Category: Communications & Media
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BCM 313 – A Reflection
When preparing the presentation I was lucky enough to already be in close contact with my interviewee. For this task I spoke to Joe Davis who is a Mixed-Martial Arts fighter and also my close friend. The interview itself was an interesting experience as I am already fairly familiar with his job and everything surrounding…
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Memeiated – An Artefact in Review!
My Digital Artefact for BCM206 was an Instagram meme page titled @Memeiated. The account was based around posting memes without a specific theme or genre and throughout the semester I found meme templates on Subreddits and Instagram pages and used these to make content. I found Instagram to be the best platform when doing this…
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Artificial Intelligence & Art – Can they co-exist?
“It Has Become Appallingly Obvious That Our Technology Has Exceeded Our Humanity” is a sentiment stated by Donald Ripley in the 1940’s but still rings true to this day. As society develops and technology develops us as humans follow behind it. This is evident in the development of Artificial Intelligence creating art, an emerging technology…
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High Tech & High Fashion – The Cyberpunk Impact on Designer Clothing
Cyberpunk & Fashion. At first glance you’d believe that these two things have little to nothing in common. I mean, how does the runway and clothing accessories have anything to do with a dystopian future and a technology driven society. However, high-end fashion and high-tech dystopia have more correlation than one might think. Before delving…
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BCM 206 – More Memes!
So for my digital artefact I will be reviving a meme page I started as a high school student under the name @Memeiated, I have already sifted through the page and unarchived some of the posts I feel best encapsulate the content I hope to produce throughout the semester. I will aim to put out…
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How did Students Adapt to Online Learning?
An Opinion Piece by Joseph Sahyoun For my BCM 212 research topic I took an in-depth look at the way that students adapted to online learning and if they preferred it to on-campus studying after having done it for a year now. This was something I was extremely interested in exploring because of how relevant…
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The Human vs The Giant – David and Goliath
The biblical story of David & Goliath recounts how Goliath, a Philistine giant, challenges the Israelites to single combat in the centre of the battlefield to decide the outcome of the battle between Saul and the Israelites against the Philistines. Saul, the monarch of the Israelites cowers out resulting in the undersized David to step…
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Aaaand That’s a Wrap! – The conclusion of the Rap Twitter Page
Going into this Digital Artefact I was hesitant. Having done these sorts of projects in the past this felt the same, but different? This was an experience where I had to intently observe the way that people on Twitter interacted with each other and the content I posted whilst still developing an online persona. Developing…
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Reviewing my Reviews, Pt.2!
As the semester nears completion now is the perfect time to look at my fellow peers’ beta’s and see how they’re work can allow me to learn before heading into the final research report. After reviewing and observing three different digital artefacts there has definitely been some major takeaways surrounding how I am aiming to…
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What have I gathered so far?
Throughout working on this task there has been no shortage of epiphanies or learning curves I have experienced. This post will serve as an update on the previously mentioned experiences and ephiphanies and how I will apply what I learnt from these experiences into my final few weeks of production. How’s My Following Going? To…
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