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Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! Last week, I got the opportunity to give and receive feedback from my course mates, which I found to be a lot more enjoyable than last time. However, I think that there are certainly many ways in which I can improve on in terms of giving feedback to others, and I read three articles in order to help myself with that! The most helpful and effective information that I received from reading the three articles are the comments on structure. I think that this will help me to formulate better questions and opinions in the future.   Besides that, I was very happy with the feedback that I have received. I was glad to see that my course mates understood my writing and the point that I was trying to convey throughout my blog post. I tend to proofread and recheck my blogs for a long amount of time before publishing them, so it’s enlightening to see that my hard work pays off! Reference list: Making the most of Feedback Writing a paper: Revision Acad...

 Hi and welcome back to my blog! This week I expanded my knowledge on the topic of media ethics, which can be broadly defined as a branch of ethics that addresses moral issues arising in connection with creation and distribution of information through the means of mass media. Ethics In the beginning, it was a little difficult for me to understand how ethics wrapped around the topic of digital media. However, with the help of four videos, I began to understand the importance of ethics in the digital world. After watching ‘‘Ethics’’, I began to understand the definition of that term and why it is important for us to apply ethics in our everyday use of digital media. Our ethics help us understand and interpret right or wrong in society, which could also be applied to the digital world as there is lots of spaces where we shouldn’t involve ourselves in. ————   The second video that I had watched is called ‘‘The medium is the message’’, where the creator explains the quote in a litt...

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! This week, I delved further into the area of practical digital media production. I expanded my knowledge on how media compression works and why it’s important for the quality and delivery of digital media artefacts.  I watched five videos to help my understanding of the topic and I must admit, it was quite difficult for me to grasp my understanding of all of the information, but I made sure to watch the videos a couple of times and take many notes along the way!  Media Compression The first video that I have watched is called ‘‘Video Compression as Fast As Possible’’. I’d say that this video was the trickiest for me to understand, as there was a lot of terms mentioned that sounded completely new and unfamiliar to me. This video explains the definition of two types of video compression: -          Spatial (intraframe) compression – is only applied to individual video frames. This type of compres...

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! ^-^ Production process… This week, myself and my group mates are beginning to come towards the end of our production stage, and we’re starting to add the final touches to our script. After we divide the script amongst each other, we will begin to record our parts in hopes of bringing them altogether by the end of next week so that we can ensure to edit the clips and elevate the viewing experience by adding background music, various case study/survey facts as well as relevant short clips and videos.   As of now, I am in charge of finalising our script and adding any additional information, but also removing any information that is unnecessary or seems a little bit off topic from the point that we will try to convey.   So far, the three of us have borrowed recording equipment that was available for us in college, and we’ve also purchased our own microphones to ensure that our video will have the best quality it possibly can. We haven’t...

Hello and welcome back to my blog! This week, I peer reviewed two blogs written by my course mates, but before I did so, I read an informative article called ‘‘The Power of Giving Feedback and Receiving Feedback in Peer Assessment’’, written by Lan Li and Valentina Grion. This article stated that 41 students had taken an online survey to record results and outcomes of their participation in a peer assessment activity where they gave and received feedback. According to the results, although students gained knowledge through both, the giving and the receiving processes, they learned more from giving feedback, and their preference for giving feedback was higher than receiving it, too.   Personally, I found this weeks peer reviewing experience a lot more enjoyable than the first one. I felt a little more comfortable in terms of giving feedback, and I reminded myself that my feedback is something that the writer could greatly benefit from, bumping their blog posts up to a higher standar...

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! This week, I took the time to watch five videos to expand my knowledge on the history of digital media, how it has evolved, and what the future of digital media might hold for us. Along with that, I looked into the positives and negatives of digital media in our society. Technology The first video that I have watched was ‘‘Technology Evolution | 100,000 BC – 2020’’. After watching this video, I was amazed to find out that various bits of technology were actually invented very recently, such as the iPhone. It was invented in 2007, and is now one of the most popular brands used. I think that us humans have evolved technology in the greatest ways, for example, I was astonished by the major difference between the first personal home computer, Apple 1, which was invented in 1976 and the first laptop, which was invented in 1981, which is now something you can find in almost everyone’s homes. This video was really interesting and it made me open my ...

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! This week, myself and my group mates  have  done further investigation on the topic of parasocial relationships.   We decided to  split the topic of parasocial relationships into various little elements, such as  comfort characters,  effects on daily life, social isolation, fandoms, rival communities etc. in order for us to present a clear understanding of  how big and common parasocial relationships really are.    Ideas and progress So far, myself and my group mates get along really well   and what makes it easier for us is that we’ve all experienced a parasocial relationship in our lives, therefore no one is particularly confused  or  lost towards this topic . We’re planning to share and discuss our own experiences  in this sense and speak about the conclusion that it has had on our  our daily lives and social relationships.   We haven’t gotten into the stage of writi...

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! This week, I read and reread the feedback that I had received on one of my previous blog posts and reflected on the elements that might’ve been missing, or elements that could be of nice addition.    Trying to rewrite my blog was a little tricky, as I spend a lot of time proofreading it and correcting myself in certain areas, so my bit of added information wasn’t as major as I had anticipated. As well as that, my feedback didn’t demand for much of a change, so I really only added a couple sentences into my last paragraph.   There’s definitely room for improvement when it comes to rewriting my original work, especially because I might misunderstand some of the aspects of the feedback given to me.

This week, I watched a series of videos which expanded my knowledge on the topic of digital media. The first video that I have watched is called ‘‘Digital Media Are Networked | Digital Literacy 101’’. Before I watched this video, I understood digital media as a source of content, be it entertainment, knowledge etc. However, after I watched the video, I realised how broad and inclusive digital media really is. This is something I hadn’t particularly thought about in the past. As opposed to traditional media, digital media is interconnected and extremely interactive, giving you the opportunity to react, share and discuss your thoughts and opinions online. Whereas traditional media is a one way process, in which you receive information or entertainment through books, newspapers, magazines and radios.   The second video that I have watched is called ‘‘Digital Literacy and why it matters’’, in which I learned about the topic of digital literacy and why it’s important in society today. I...

Hi and welcome back to my blog! This week I expanded my knowledge on the topic of media ethics, which can be broadly defined as a branch of ethics that addresses moral issues arising in connection with creation and distribution of information through the means of mass media. Ethics  In the beginning, it was a little difficult for me to understand how ethics wrapped around the topic of digital media. However, with the help of four videos, I began to understand the importance of ethics in the digital world. After watching ‘‘Ethics’’, I began to understand the definition of that term and why it is important for us to apply ethics in our everyday use of digital media. Our ethics help us understand and interpret right or wrong in society, which could also be applied to the digital world as there is lots of spaces where we shouldn’t involve ourselves in. ————   The second video that I had watched is called ‘‘The medium is the message’’, where the creator explains the quote in a litt...