language of control. The language of control can be seen as the notion of code. The notion of code being something that gives or rejects access to information. We live in a society of control when it comes… Read More Intellectual property and the content control industry

Content heavy topics such as hyperreality, simulation and spectacle can all be looked at when exploring how our reality, is in fact extremely mediated and controlled. Hyperreality is a concept in semiotics and postmodern philosophy. It is an inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality, especially in technologically advanced postmodern societies. Some famous theorists of hyperreality/hyperrealism include Jean Baudrillard, Albert Borgmann, Daniel J.… Read More Do we live in a controlled and mediated reality?