week 7

In this technology world, new media seems does not bringing new for people. People are familiar with internet, something like Facebook, Youtube, Bloggers, Twistter, Linkedin and so on. Those websites do bring new sense for people. People did been fresh when new media emerged. Those websites also have significant impacted on people’s life circle. These website not only bring entertainment, but also provide commercial opportunities for people. So many jobs such as designer, freelancer provide for people. Work with new media is totally different with traditional. It is easy for people getting internet access, which means it is more flexible for people when they star to work.

Therefore, working with new media is more flexible and time saving. According to Gill(2007) an important point to note is the extent to which people moved between different work statuses, both over time and at the same time. Job opportunities are more broaden been published on line. People could do their personal projects or work with professional coordinate teams. More and more people become net slaves but also enjoy their work with their enthusiasm.   

Reference list:

Gill, R. (2007). Informality is the New Black In Technobohemians or the new Cybertariat? New Media work in Amsterdam a decade after the web. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures

Week 6

As internet spreads the world, people are able to do whatever they expect online. Internet transmits entertainment, recreation, education, news, public legislation, business opportunities and health information online. For health issue would be the most hot concerns, they have various ways to get such health information. Lewis (2006) claims that public health has undergone a shift towards encouraging individuals to take responsibility for and manage their own health, a shift which has seen health increasingly package as a “lifestyle” issue, particularly in the popular media. People treat health issue is not as something external to or outside of the control of individual but instead is embraced as part of a broader linking of ideas of the body, self and lifestyle. So if people have some problem with their health, they would like to search online and immediately get their expected answers. Internet provides a self-managing health for citizen.

However, the answers people got online is a risk. According to Wyatt, Harris and Wathen (2008) “we are primarily interested in mediators and mediation because, as health information is rarely, if ever, intermediated in simple straightforward way”. The myriad of information is from all aspects. Whether or not is from a professional specialist is not clear. It could be from a lay user upload based on its opinions. Misinformation could be spread among internet as discriminating health consumers actively accessing health information but as a health receipt. People should pay a attention to the information where they get, whether or not a professional answers online.

Reference list:

Lewis, T. 2006. Media, Culture & Society: Seeking health information on the internet: lifestyle choice or bad attack of cyberchondria? SAGE: http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/28/4/521 (Accessed 10 Apr 2011)

Wyatt, S., R. Harris, and N. Wathen, 2008. The Go-Betweens: Health, Technology and Info(r)mediation. In Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Technical Landscape. Sally Wyatt, Nadine Wathen and Roma Harris New York: Palgrave Macmillan

Week 5

In contemporary, people live is media era. Internet provides a new platform for whole society either individuals or global industries. Media seems can be seen everywhere in people daily life. Since facebook established, media has more thuoroughly converged people's life. According to Deuz(2011), as media become pervasive and ubiquitiou, forming the building blocks for people constant remix of the catagories of everyday life. People use media for different sakes, such as entertainment, communication, business on diverse websites. People can edit their personal blog or facebook profile showing their personalities, their characteristics, even or their professional aspects. Those website space belong to people themselves for their own sytlish to construct. Therefore, media completely has impacted on people lifesytle. Besides of providing space for people, media also build time relationships. It expmlifies an increasing speed of travel and telecommunications as a benchmark for a global change in people’s awareness of reality itself.

However, mobile phone is another media which has impacted people’s life as well. Bell (2006) claims cell phone is obvisouly pieces of technology. People use mobile phone not only for communication, but also technical devices. With 3G mobile phone spreading the world, people can use mobile phone as a little portable laptop surferring internet, chatting on line. Mobile phone seems not just objects and technology, but also a system of ideas of family, of intimacy, emergency and work. It has strong capacities more than communication.

Reference list:

Deuze, M. 2011  Media, Culture & Society   

SAGE: http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/33/1/137 (Accessed 03 Apr 2011)

Bell, G. 2006 Knowledge, Technology, & Policy  The Age of the Thumb: A Cultural Reading of Mobile Technologies from Asia  

week 2

Internet as a new media has spread the world since it born. It has enormously impacted the way in which how people share information, connect with their social sphere. Unless this, internet with a incredibly speed enriches awareness of constructs society such as individuals social circle, business trade, education overseas and government politics. According to Donath and boyd (2004), they think in contemporary, people are accustomed to thinking of on-line world as a social space. Many famous web sites such as Facebook, Linkedin, Spoke and Friendster Beta have extended people social communication area, which mean people can make more friends online, frequently share information about whatever they prefers. Net connection is more flexible and fast for sharing information in people daily life.

As internet spread the world, users can claim to be whoever they wish（Pearson 2009）. Online performative space is fluidity and self-conscious platform. People can choose their need for sharing information, commercial business online. Network users plays with aspects of their presentations of self, the relationship of those online selves to others.

Reference list:

Donath, J. and boyd, d. 2004 . Public displays of connection.  BT Technology Journal

Pearson, E.  March 2009   All the World Wide Web's a stage: the Performance of Identity in Online Social Networks   First Monday: http://blackboard.qut.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_74007_1%26url%3D

(Accessed 26 Mar 2011 )

Week 3

In contemporary, new media ubiquitously spread the world. People straightly can get much information what they are looking for, such as news, film trailer, music and so on. Due to the internet transparency, downloading is hackneyed issue penetrate among whole society. Music often can be bought or shared on Itune. So, Ipod playlist for individual is diverse. There are millions music songs with different styles on Itune library which offer millions opportunities for its users. According to Steven(2006), music libraries distinguish one as a thinking person, a discerning individualist, a lover of fun, a blender of high an low culture, and a bird dog in unearthing undiscovered gems. When people share their music playlists with their friend, the playlists expose their identities, and partly reflect society cultural development from music.

However, as internet has its characteristic, information online release is an channel for entertainment. Masand (Masand in Singh 2008) thinks, the technology make a change in release strategy. So example on Bollywood, they posts their film trailers online for viewers and get huge visiting online which is bring vast and increase profits for company. Simultaneously, this new offer an platform for sharing Bollywood films overseas for more potential viewers. It not only change the way how people sharing their interesting with cultural movement, but also social development.

Reference list:

Steven,L. 2006  The perfect thing: How The Ipod Shuffles Commerce, Culture And Coolness New York: Simon &Schuster Paperbacks   

Singh, M.  14 Feb 2008  “Bollywood’s Viral Videos”  Time

week 4

In this day, internet as a platform for sharing information plays in important role in new media era. News can be readily accessible published or posted on line by individuals, business organizations, governments. Information sharing is more freedom among private and authorities. Therefore, new media provides a free speech for people, and they can easily express their opinions with others, which not only comment on daily life, but also have right saying some about business, government and politics. It has impacted the ways how society develops. Government establishes or sets its own official website for collecting information from populace. Base on Shirky (2011) and Hamielink (2006), new media promises a long-term tool for strengthen civil society and public sphere, and also a tendency to design new legal and moral rules. For new media information transparency, Citizen can be able to participate political election or vote for well-thought-of politician.

Reversely, they have power to supervise and topple corrupt politicians or officeholders, or protest loose polities to set up a more democracy society world. In contemporary, net is free for speech, so it eminently suited for the exposure of today’s liars in politics and in business. Although, Internet is a controversial new media which has changed the way how people communicate, it still needs legal and moral restricts which could effectively reduce unfounded rumor.   

Reference:

Shirky, C. 2011. The Political Power of Social Media: Technology, the Public Sphere, and Political Change in Foreign Affairs  

Academic Search Elite: http://web.ebscohost.com.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au/ehost/detail?hid=14&sid=876ea23a-4a92-4165-a024-3e169b3b1a14%40sessionmgr14&vid=1&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#toc (Accessed 27 Mar 2011)

Hamelink, C. 2006 The Ethics of internet: Can we cope with lies and Deceit on the Net?  New Jersey: Hampton Press Inc